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Effects of an Early Intervention Program by the ICF Model on the Neuropsychomotor Development and Quality of Life in Babies in Daycare
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Mélo, Tainá Ribas; Araujo, Luize Bueno de; Ferreira, Manoela de Paula; Israel, Vera Lúcia – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This study aims at checking the effects of an early intervention program (EIP) on the neuropsychomotor development (NPMD) and quality of life (QoL) of 4-18 months old babies attending daycare, following the biopsychosocial (BPS) model of health and the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF). It was a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Infants, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development
Social Competence of Bilingual and Monolingual Native English Speaking Preschoolers: A Comparison of Parent and Teacher Perspectives
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Baxter, Christine M.; More, Cori; Spies, Tracy G.; Scott, Chyllis E. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Effective peer interaction is fundamental to social development, cognitive development, and academic success. Young children's early exposure to and development of social competence begins in the home and is further developed upon entry into early childhood programmes. In the United States, where early childhood programmes serve increasingly…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Bilingualism, Monolingualism, Comparative Analysis
Fast-Mapping in Persian-Speaking Late-Talking Toddlers
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Asadi, Mozhgan; Zarifian, Talieh; Kazemi, Mehdi Dastjerdi; Ghaedamini Harouni, Gholamreza – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This mixed two-way experimental, cross-sectional study investigated fast-mapping (FM) of novel nouns and verbs in 63 Persian-speaking toddlers aged 30 months, including 31 late-talking (LT) and 32 typically developing (TD) matched with respect to age and maternal education. Toddlers were classified as LT if they had limited expressive vocabulary…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Indo European Languages, Cognitive Mapping, Nouns
When Diagnosis Is Uncertain: Variation in Conclusions after Psychological Assessment of a Six-Year-Old Child
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Russell, Ginny; Norwich, Brahm; Gwernan-Jones, Ruth – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
A six-year-old child was independently assessed by three licensed educational (school) psychologists and one interdisciplinary team in the UK. All but one of these practitioners believed their assessment to be the first. The aim was to compare the practice of assessors and their conclusions especially in diagnostic categorisation. The methods of…
Descriptors: Identification, Learning Problems, Foreign Countries, Asperger Syndrome
Do They Practice What They Preach? An Ecocultural, Multidimensional, Group-Based Examination of the Relationship between Beliefs and Behaviours among Child Care Providers
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Tonyan, Holli A.; Mamikonian-Zarpas, Ani; Chien, Dorothy – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
Research examining child-care providers' beliefs and behaviour has produced contradictory evidence perhaps because analyses commonly examine providers as a homogenous group. Among providers in the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, we used cluster analysis to identify groups based on profiles of beliefs. We found evidence for five…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Behavior, Child Caregivers, Individual Characteristics
Observations of Social Competence of Children in Need of Special Support Based on Traditional Disability Categories versus a Functional Approach
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Lillvist, Anne – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
Background: Traditional disability categories may reveal little of the functional characteristics and social competence of a child. Objective: To compare the social competence of typically developing children, children with established disabilities and undiagnosed children identified by a functional approach to be in need of special support.…
Descriptors: Profiles, Play, Discriminant Analysis, Interpersonal Competence
Order Effects on Neuropsychological Test Performance of Normal, Learning Disabled and Low Functioning Children: A Cross-Cultural Study.
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Akande, Adebowale – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
Investigated possible priming effect of two neuropsychological tests, the Booklet Category Test (BCT) and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Obtained counterbalanced order effects on like-aged sample of 63 South African elementary school students (normally- achieving, low-functioning, learning-disabled). Found a significant effect of set-shifting…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis