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Observing the Emotional Development of a Baby at Home and in a Nursery Using Ester Bick's Infant Observation Method
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Lemos, Eliana de Jesus Souza; Silva, C. V.; Pedroso, J. da S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The objective of this paper is to understand the emotional development of baby cared for in two different contexts: nursery and at home. This research was carried out in Brazil. As recommended by the Bick method, weekly visits were performed at home and in the nursery, always accompanied by transcription and discussion of cases in the supervision…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Infants, Child Care, Family Environment
Emotional Competence, Behavioural Patterning, and Executive Functions
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Mohtasham, Mandana K.; Patterson, Allyson B.; Vennergrund, Katherine C.; Chen, Eileen; Pasnak, Robert – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The importance of social-emotional competence, executive functioning, and behavioural recognition of patterns by young children is receiving increased attention from researchers, schools, parents, and teachers due to the beneficial outcomes of children who have skills in each. This paper presents studies of the correlations between these variables…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Patterns
Global Development and Infant Language's Assessment in Institutional Settings
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Silva, C. V.; Cruz, E. J. S. da.; Gouveia, A. J.; Pedroso, J. da S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The aim of this research was to assess global and socio-emotional development and infant's language of caregivers by means of the third edition of Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development. Literature points peculiarities on the institutional setting and that presence or absence of mother can impact infant's development in several forms.…
Descriptors: Infants, Social Development, Emotional Development, Child Development
The Role of Outdoor Education in Child Development in Italian Nursery Schools
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Monti, Fiorella; Farné, Roberto; Crudeli, Fabiola; Agostini, Francesca; Minelli, Marianna; Ceciliani, Andrea – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
This study aimed to investigate the influence of Outdoor Education (OE) on different areas of development in 1-3-year-old children attending Italian nursery schools. The sample was composed of 160 children (1-3-year-old) divided into a first group (Traditional), with 76 children attending nursery schools with traditional educational activities;…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Preschools
Improved Speech Following Parent-Delivered Qigong Massage in Young Children with Down Syndrome: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
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Silva, Louisa M. T.; Schalock, Mark; Williams, Mary – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
Qigong massage is an eastern form of massage that can be delivered by western parents to their children with appropriate training and support. It has been shown to improve developmental measures in young children with autism when given daily for five months. A recent trial evaluating its effect on motor development in young children with Down…
Descriptors: Parents, Down Syndrome, Young Children, Physiology
Socioemotional versus Academic Emphasis: Impact on Kindergartners' Development and Achievement.
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Marcon, Rebecca A. – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Assessed the differential effects of academic versus socioemotional focuses in kindergartens. Subjects were 307 predominately African-American children in 86 inner-city classrooms. Found a detrimental impact of an overly academic focus in kindergarten on young boys' development and school achievement. Although girls were developmentally more ready…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Child Development, Classroom Environment
Kindergarten Social-Emotional Competence: Developmental Predictors and Psychosocial Implications.
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Schmidt, Michelle E.; Demulder, Elizabeth K.; Denham, Susanne A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2002
Examined relationships among child-mother attachment when children were age 3; family stress when children were 3, 4, and 5; and social-emotional outcomes in kindergarten. Found that less secure kindergartners were more aggressive and less socially competent than secure peers, and kindergartners who had experienced more family stress in preschool…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anxiety, Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis