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Direct linkJesús M. Jornet-Meliá; Carlos Sancho-Álvarez; Purificación Sánchez-Delgado; M. Ángeles Cerezo – Evaluation Review, 2025
The foremost index of caregiving quality is child attachment, as supported by attachment theory. Research supports the relevance of early parenting interventions in improving child outcomes in attachment quality to promote public health because of their long-term effects on mental health and functioning. This study aimed at evaluating the impact…
Descriptors: Infants, Parents, Parent Child Relationship, Community Programs
Download full textSascha Hein; Isabell Schuster; Israa Alassi; Aumnia Mohamad – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2025
We examined the impact of the program "Families Make the Difference" (FMD) on well-being, feelings of distress, parental stress, parenting, co-parenting, paternal engagement, and several exploratory outcomes of Arab families in Berlin, Germany. FMD is a parent support program designed to assist families with refugee and migration…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Parent Education, Arabs, Foreign Countries
Exploring the Impact of an Online Learning Community to Support Student Teachers on School Placement
Alan Gorman; Kathy Hall – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2024
This paper documents the design, implementation, and evaluation of an online learning community (OLC), within the Republic of Ireland, which set out to support student teachers in a hybrid space during their school placement experience. Guided by qualitative research, data collection methods included interviews and analysis of students' forum…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Communities of Practice, Student Teachers, Teacher Placement
Laura Crane; Caroline Hearst; Maria Ashworth; Jade Davies – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2023
Background & aims: Exploring Being Autistic is an autistic-led group-based programme providing psychoeducation and peer support to newly identified/diagnosed autistic adults. In 2020, due to social distancing measures implemented following the coronavirus pandemic, Exploring Being Autistic was adapted for online delivery. Here, we aimed to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Program Effectiveness
Jia Lu; Xiaodan Wang; Xiaohui Chen; Xin Wang; Xundiao Ma; Hanxi Wang – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Socially regulated learning (SoRL) is a critical mechanism for enhancing the effectiveness of collaborative learning outcomes. Measurement of university students' engagement in SoRL is essential for refining the strategies aimed at improving its efficacy. Nonetheless, the measurement of university students' levels of engagement in SoRL remains…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning
Kathy Leadbitter; Louisa Harrison; Sophie Langhorne; Ceri Ellis; Richard Smallman; Amelia Pearson; Latha Hackett; Leo Kroll; Alison Dunkerley; Hilary Beach; June Gilbert; Amy van Gils; Tessa Hutton; Jonathan Green; Penny Bee; REACH-ASD Team – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Caregivers can experience significant challenges following their child's autism diagnosis and often seek informational, relational and emotional support. Post-diagnostic support for caregivers has received relatively little research attention and represents a significant gap in the international evidence base. We used an iterative codesign process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parents, Caregivers
Naidoo, Ana; Byles, Hestie; Kwenaite, Sindi – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2021
The University of Pretoria (UP) began offering formal academic student support in 2011 when the first faculty student advisor (FSA) was appointed. Although many more FSAs were subsequently appointed, assistance to all the students in need of support remained insufficient. However, financial assistance through the collaboration grant received from…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Peer Relationship, Social Integration, Foreign Countries
Chiedu Eseadi – Online Submission, 2023
Students who are visually impaired but receive adequate support at an early stage have a greater chance of progressing in their academics and future careers. In this research article, the author identified various practice guidelines that can help students with visual impairments achieve a successful transition into the world of work. To discuss…
Descriptors: Students, Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Guidelines
Andersen, Camey L.; West, Richard E. – Online Learning, 2021
This survey research study analyzed responses from 143 mentors from around the world participating in a global higher education initiative. Results confirmed the effectiveness of four mentoring domains identified in the literature, reporting the most success from providing emotional and psychological support for students. This article provides…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Mentors, Social Support Groups, College Students
Maria Dolores Castrillo; Beatriz Sedano – CALICO Journal, 2021
The expansion of MOOCs (massive open online courses) is very much associated with instructors interested in the craft of teaching, innovating, and experimenting with different methods to improve and expand students' learning experience. The Erasmus+ project MOONLITE has worked to create cross-institutional scenarios and new educational pathways…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Online Courses, Refugees, Migrants
Christina Nicolaidis; Mirah Scharer; Dora M. Raymaker; Joseph Vera; Todd Edwards; Ian Moura; Mary Baker-Ericzén; Joelle Maslak; Liu-Qin Yang; Rachel Kripke-Ludwig; Steven K. Kapp; Andrea Joyce; Anna Wallington; Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) Outcomes Project Team – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
People are increasingly recognizing the need for service interventions to improve the lives of autistic adults. However, less is known about how to best evaluate such services. We aimed to identify (1) which self-reported outcomes are most important to measure when evaluating the effectiveness of services for autistic adults and (2) what survey…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Program Evaluation, Intervention
Sharp, Paul; Bottorff, Joan L.; Oliffe, John L.; Hunt, Kate; Caperchione, Cristina M. – Health Education Research, 2020
Preventive lifestyle interventions are needed to address challenges in engaging men in conventional health programmes. This process evaluation examined the feasibility and acceptability of HAT TRICK, a gender-sensitized programme targeting physical activity, healthy eating and social connectedness. A mixed-methods approach was utilized to examine…
Descriptors: Prevention, Life Style, Intervention, Health Promotion
Lauren Denusik; Danielle Glista; Michelle Servais; Jodi Friesen; Janis Oram; Barbara Jane Cunningham – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2024
Background and aims: Caregiver-delivered programs are a recommended best practice to support young autistic children. While research has extensively explored children's outcomes quantitatively, minimal qualitative research has been conducted to understand caregivers' perspectives of program outcomes for themselves and their children. Hearing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Preschool Children, Caregiver Attitudes
Fostering Relationships at School: Educators' Evaluations of Former Youth Mentor Program Experiences
Coyne-Foresi, Melissa; Nowicki, Elizabeth – Teacher Development, 2021
Educators take special interest in engaging students in school-based social programming to foster their social and academic success. In this study, the authors investigated how educators conceptualized the youth mentoring experience. Elementary school educators engaged in group concept mapping and interpreted data provided by former youth mentors…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Evaluation, Mentors, Peer Relationship
Fraenza, Christy; Rye, Terren – Learning Assistance Review, 2021
The problem of online doctoral student attrition has led institutions to explore solutions to support student completion. According to Tinto's model of institutional departure, learners' social and academic integration must be addressed to increase retention. At online institutions, learners' social integration can be challenging because of fewer…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Social Support Groups, Social Media, Electronic Learning
