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Maternal Responsive Behaviours and Child Language Outcomes in a Cohort of Mothers and Children Facing Adversity
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Boulton, Charlotte; Levickis, Penny; Eadie, Tricia – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Children facing adversity are at greater risk of experiencing language difficulties than their peers. This study aims to examine the association between specific maternal responsive behaviours at 24 months and language outcomes at the age of 5 years in a cohort of mothers and children facing adversity. Mother-child dyads (n = 138) facing adversity…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Child Language, Preschool Children
Receiving Extra Support in Norwegian Centre-Based Childcare: The Role of Children's Language and Socioemotional Development
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Lekhal, Ratib – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This study adds to the current literature by examining how different developmental areas (language problems or externalizing and internalizing behaviour problems) affect the possibility of a child receiving extra support early in life. The data were drawn from an online survey of 2779 children in Norway conducted in 2015 and included information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Child Language, Social Development
Language and Social Competence in Typically Developing Children and Late Talkers between 18 and 35 Months of Age
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Longobardi, Emiddia; Spataro, Pietro; Frigerio, Alessandra; Rescorla, Leslie – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The present study examined the relation between language and social ability in a sample of 268 preschoolers aged 18-35 months. Expressive language was assessed with the Italian adaptation of the Language Development Survey (LDS), and Social Competence was assessed with the Questionnaire on Peer Interactions in the Kindergarten (QPI). Results…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Child Language, Linguistic Competence, Interpersonal Competence
Language Insights for Caregivers with Young Children
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Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
How to help babies and young children right from birth to become competent in talking as well as emergent literacy is illustrated by research findings as well as with specific clinical stories. Both kinds of knowledge can serve to galvanize parents and teachers to increase awareness of infant and preschool language development and the crucial role…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Caregiver Role
Music and Language Development in Early Childhood: Integrating Past Research in the Two Domains.
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Chen-Hafteck, Lily – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Examines the link between music and language development in early childhood. Investigates three aspects in developmental processes: (1) early sound perception; (2) premusical and prelinguistic vocalization; and (3) the emergence of singing and speech. Discusses linguistic and musical environmental stimulation such as baby talk and lullabies.…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Child Development, Child Language, Language Acquisition
First Partnerships: The Co-Construction of Intentional Communication.
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Harding, Carol Gibb; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Reviews research on the development of intentional communication between adult and child. Suggests that the communicative partnership between caregiver and child is dynamic, functioning to assist in the developmental achievements of the child and also functioning as a mechanism for socializing the child and his or her partner into the appropriate…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Development, Child Language