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Pekçetin, Serkan; Saridas, Bagdagül; Üstünyurt, Zeynep; Kayihan, Hülya – Infants and Young Children, 2019
The purpose of this study was to compare the sensory-processing patterns of preterm and term children at 6 years of age. The sensory profile (SP; W. Dunn, 1999) was used to evaluate sensory-processing patterns. We compared the section and factor SP scores of 118 preterm children with those of 158 term children at 6 years of age. Preterm children…
Descriptors: Sensory Integration, Intervention, Occupational Therapy, Neonates
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May, Lillian; Gervain, Judit; Carreiras, Manuel; Werker, Janet F. – Developmental Science, 2018
In this work we ask whether at birth, the human brain responds uniquely to speech, or if similar activation also occurs to a non-speech surrogate 'language'. We compare neural activation in newborn infants to the language heard "in utero" (English), to an unfamiliar language (Spanish), and to a whistled surrogate language (Silbo Gomero)…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Birth, Neonates, Prenatal Influences
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Nugent, J. Kevin; Bartlett, Jessica Dym; Valim, Clarissa – Infants and Young Children, 2014
Relationship-based interventions are an effective means for reducing postpartum depression (PPD), but few cost-effective tools that can be administered efficiently in medical and home settings are available or well-studied. This study examines the efficacy of the Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO), an infant-centered relationship-based…
Descriptors: Infants, Hospitals, Home Visits, Intervention
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Isupova, Ol'ga Genrikhovna – Russian Education and Society, 2004
This article is about the relinquishment of newborns and women's reproductive rights. This article is based on a survey of factors that cause a woman to give up her newborn child, in the context of other events and circumstances in her life; the method of qualitative interviews was used in the cities of Moscow, Nizhnii Novgorod, Samara and Samara…
Descriptors: Neonates, Mothers, Control Groups, Females