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Priscilla Brandi Gomes Godoy; Lorna McWilliams; Leticia Rodrigues da Silveira; Mirian de Cesaro Revers Biasão; Fernanda Speggiorin Pereira Alarcão; Leonardo Seda; Renata Generoso Campoli; Holan Liang; Gauri Divan; Kathy Leadbitter; Jonathan Green; Elizabeth Shephard – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Effective support for autistic individuals is lacking in Brazil. Few centres offer services and those that do are limited in therapeutic options and geographical location. Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy is a low-intensity, evidence-based parent-mediated social-communication intervention that may be useful for this scenario. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Role, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills
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Marina Gonçalves Leal; José Eduardo dos Martírios Luz; Ana Kariele da Silva Santos; Cicero Luciano Alves Costa; Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira; Cassio de Miranda Meira Jr.; Giordano Marcio Gatinho Bonuzzi – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2024
We aimed to investigate the impact of smartphone use during intertrial intervals within a distributed practice regime on mental fatigue, performance, and learning of a balance motor skill. One hundred and thirty-six participants were randomly divided into two groups: the smartphone use group (SMARTPHONE) and the control group (CONTROL). The…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Skill Development, Motor Development, Telecommunications
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de Oliveira, Ilana Santos; Spessato, Bárbara Coiro; Oliveira, Dayana da Silva; Lins, Romulo José César; Sarinho, Silvia Wanick – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2022
Purpose: To examine long-term effects of a task-oriented intervention program for children with probable developmental coordination disorder in a physical education setting. Method: Sixty-nine boys and girls (7-10 years) were divided into two groups: intervention (n = 36) and control (n = 33). All children participated in physical education…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Psychomotor Skills, Intervention
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Palheta, Carlos Ewerton; Ciampolini, Vitor; Nunes, Eduardo Leal Goulart; Santos, Fernando; Milistetd, Michel – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Background: In many countries, sport programs have been designed in order to enhance young people's lives through the Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework and the teaching of life skills. In Brazil, there is a growing presence of programs that seek to meet these goals. Therefore, we conducted a case study to understand how one specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Programs, Athletics, Guidelines
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Müller, Alessandra Bombarda; Saccani, Raquel; Valentini, Nadia Cristina – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Purpose: Research indicates that delayed motor development observed in the first years of life can be prevented through compensatory intervention programmes that provide proper care during this critical period of child development. Method: This study analysed the impact of a 12-week compensatory motor intervention programme on 32 babies with…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, At Risk Persons, Psychomotor Skills
Winthrop, Rebecca; Ziegler, Lauren; Handa, Rhea; Fakoya, Foluyinka – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2019
Humans are born with the natural ability to gain skills through play. Children learn about social norms, roles and responsibilities, and language through curiosity-driven, playful interactions and activities. Learning through play harnesses the power of children's imagination and inspires active engagement with the material. The Center for…
Descriptors: Play, Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Student Centered Learning
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Bagaiolo, Leila F.; Mari, Jair de J.; Bordini, Daniela; Ribeiro, Tatiane C.; Martone, Maria Carolina C.; Caetano, Sheila C.; Brunoni, Decio; Brentani, Helena; Paula, Cristiane S. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Video modeling using applied behavior analysis techniques is one of the most promising and cost-effective ways to improve social skills for parents with autism spectrum disorder children. The main objectives were: (1) To elaborate/describe videos to improve eye contact and joint attention, and to decrease disruptive behaviors of autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Skill Development, Interpersonal Competence
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de Oliveira, Camila Aparecida Machado; de França Carvalho, Carolina Prado; Céspedes, Isabel Cristina; de Oliveira, Flávia; Le Sueur-Maluf, Luciana – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2015
The Federal University of São Paulo, Baixada Santista Campus was founded in 2006 with five degree-granting programs in physical education, physiotherapy, nutrition, psychology, and occupational therapy. The guiding principle behind the programs' educational mission was centered on the development of health care professionals capable of working in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching, Peer Relationship, Mentors
Petty, Ana Lucia; de Souza, Maria Thereza C. Coelho – Online Submission, 2012
The aim of this paper is to discuss executive functions and playing games, considering Piaget's work (1967) and the neuropsychological framework (Barkley, 1997, 2000; Cypel, 2007). Two questions guide the discussion: What are the intersections between playing games and the development of executive functions? Can we stimulate children with learning…
Descriptors: Games, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Play
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Thripp, Richard, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – Online Submission, 2020
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES) which took place on July 15-19, 2020 in Washington, DC, USA. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share your ideas, to…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanities, Young Adults
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Spaaij, Ramon – Sport, Education and Society, 2012
This article explores the concepts of social and cultural capital as analytical tools for investigating the capacity of sport-based intervention programs to contribute to the personal, social and professional development of disadvantaged young people. It draws on survey data (n = 129) and qualitative interviews (n = 53) with participants of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Disadvantaged, Youth Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Lynch, Collin F., Ed.; Merceron, Agathe, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Nkambou, Roger, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Content Analysis