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Lori-Ann R. Sacrey; Lonnie Zwaigenbaum; Isabel M. Smith; Jessica A. Brian; Sam Wass; Emily J. H. Jones; Mark H. Johnson – Child Development, 2025
Examination of the effectiveness of an attention intervention using a randomized controlled trial for toddlers with suspected or confirmed autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Data was collected from Alberta, Ontario, and Nova Scotia, Canada between February 2018 and February 2020 (halted due to COVID-19 pandemic). Participants were 35 toddlers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Attention, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Weber, Ann; Fernald, Anne; Diop, Yatma – Child Development, 2017
In some areas of rural Africa, long-standing cultural traditions and beliefs may discourage parents from verbally engaging with their young children. This study assessed the effectiveness of a parenting program designed to encourage verbal engagement between caregivers and infants in Wolof-speaking villages in rural Senegal. Caregivers (n = 443)…
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Cultural Influences, Infants, Language Acquisition
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Smith, Emilie Phillips; Witherspoon, Dawn P.; Osgood, D. Wayne – Child Development, 2017
Positive youth development (PYD) deserves more empirical attention, particularly among children of diverse racial-ethnic backgrounds. Given the need among families for monitoring and supervision during out-of-school time, community-based afterschool is a potentially promotive ecological setting. This study explores the quality of afterschool…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, After School Programs, Elementary School Students, Grade 2