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Mental Health Care Utilization in Three-to-Six-Year-Old-Children: Which Behaviours Predict Parents and Daycare Teachers' Perceived Need for Action?
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Hoffer, Rieke; Strohmer, Janina – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Unmet mental health needs are common in young children. Recent research on mental health care utilization has focussed mainly on parental perspectives. This study seeks to determine which types of behaviours exhibited by children predict the perceived need for action among both parents and daycare teachers. Parents and daycare teachers reported on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
Modeling the Relationships between Practitioner Capacity-Building Practices and the Behavior and Development of Young Children with Disabilities and Delays
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Carl J. Dunst; Deborah W. Hamby; Melinda Raab – Educational Research and Reviews, 2019
The manner in which family-centered capacity-building practices and parenting efficacy beliefs were directly and indirectly related to parent-child interactions and child behavior and development was investigated using meta-analytic structural equation modeling. The participants were 6507 caregivers of young children with identified disabilities…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Parenting Skills, Self Efficacy, Parent Child Relationship
Mother-Child Interaction as a Window to a Unique Social Phenotype in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and in Williams Syndrome
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Weisman, Omri; Feldman, Ruth; Burg-Malki, Merav; Keren, Miri; Geva, Ronny; Diesendruck, Gil; Gothelf, Doron – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Mother-child interactions in 22q11.2 Deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) and Williams syndrome (WS) were coded for maternal sensitivity/intrusiveness, child's expression of affect, levels of engagement, and dyadic reciprocity. WS children were found to express more positive emotions towards their mothers compared to 22q11.2DS children and those with…
Descriptors: Mothers, Children, Parent Child Relationship, Genetic Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms among Children Enrolled in the Study to Explore Early Development (SEED)
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Wiggins, Lisa D.; Levy, Susan E.; Daniels, Julie; Schieve, Laura; Croen, Lisa A.; DiGuiseppi, Carolyn; Blaskey, Lisa; Giarelli, Ellen; Lee, Li-Ching; Pinto-Martin, Jennifer; Reynolds, Ann; Rice, Catherine; Rosenberg, Cordelia Robinson; Thompson, Patrick; Yeargin-Allsopp, Marshalyn; Young, Lisa; Schendel, Diana – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
This study examined the phenotypic profiles of children aged 30-68 months in the Study to Explore Early Development (SEED). Children classified as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental delay (DD) with ASD symptoms, DD without ASD symptoms, and population comparison (POP) differed significantly from each other on cognitive, adaptive,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Young Children, Child Development
A Strategy to Increase the Social Interactions of 3-Year-Old Children with Disabilities in an Inclusive Classroom
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Stanton-Chapman, Tina L.; Brown, Tiara S. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2015
The current study evaluated the play behaviors of children with disabilities (e.g., developmental delays, specific language impairment) who participated in a social communication intervention targeting skills such as initiations, responses, name use, proximity, and turn-taking. Three children who were enrolled in an inclusive classroom met the…
Descriptors: Play, Disabilities, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence
Early Signs of Autism in Toddlers: A Follow-Up Study in the Danish National Birth Cohort
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Lemcke, Sanne; Juul, Svend; Parner, Erik T.; Lauritsen, Marlene B.; Thorsen, Poul – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
To identify possible early signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) within the Danish National Birth Cohort, we studied prospectively collected interviews from 76,441 mothers about their children's development and behaviour at 6 and 18 months. In Danish national registries, 720 children with ASD and 231 children with intellectual disability (ID)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
An Examination of Play Behaviors in Young At-Risk Children
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Schwabe, Adrienne; Craig-Unkefer, Lesley – Online Submission, 2008
This study examined the effects that a multi-component intervention had on play behaviors and mean length of utterance (MLU) of eight Head Start children at risk for language delays and social skill development. The intervention consisted of three components: (a) a planning period included reading a story book that illustrated the play theme and…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Child Behavior, Disadvantaged Youth