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Rankin, Victoria E.; Gonsoulin, Simon – National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk, 2014
In May 2010, the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) at Georgetown University released the monograph "Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems" (Leone & Weinberg, 2010). The monograph examined a number of topics relevant to the education and experiences of…
Descriptors: Young Children, At Risk Persons, Early Childhood Education, Child Welfare
Shimada, Shoko – RIEEC Report, 1988
This study examined the functions of structured modeling and mother-child play settings upon the development of pretend actions in young Down Syndrome children. Subjects were 30 pairs of Japanese children, with a developmental age range of 12-35 months, and their mothers. The children were individually administered five phases of premodeling,…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome, Foreign Countries
Clements, Douglas H. – Educational Technology, 1984
Reviews salient findings of media research involving young children and discusses implications of these findings for future research and applications in instructional computing. Effects of television viewing on attention and comprehension, achievement, development of mental skills, and behavior and socioemotional development, and comparative media…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attention, Behavior Development, Childrens Television
Hewitt, Deborah – 1995
Intended to facilitate communication between parents and child care providers through creative problem solving, this guide explains young children's normal developmental behaviors that frequently cause concern, and identifies factors parents and caregivers can control in the environment that may have an immediate positive response from a child.…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Child Rearing
Randolph, Shirley L.; And Others – 1994
Noting that humans develop according to a genetically encoded timeline and that departure from the timeline limits human potential, this book provides an illustrated practical guide to intervention to help children's bodies work as they should, to nurture children along their developmental timeline, to help children learn "from the inside…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Child Health
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Charlesworth, William R. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1991
Constructs a model applying evolutionary biology theory to the development of children's sense of justice. Maintains that competition for scarce resources causes many of the moral problems involving justice. Examines the place of emotions in the sense of justice. Hypothesizes rules of justice that predate cultural history. (CH)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research
Honig, Alice Sterling – 1996
This booklet provides guidance to parents regarding behavior of infants and toddlers, including behavior development and problems. It offers common sense advice and practical examples. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction: What Is Misbehavior of Babies?", discussing "crying" as an appropriate behavior for meeting physical and emotional needs, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Curriculum Center. – 1983
This instructor guide is designed for use by postsecondary child development instructors in courses that have both lecture and laboratory sections. The guide is organized into five units covering the following subject matter: foundations and assumptions about child caregiving, development of young children, indirect guidance of children's…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Modification