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Toward an Integrated Approach to Positive Development: Implications for Intervention
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Tolan, Patrick; Ross, Katherine; Arkin, Nora; Godine, Nikki; Clark, Erin – Applied Developmental Science, 2016
Positive development models shift focus for intervention from avoiding problems, deficits, or psychopathology to promoting skills, assets, and psychological well-being as the critical interests in development and intervention. The field can be characterized as multiple parallel lines of empirical inquiry from four frameworks: Social Competence,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Skill Development, Well Being, Interpersonal Competence
Evaluative Intervention Research in Child's Play.
Yawkey, Thomas Daniels; Fox, Frank D. – 1980
Evaluative intervention studies which have examined the potential of imaginative play to foster young children's cognitive and social development provide the focus of this literature review. Four criteria were used to select the studies: (1) the study's focus was on the use of imaginative play to foster cognitive growth; (2) the studies were…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Intervention, Literature Reviews
Effectiveness of School Social Work from a Risk and Resilience Perspective.
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Early, Theresa J.; Vonk, M. Elizabeth – Children & Schools, 2001
Identifies and reviews 21 controlled outcome studies of school social work practice. Suggests that school social workers can use these studies as the basis for designing effective interventions in mental health prevention and treatment efforts in schools. Incorporates a risk and resilience perspective to link the demonstrated effects of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Intervention, Mental Health Programs, Program Design
Two-Generation Programs: Design, Cost, and Short-Term Effectiveness.
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St. Pierre, Robert G.; And Others – Future of Children, 1995
Describes two-generation programs and how they differ from earlier single-focus approaches to serve children and families. Results from six programs are reviewed and indicate mixed and modest success in promoting the development of children and improving the parenting skills and economic self-sufficiency of parents. Recommendations are presented…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis
Entrance to Kindergarten: What Is the Best Age? ERS Monograph.
Wolf, James M.; Kessler, Anna L. – 1987
This monograph presents information to help educators consider how to determine the best age for each child to begin his or her formal schooling. Trends in state requirements for school entrance age are described, and research in areas such as mental age, reading readiness, child development, screening instruments, and experimental preschool…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Failure, Age Grade Placement, Child Development
Promoting Positive Parenting Practices through Parenting Education. Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series, Number 13
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Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning