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Direct linkRitchey, Margaret – ZERO TO THREE, 2021
This article discusses how increasing diversity within a community requires health care professionals to reassess the developmental assessment tools being used, or at the least, what implications one can derive from resultant identification of delays. The author describes a culture clash between her training and developmental expectations as a…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Physical Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Immigrants
Peer reviewedLemos, Eliana de Jesus Souza; Silva, C. V.; Pedroso, J. da S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The objective of this paper is to understand the emotional development of baby cared for in two different contexts: nursery and at home. This research was carried out in Brazil. As recommended by the Bick method, weekly visits were performed at home and in the nursery, always accompanied by transcription and discussion of cases in the supervision…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Infants, Child Care, Family Environment
Lundy, Allison; Trawick-Smith, Jeffrey – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2021
Physical activity--including outdoor motor play--has been associated with learning and brain-related functions and abilities in elementary school children and adolescence. Few studies have been conducted on the relationships between active play and these cognitive processes in preschool aged children. Several investigations have revealed that…
Descriptors: Play, Outdoor Education, Physical Activities, Motor Development
Klein, Erin; Montgomery, Ivonne; Zwicker, Jill G. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2021
Occupational therapists often address pre-printing skills in young children, but the evidence supporting such practice has not been thoroughly investigated. The purpose of this scoping review was to summarize and evaluate pre-printing literature and outline a theoretical framework to inform best practice. Utilizing PRISMA guidelines and scoping…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Handwriting, Writing Instruction, Occupational Therapy
Download full textAmerica's Promise Alliance, 2021
New energy, new evidence, and an emerging consensus on how learning happens have created a remarkable opportunity to galvanize widespread adoption of a whole child approach. However, messages about how learning happens are often obscured by confusion over terminology, weakening the field's overall ability to tell a compelling story about social,…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Cognitive Development, Child Development, Learning Processes
Sylvia Collazo – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Research suggests spending time outdoors and with natural materials can benefit all young children across different areas of development. However, children with developmental disabilities often have fewer opportunities to engage with nature as a result of the limited understanding and negative views about nature expressed by their caregivers and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Environmental Education, Outdoor Education
Leher Singh; Mihaela D. Barokova; Heidi A. Baumgartner; Diana C. Lopera-Perez; Paul Okyere Omane; Mark Sheskin; Francis L. Yuen; Yang Wu; Katherine J. Alcock; Elena C. Altmann; Marina Bazhydai; Alexandra Carstensen; Kin Chung Jacky Chan; Hu Chuan-Peng; Rodrigo Dal Ben; Laura Franchin; Jessica E. Kosie; Casey Lew-Williams; Asana Okocha; Tilman Reinelt; Tobias Schuwerk; Melanie Soderstrom; Angeline S. M. Tsui; Michael C. Frank – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Culture is a key determinant of children's development both in its own right and as a measure of generalizability of developmental phenomena. Studying the role of culture in development requires information about participants' demographic backgrounds. However, both reporting and treatment of demographic data are limited and inconsistent in child…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Young Children, Demography, Cultural Traits
William Harper-Hooper IV; Amy J. Samuels; Gregory L. Samuels – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2024
This article presents a framework that considers how relationships, representation, and respect can be prioritized, presented, and nurtured in early learning environments to support and foster equity and inclusion. This simultaneously supports an enhanced sense of belonging and creates an environment where students feel valued and respected. As an…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Equal Education, Student Diversity, Interpersonal Relationship
Sarah Leckey; Shefali Bhagath; Elliott G. Johnson; Simona Ghetti – Child Development, 2024
Memory decision-making in 26- to 32-month-olds was investigated using visual-paired comparison paradigms, requiring toddlers to select familiar stimuli (Active condition) or view familiar and novel stimuli (Passive condition). In Experiment 1 (N = 108, 54.6% female, 62% White; replication N = 98), toddlers with higher accuracy in the Active…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Child Development, Memory, Decision Making
Steven J. Howard; Kate L. Lewis; Emma Walter; Irina Verenikina; Lisa K. Kervin – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
Substantial research has aimed to characterise and measure early childhood education and care (ECEC) quality. However, heterogeneity in measures, methods and contexts across studies has made it difficult to reconcile the inconsistent associations reported between quality dimensions and child outcomes. While there is broad consensus that early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Interaction, Child Development, Teacher Student Relationship
Julia Goldmark – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The current study aimed to examine the effect of adverse childhood experiences on mental and physical health, forgiveness and spirituality. A total of 579 adults between the ages of 18 and 32 years completed an online survey. Participants were asked to report demographics and completed various measures. A total of 579 adults between the ages of 18…
Descriptors: Trauma, Child Development, Mental Health, Physical Health
Martha J. Bailey; Peter Z. Lin; A. R. Shariq Mohammed; Alexa Prettyman – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2024
This article examines the role of the Great Depression in shaping the intergenerational mobility of some of the most upwardly mobile cohorts of the twentieth century. Using newly linked census and vital records from the Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-database, we examine the occupational and educational mobility of more…
Descriptors: Trauma, Economic Change, Economic Impact, Occupational Mobility
Catherine Bent; Susan Glencross; Karen McKinnon; Kristelle Hudry; Cheryl Dissanayake; The Victorian ASELCC Team; Giacomo Vivanti – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Many autistic children require support to meet their learning needs. Given the heterogeneity within the autism spectrum it is plausible that different types of support might be better suited to different children. However, knowledge on what interventions work best for which children is limited. We examined the outcomes of autistic preschool-aged…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention, Preschool Children, Early Intervention
Marion Gardier; Marie Geurten – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Recently, several studies have suggested that metacognition emerges early in infancy and toddlerhood. However, to date, the developmental trajectory of these early metacognitive monitoring and control processes and their influence on children's later memory functioning remains poorly understood. The aim of this study was to longitudinally document…
Descriptors: Child Development, Metacognition, Toddlers, Young Children
Jacqueline Barfoot; Pamela Meredith; Koa Whittingham; Lachlan Kerley – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2024
The importance of parent-child relationships for child developmental outcomes suggests a need to incorporate a relationship focus into early intervention programs for children with developmental delays. Nevertheless, confusion exists about the definition and application of relationship-focussed interventions, and occupational therapists remain…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Parent Child Relationship, Children, Developmental Delays
