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Direct linkNatalie Kirby; Camilla Biggs; Megan Garside; Gloria Cheung; Philip Wilson; Matt Forde; Manuela Deidda; Dennis Ougrin; Fiona Turner; Karen Crawford; Helen Minnis – JCPP Advances, 2025
Background: Children in foster care are at high risk of future mental health and developmental difficulties. A number of interventions may be helpful; however, the effectiveness of interventions specifically for pre-school children in foster care is not well established. This is an important omission, since infancy and early childhood may be the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Foster Care, Intervention, Social Emotional Learning
Marta Aparicio Puerta; M. T. Polo Sánchez – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2025
To foster high-quality and inclusive education, students must hold positive attitudes towards all groups, including individuals with disabilities, a goal that can be accomplished through active participation in awareness-raising programmes. This study compares the efficacy of various strategies to modify attitudes towards disability among…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Early Childhood Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Attitude Change
Jennifer C. Bancroft; Erin Barton; Lauren E. Schulte – Journal of Early Intervention, 2024
Play skills are a behavioral cusp as they provide the foundation for the development of other related skills in young children. Children with developmental disabilities often demonstrate significant delays in their play skills. When children do not engage in play at the same rates or in the same ways as their peers or siblings, their ability to…
Descriptors: Young Children, Preschool Children, Developmental Disabilities, Play
Sarah F. Pedonti; Kathryn A. Leech; Mary Bratsch Hines; Sandra L. Soliday Hong; Harriet Able; Elizabeth Crais – Journal of Early Intervention, 2025
This study used a large administrative data set of Head Start programs across the United States, the Head Start Program Information Report (PIR), to explore disparities in program rates of screening, referral, and identification for early intervention between Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) and Head Start (HS) programs. Results from…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, Disability Identification
Jone Sagastui; Elena Herrán; M. Teresa Anguera – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Conflicts are inevitable in interpersonal relationships. In fact, they are usual in early childhood education centers and, thus, many educators consider them readily available educational tools, particularly valuable for children's social development if they are constructively managed. In this research, we investigate the educational management of…
Descriptors: Preschools, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
Jaime Balladares; Martín Miranda; Karen Cordova – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
The study evaluated the effects of board games on children in a range of cognitive areas, considering both inclusion (i.e. pre- and post-comparisons, playing style [board games], participants belonging to PreKinder and Kindergarten, and experimental approach) and exclusion criteria (i.e. video games). Nineteen articles were selected using both…
Descriptors: Games, Mathematics Skills, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
Download full textJoshua C. Felver; Emily C. Helminen; Mary Katherine A. Schutt; Emily L. Cary; Deborah L. Schussler; Rebecca N. Baelen; Laura F. Gould; Robert W. Roeser – ECNU Review of Education, 2025
Purpose: Research of mindfulness-based programming/interventions (MBP) for youth has proliferated in recent years; however, heterogeneity of MBP for youth impede determination of optimal programmatic structure across developmental periods. Design/Approach/Methods: Expert MBP scientists and instructors were iteratively surveyed using the Delphi…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Delphi Technique, Developmental Stages, Intervention
Are Metacognition Interventions in Young Children Effective? Evidence from a Series of Meta-Analyses
Janina Eberhart; Franziska Schäfer; Donna Bryce – Metacognition and Learning, 2025
A metacognitive learner acts in a planful way, monitors their progress, flexibly adapts their strategies, and reflects on their learning. Unsurprisingly, a metacognitive approach to learning is an important predictor of children's academic performance and many attempts have been made to promote metacognition in young children. The current…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Intervention, Meta Analysis, Young Children
Duygu Karaarslan; Dilek Ergin – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
A Virtual reality (VR) tour of the operating theatre can provide a realistic experience for children. The sample of children was allocated to VR-Documentary Film Group (n = 35), VR-Operating Theater Tour Group (n = 35) and Control Group (n = 35) using randomization and experimental study. The preoperative fear of the children was assessed (Child…
Descriptors: Surgery, Anxiety, Computer Simulation, Fear
Isita Tripathi; Christine T Moody; Elizabeth A Laugeson – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Parent involvement in social skills training programs for autistic children has been associated with improvement in child and family functioning. However, limited research has explored parents' treatment experiences, which may elucidate key therapeutic elements mediating long-term maintenance of outcomes. This study examines parent perspectives on…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Preschool Children, Intervention
Elisabeth J. Malone; Kathleen N. Zimmerman; Sean Joo; Gospel Y. Kim; Kelsey H. Smith – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2024
A best-evidence synthesis and meta-analysis were conducted to evaluate interventions designed to decrease noncompliance in early childhood settings. Studies were examined for quality, intervention components, and outcomes for young children (ages 2-8 years) across settings. Results indicated most designs were high-quality and produced desired…
Descriptors: Intervention, Compliance (Psychology), Meta Analysis, Toddlers
Åse Sjøstrand; Kari-Anne Bottegård Naess; Ane Hestmann Melle; Karoline Hoff; Elisabeth Holm Hansen; Linn Stokke Guttormsen – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify commonalities and differences between content components in stuttering treatment programs for preschool-age children. Method: In this document analysis, a thematic analysis of the content was conducted of handbooks and manuals describing Early Childhood Stuttering Therapy, the Lidcombe Program,…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Preschool Children, Intervention, Young Children
Harriet R Tenenbaum; Sonia Ingoglia; Nora Wiium; Nicolò M. Iannello; Cristiano Inguglia; Francesca Liga; Alida Lo Coco; Maria Lo Cricchio; Nana-Fatima Taini Ozeto; Martyn D. Barrett – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
This pilot study is the first to examine whether a novel curriculum based on the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) could increase children's endorsement and knowledge of children's rights. We conducted a pre-test-post-test design with an intervention and a comparison school. Pupils (n = 172) from Bulgaria, Italy,…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Competence, Democracy, Foreign Countries
Anjalee W. Galion; Justin G. Farmer; Heidi V. Connolly; Virginia D. Allhusen; Amanda Bennett; Daniel L. Coury; Janet Lam; Ann M. Neumeyer; Kristin Sohl; Manisha Witmans; Beth A. Malow; Autism Treatment Network/Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (ATN/AIR-P) Sleep Committee, Contributor – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) report high rates of sleep problems. In 2012, the Autism Treatment Network/Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (ATN/AIR-P) Sleep Committee developed a pathway to address these concerns. Since its publication, ATN/AIR-P clinicians and parents have identified night wakings as a…
Descriptors: Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Sleep, Intervention
Michelle M. Wang; Amanda Cardarelli; Jonah Brenner; Sarah-Jane Leslie; Marjorie Rhodes – Child Development, 2025
Gender-science stereotypes emerge early in childhood, but little is known about the developmental processes by which they arise. The present study tested the hypothesis that language implying scientists are a special and distinct kind of person contributes to the development of gender-science stereotypes, even when it does not communicate…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Scientists, Preschool Children, Sciences
