Black caregivers of children with autism express that there are gaps in both knowledge and acceptance of disabilities within their communities. This lack of information and resources provided to Black communities can lead to tensions within families regarding autism diagnoses and how to support individuals with autism in their families. As part of…

The recruitment and selection process are two of the most important human resource functions having a great impact on the growth and success of an organization as compared to other tasks such as retention, onboarding, leadership development, and managing talent. Stepping Stones is a project for scaling the early childhood development of children…

A common difficulty in introducing reading instruction involves teaching students to blend letter sounds to form words. Often, this difficulty can occur with and without textual stimuli. In 2 experiments, we tested the effects of behavioral momentum blending on acquisition of textual and spelling responses with 11 preschool students. The 3- and…

This study tests a moderate mediation model and clarifies the mechanisms linking screen exposure to children's socioemotional competence. The objective is to examine if children's emotional ability mediates the relationship between screen exposure and socioemotional competence, and if parental media mediation moderates this pathway. Using…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop an accurate test scale for vocabulary comprehension ability applicable to Mandarin-speaking preschool children aged 3-5. Methods: First, an initial scale was developed and evaluated using the expert consultation method. Subsequently, 490 typically developing 3-5-year-old Mandarin-speaking children…

Minimally verbal autistic children, or those who use fewer than 20 words, represent [approximately]30% of the autistic population and are at heightened risk for adverse outcomes in socialization, academics, independent living, and employment. While it is known that intensive intervention can enhance the communication skills of minimally verbal…

Medical fears are common in early childhood, and managing young children's distress with routine healthcare encounters is essential for promoting lifelong health. Previous research suggests medical play guided by healthcare professionals reduces children's anxiety and distress in medical settings, and medical play has been recommended as a…

This study investigated the role of domain-general cognitive processes, specifically inhibitory control, verbal working memory (WM), and nonverbal reasoning, on children's productive grammar skills, focusing on Turkish past tense (e.g. firçala-DI brush-PAST.3sg) and causative suffix (e.g. firçala-t-TI brush-CAUSE-PAST.3sg), representing the…

Introduction: Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease which kills 59,000 people worldwide annually, 40% being children under the age of 15. Dogs are the main reservoir species for disease transmission. This study assessed the short-term impact of a single, creative teaching style education workshop on children's knowledge and understanding of rabies…

Negative parenting behavior is associated with peer victimization. However, we do not know if this association changes across development. It is also unclear whether associations hold after adjusting for genetic factors. Peer victimization and negative parenting behavior were examined using data from TwinLife, a cross-sequential population-based…

Purpose: Phonological awareness (PA) is a foundational skill for literacy development and may be impacted in children with cleft palate with or without cleft lip (CP ± L), as studies have reported associations between atypical speech sound production in this population and reduced PA skills. This study examined (a) the relationship between…

Purpose: This study introduces an ecological framework for disabilities meant to provide a new model of viewing and learning about disabilities and special education. This model projects a multi-systemic view of factors that influence a person's life, where people with disabilities are active actors in the development of the world. The increased…

The "Woodock-Johnson V" Symbol Inhibition test is a measure of the inhibiting and updating aspects of executive functioning, developed for administration on the new "Riverside Score"™ digital platform. This paper describes the development of the Symbol Inhibition test, including the test design, norming and validity study data…

This paper interrogates the coloniality of (human) rights and inclusion by tracing their function within Aotearoa New Zealand's education policy. Beginning from the global frame of Gaza, where human rights instruments are mobilised to obscure rather than prevent mass violence, the analysis demonstrates that rights frameworks are never neutral. In…

The gap between girls' and boys' performance on object control skills in early childhood is pervasive. The purpose of this study was to examine outcomes of a modified motor skill intervention for preschoolers, Successful Kinesthetic Instruction for Preschoolers, Gender-Equity. Participants (3-5 years of age) from an urban Head Start center were…