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Lipina, Sebastian J.; Colombo, Jorge A. – APA Books, 2009
Poverty remains an urgent crisis worldwide. In the United States, 28.6 million children live in low-income families and 12.7 million children live in poor families. In nations belonging to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 47 million children live below national poverty lines. These figures pertain to…
Descriptors: Children, Poverty, Brain, Disadvantaged Youth
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Keohane, Dolleen-Day; Luke, Nicole; Greer, R. Douglas – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2008
We tested the effect of a Rotated Protocol Immersion package on the emergence of observing responses as prerequisites for more complex verbal developmental capabilities. Three elementary aged students between the ages of 6 and 7 participated. They were diagnosed with autism spectrum disabilities. The treatment condition consisted of total…
Descriptors: Child Development, Verbal Development, Autism, Attention
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 2006
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) collaborated on a child and adolescent development project involving roundtables of knowledgeable researchers and teacher educators. This summary report discusses major issues faced by teachers and schools,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Adolescent Development, Accreditation (Institutions), Child Development
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 2005
This document is the quadrennial report of the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD) Branch to the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development (NACHHD) Council. The MRDD Branch is a vital, evolving entity within the Center for Developmental Biology and Perinatal Medicine (CDBPM) at the National Institute of Child …
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Child Health, Medical Research