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Cassie Legband – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Possessing sufficient social skills is a crucial aspect of child development. The level of social skill that a child has is a strong predictor of their future behavioral functioning and academic achievement. Due to the impact social skills have on a child's later life, having a better understanding of how to enhance social development is…
Descriptors: Play, Interpersonal Competence, Preschool Children, Intervention
Gabriella N. Caruso – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Play is an important component of a child's development and learning. Research studies on play therapy have shown the benefits it has on developmental areas such as behavior control, assertiveness, task orientation, and social skills. Primary Project is a school-based play intervention which has consistently shown improved social and emotional…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Play, Intervention
Kelly Meadows – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The prevalence of late language emergence (LLE) in young children is high, comprising 10 to 20% of toddlers. Late language emergence refers to children who do not use at least 50 single words and 2-word phrases at the age of two. Current best practices for the under-three population with or at risk of having disabilities include the use of…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Toddlers, Caregivers, Intervention
Griffith, Coralie A. J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Despite changes in laws and access to education, individuals with disabilities continue to have fewer positive postsecondary outcomes than their non-disabled peers (Shogren et al., 2015). Negative secondary and postsecondary outcomes for individuals with disabilities include failure to graduate from high school, lack of postsecondary education,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Children, Self Determination, Skill Development
Sara G. Bauer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Program-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PWPBIS), an early childhood extension of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), is a multi-tiered system of supports that has shown promise in fostering the social, emotional, and behavioral development of young children in preschool settings. The literature indicates…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention
Helen T. Maher – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Social-emotional development is foundational to children's health, and academic outcomes. This study examined the effect of a child-centered play therapy intervention on the social-emotional competency of a group of 5 "at risk" third graders. Participants were recruited from a Tier 1 elementary school and social-emotional competency was…
Descriptors: Child Development, Play Therapy, Elementary School Students, Social Emotional Learning
Kim, Gospel Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The topic of the three chapters of this dissertation is empowering caregivers of children with or at high likelihood for autism to implement interventions in home settings with high fidelity to promote their child's social communication development. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the previous studies focused on caregiver-implemented early…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Meta Analysis, Infants
Shannon Kearney Lyons – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Childhood trauma carries multiple implications that adversely impact children; not only does it negatively impact mental health and well-being, resulting in behavioral issues at home and in the classroom, but it also has lasting, negative consequences on an individual's mental and physical health throughout their lifespan. Trauma-informed care…
Descriptors: Trauma Informed Approach, Resilience (Psychology), Child Development, Educational Environment
Denise A. Esposto – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The consequences of trauma and chronic toxic stress on young children's social and neurobiological developments are numerous and well-documented in the literature (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2020; Jimenez et al., 2016; Sciaraffa et al., 2018; Statman-Weil, 2015; Zeng et al., 2019). Children exposed to trauma during early…
Descriptors: Intervention, Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Trauma
Biancone, Patricia L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The prevalence and effects of lagging or delayed early literacy and motor skill development in children of low-SES backgrounds is a significant issue that can have adverse developmental consequences and affect children's ability to succeed in school (Evans, 2004; NELP, 2008; Stodden et al., 2008). This study examined the impact of the…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Psychomotor Skills, Intervention, Child Development
Driscoll, John – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This paper is an auto-ethnographic dissertation about the impact Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) has on its victims. This dissertation discusses the problems that are presented to a CSA victim, such as: possible impact on the victim's academic success, physical health, development, and psychological disorders- in particular, Post-Traumatic Stress…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Ethnography, Victims, Physical Health
Shires, Michael J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study utilizes the Brigance screener historical data to make a prediction of which prior settings students will come to kindergarten not-ready. It also uses prior settings data to look at subcategories of the composite score to inform an intervention plan to combat kindergarten not-ready scores. The research concluded that there is a…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Kindergarten, School Readiness, Intervention
Burger, Phyllis – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Statistical reports confirm that the female incarcerated population is not only increasing, but the frequency of mental disorders among this vulnerable population is accelerating. Women's pathways to crime show that gender matters significantly in shaping criminality. The frequency of mental disorders among incarcerated females is much higher than…
Descriptors: Females, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Mental Disorders
Knutsen, Susan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study sought to determine whether a book provision intervention delivered to low-income mothers participating in the Nurse-Family Partnership had an effect on family shared book reading patterns and family attitudes toward shared book reading. The 25 participants in this study were low-income, first-time mothers, aged 18-25 with infants,…
Descriptors: Books, Intervention, Low Income, Mothers
Hierl, Kiley – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Over the past several decades, there has been a dramatic increase in research surrounding factors that influence children's school readiness, or preparedness that allows children to learn in a formal educational setting. It includes possessing early academic as well as cognitive and socio-emotional skills (e.g., self-regulation, emotion knowledge)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Metacognition, At Risk Students, School Readiness
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