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Mohammed, Amra – Parenting for High Potential, 2018
Twice-exceptional (2E) students are those who demonstrate a gift or talent in one or more areas and have a disability in another area. One identifying characteristic of 2E children is asynchronous development, or the display of unusual talent or maturity in one or more areas alongside a struggle to develop in other areas. Asynchronous development…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Children, Gifted
Wilson, Hope E.; Gaa, John – Parenting for High Potential, 2013
Many parents are in search of ways to best encourage their gifted children
in the arts. As arts programs receive less financial and administrative support
from the public school systems, parents are seeking additional resources. This article will provide a beginning point for parents to support artistic development for gifted children, based upon…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Art Education, Art Activities
Blank, Rainer – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2012
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a condition characterized by difficulty in the development of motor coordination and learning new motor skills. It impacts on a child's ability to carry out everyday tasks such as getting dressed, using cutlery, writing or drawing, running, and playing sport. It is not due to any intellectual difficulty…
Descriptors: Children, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Physical Disabilities
Bishop, Shannon; McCallum, Cheryl – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2014
This article presents an overview of family learning at the Children's Museum of Houston. Based on educational theory, and designed to support learning literacy and success in school, Museum programs provide parents with tools to help them nurture children's intellectual development. The goal of this work is for parents to become better prepared…
Descriptors: Parents as Teachers, Museums, Cognitive Development, Child Development
Swick, Kevin J.; Knopf, Herman; Williams, Reginald; Fields, M. Evelyn – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2013
Children experience chronic stress in ways that can impair their brain functioning and overall development. This article articulates the unique needs of children experiencing chronic stress and discusses strategies that families and schools can use to support and strengthen children's development across the social, emotional, and cognitive domains.
Descriptors: Brain, Children, Stress Variables, Stress Management
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, 2010
Epilepsy is a seizure disorder. According to the Epilepsy Foundation of America, a seizure happens when a brief, strong surge of electrical activity affects part or all of the brain. About three million Americans have epilepsy. Of the 200,000 new cases diagnosed each year, nearly 45,000 are children and adolescents. Following a brief story of a…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Seizures, Children, Adolescents
Marques, Susana C.; Lopez, Shane J. – Communique, 2011
This article begins with a 12-year-old girl's story that serves as an example of how "caring coaches" in the schools contribute greatly in helping schools become hopeful places for children. Helping students become more hopeful is rewarding for the students, teachers, school psychologists, counselors, parents, and other caring adults. Twenty years…
Descriptors: Caring, School Psychologists, Motivation, Achievement Need
Isaacson, Karen L. J. – Understanding Our Gifted, 2008
Gifted kids often share a list of common traits, but ultimately, they are individuals. They have their own strengths, their own weaknesses, and their own needs. One trait that many gifted children "do" share is asynchrony. In other words, gifted children may not follow a typical age appropriate time line. They may be markedly advanced, average, or…
Descriptors: Gifted, Children, Individual Characteristics, Developmental Stages
Mahone, Mark E.; Silverman, Wayne – Exceptional Parent, 2008
Today, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common and most studied psychiatric disorder of childhood, affecting approximately five percent of school-aged children. That means that there are probably at least two children with ADHD in any average elementary school class. In the last 20 years, there has been an explosion in…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Processes, Children

Lerman, Saf – PTA Today, 1987
Tips on helping children achieve independence are offered. (MT)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
O'Malley, Colleen J.; Blankemeyer, Maureen; Walker, Kathleen K.; Dellmann-Jenkins, Mary – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
There is increased interest by parents in communicating with their children about political violence. However, limited attention in the scholarly literature has focused on parent-child communication about war and terrorism. In response, the purpose of this study is to assess, within their respective ecological contexts, American and Northern Irish…
Descriptors: Parents as Teachers, Parent Child Relationship, War, Terrorism
Brown, Laurene Krasny – 1986
The intent of this book is to help a parent or teacher make informed decisions about which medium (book, television, computer game, film) to select, how to present these materials to children, and how to evaluate the effectiveness of the medium. This book equips the reader to answer three basic questions: (1) What is distinctive about story…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Childrens Literature
T.C. Timber/Habermaass Corp., Skaneateles, NY. – 1995
This brochure, developed by a manufacturer of wooden blocks and trains, offers advice on the selection and use of toy blocks with children. The guide asserts that blocks, while often thought of as the most simple of toys, have great strength as creativity builders. Topics discussed in the brochure include: "Why We Want Our Children to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Creative Activities, Creative Development

Bauer, Karen L. – PTA Today, 1992
Examines the effect of birth order on child development, noting that spacing of children, gender, family size, and family configuration all play a role in determining what effect birth order will have. The article looks at various traits of firstborn, middle, lastborn, and only children. (SM)
Descriptors: Birth Order, Child Development, Children, Family Environment

Jones, Rose B. – Childhood Education, 2004
What is play? Many researchers have made numerous attempts to discover what play really is. In order to answer the question, a working definition of play must be found. If children learn through play, then it is of utmost importance that parents, children's first teachers, provide opportunities for play at home. Furthermore, parents need to…
Descriptors: Social Development, Play, Child Development, Parent Child Relationship