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Direct linkRuby Batz; Melissa C. Walter; Melissa M. Burnham; Lisa B. Fiore – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2025
This blended pilot-empirical and theoretical manuscript documents a reflective journey undertaken by a group of early childhood teacher educators located across different regions of the United States as they examined their course design, materials, and syllabi construction. Grounded in reflective practice, intersectionality, and critical pedagogy,…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teacher Educators, Course Descriptions, Equal Education
Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy), 2025
In 2014, OSEP instituted the Statewide Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) reporting requirement. The SSIP was designed as a comprehensive multi-year plan for improving results for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families through system strengthening efforts. States/entities work to improve their infrastructure, implement…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Technical Assistance, Disabilities
Catherine A. Bent; Alexandra Aulich; Christos Constantine; Esther Fidock; Patrick Dwyer; Cherie Green; Jodie Smith; Ava N. Gurba; Lucas T. Harrington; Katherine E. Gore; Aspasia Stacey Rabba; Lauren N. Ayton; Kathryn Fordyce; Jonathan Green; Rachel Jellett; Lyndel J. Kennedy; Katherine E. MacDuffie; Shoba S. Meera; Linda R. Watson; Andrew J. O. Whitehouse; Kristelle Hudry – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Emerging evidence suggests parenting supports implemented in the first 2 years of life may influence developmental outcomes for infants more likely to be Autistic. Yet questions remain about acceptability of these supports to the Autistic and autism communities. Through mixed-methods participatory research -- co-designed and produced by Autistic…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Community Attitudes, Infants, Community Surveys
Sarah J. Der Nederlanden; Jeannette C. Schaeffer; Hedwig H. J. A. Van Bakel; Evelien Dirks – Journal of Child Language, 2025
A wide variety of language skills has been shown to be compromised in children from low socioeconomic status (SES). However, few studies have investigated the effect of SES on language development in infants. The aim of this study is two-fold: to investigate when the first SES-effects on language can be observed and to explore the effects of three…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Socioeconomic Status, Infants, Parent Child Relationship
JaneDiane Smith; Bonnie Keilty; Melissa A. Jackson – Infants and Young Children, 2025
This study informs the potential for prenatal early intervention (EI) by understanding the medical community's perspective of researcher-developed family outcomes for prenatal EI relative to outcome importance, whether they are actively meeting those outcomes, and ways to collaborate with EI if provided prenatally. Forty-two medical providers,…
Descriptors: Prenatal Care, Health, Services, Early Intervention
Susana Vargas-Pérez; Carmen Hernández-Martínez; Núria Voltas; Paula Morales-Hidalgo; Josefa Canals; Victoria Arija – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2025
Human breast milk dynamically adapts to meet the needs of healthy neurodevelopment. While a great deal of research has examined the relationship between breastfeeding, infant cognitive development and IQ, findings are inconclusive when potential confounders are adjusted for. This raises questions about the various ways in which breastfeeding and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Intelligence Quotient, Cognitive Ability
Sally Popplestone; Thach Tran; Annie Crookes; Shazna M. Buksh; Jane Fisher – Early Child Development and Care, 2025
There is limited early childhood development (ECD) research in Fiji. This study aimed to describe the associations between home caregiving, learning opportunities, socio-demographic factors, and the early development of children aged 24-59 months. Data were drawn from the 2021 Fiji UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, which included the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Early Childhood Education, Child Development
Serena Micheletti; Laura Dusi; Tania Zordan; Lotfi B. Merabet; Elisa Fazzi – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2025
Background: Language development in children with visual impairments (i.e., blindness or low vision) has received significant attention, particularly regarding its pragmatic component. Controversy surrounds the development of the structural aspects of language in this population, which are crucial for fostering neurodevelopmental skills. This…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Blindness, Language Skills, Infants
Download full textCuevas-Ruiz, Pilar; Borra, Cristina; Sevilla, Almudena – Centre for Economic Performance, 2023
We provide the first causal evidence of the returns to maternal educational curricula on offspring's health at birth. Educational programs that aim to deliver more general knowledge may potentially improve women's earning potential and maternal prenatal investment by increasing the portability of skills across occupations and improving women's…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Health, Neonates, Mothers
Kisla, Sule; Çetin, Zeynep – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study has been conducted to examine the relationship levels of fathers who have 6- to 12-month-old babies with their fathers, and their attachment status with their babies. The sample group consisted of 313 fathers. Fatherhood Scale and Father-Infant Attachment Scale have been applied to the fathers who participated in our study,…
Descriptors: Infants, Fathers, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
Yurt, Gamze; Çankaya, Seyhan – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study was carried out to determine the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on maternal adaptation and newborn perception in postpartum primiparous mothers. The research was designed as descriptive and cross-sectional. A total of 378 mothers who were in postpartum 6-8 weeks were reached. Of the 378 mothers participating in the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Adjustment (to Environment)
Manning, Leah B. – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Hierarchical linear modelling was used to explore the effect of changes in maternal sensitivity on attachment over time. Child characteristics of gender, temperament, and developmental status were used as moderating factors. Data from 1,249 mothers and their children from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development when the children…
Descriptors: Mothers, Time Perspective, Attachment Behavior, Sex
Kokkinaki, Theano; Markodimitraki, Maria; Vasdekis, V. G. S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
We compared speech acts and complexity of maternal speech to firstborn dizygotic twin and singleton infants. Nine twins and nine singletons were video-recorded at home in spontaneous face-to-face interactions with their mothers, from the 2nd to the 6th month. Continuous micro-analysis revealed that (a) open-ended questions, direct requests,…
Descriptors: Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Mothers
Yamamoto, Shimpei; Matsumura, Umi; Yeonghee, Lee; Tsurusaki, Toshiya – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study reports on crawling variability and differences in variability between infants with typical development (TD) and those with developmental delays. This longitudinal study included 0-year-old infants with no apparent dysfunction. The crawling movement in the video was coded objectively with reference to previous research. The infants were…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Development, Psychomotor Skills, Developmental Delays
Zhang, Wangyang; Qin, Guomin; Zhao, Zijian; Liu, Wenhao; Zhang, Shiyu; Kumar, Priyan Malarvizhi – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Gradients across socioeconomic status occur for many children's health and improvement in high-income countries. The objective is to explore infant growth and child development in four developed countries around the socioeconomic landscape. In this paper, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) enhances the socioeconomic status gradients for the…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Infants, Child Health
