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Kanchanachitra, Manasigan; Angeles, Gustavo – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: This study evaluated the impact of a school-based nutrition program on preventing overweight and obesity in children in Thailand from 2014 to 2019. Methods: We used difference-in-differences with matched comparison group to evaluate program impact. Treatment schools were categorized into those that participated in phase 1 only, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obesity, Body Weight, Nutrition
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Jodi K. Heidlage; Christopher J. Lemons; Lakshmi Balasubramanian; Linda Dunnavant – Remedial and Special Education, 2024
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) require intensive multicomponent interventions to learn to read. Parent-implemented interventions have been shown to be effective for children with disabilities and are one potential method for providing intervention. This study used a multiple probe single case design to evaluate…
Descriptors: Children, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Intervention
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Victoria Hidalgo García; Javier Pérez-Padilla; Carlos Camacho Martínez-Vara de Rey; Lucía Jiménez García – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
Background: Among the different modalities of family support, home visiting programs have proved to be one of the most effective secondary prevention models for families involved in child welfare services. Despite the promising outcomes and the extensive available literature, further research is needed to investigate target population…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Family Environment, Home Visits, Program Implementation
Jarrett, Taner – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students with disabilities are 200% more likely to be restrained by school personnel compared to nondisabled peers (Katsiyannis et al., 2020). The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) in de-escalating the risk behavior of children with disabilities from exceptional children (EC) teacher…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Students with Disabilities, Child Behavior, Risk
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Katherine Pye; Hannah Jackson; Teresa Iacono; Alan Shiell – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Many autistic children access some form of early intervention, but little is known about the value for money of different programs. We completed a scoping review of full economic evaluations of early interventions for autistic children and/or their families. We identified nine studies and reviewed their methods and quality. Most studies involved…
Descriptors: Economics, Early Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children
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Mi An; Reia Tanaka; Naho Hirota; Takehiro Sasai; Hideki Takahashi; Yuuya Ogawa; Shizuko Horai; Mayumi Inoue; Randeep Rakwal; Toshihiro Kato – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Purpose: Adapted physical activity (APA) provides children and youth with disabilities more opportunities to be physically active. Nevertheless, it is not well known how APA implementation in different services has benefited them. This study reviews the existing literature on APA interventions to identify characteristics and program descriptions,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Intervention, Disabilities, Children
UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight, 2025
The Global Research Agenda for Children with Disabilities (the Research Agenda) is a strategic framework that identifies priority research areas -- defined through a global research prioritization exercise -- to close critical evidence gaps, inform inclusive policies and programmes, and guide effective investments that support children with…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Educational Research, International Organizations
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Larran, Julie; Schuster, Isabell; Hein, Sascha – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
Given the significant amount of time that refugee and asylum-seeking children (RASC) spend in schools, these institutions play an important role in their lives and represent an ideal environment in which to help them to adapt to their host society. The present study aimed to draw attention to the possibility of transferring intervention methods…
Descriptors: Intervention, Refugees, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Michelle Menezes; Christina Burroughs; Jessica Pappagianopoulos; Eleonora Sadikova; Emily Fuhrmann; Genevieve Bohac; Robert Cross; Lauren Witte; Gabrielle Brinkmann; Rachel Lemley; Denis G. Sukhodolsky; Micah O. Mazurek – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Depression is common among autistic youth and is associated with worse quality of life in this group. Despite significant need for high-quality efficacious treatments, there has been very limited research on interventions for depression in autistic youth. This single-arm pilot study examined the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a novel,…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Outcomes of Treatment, Depression (Psychology), Autism Spectrum Disorders
Scotty John Landry – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Hope has a powerful influence on individuals, especially those battling critical illness. The problem is the Make-A-Wish wish-granting experience was never designed to improve the health care of children being granted a wish; thus, hope was a mere by-product of the wish experience. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to…
Descriptors: Diseases, Medical Services, Psychological Patterns, Program Evaluation
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McGovern, Colleen; Arcoleo, Kimberly; Melnyk, Bernadette – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
Children with chronic conditions (i.e., asthma) are more likely to have anxiety or depressive symptoms. Comorbid asthma and anxiety in children leads to increased morbidity, causing children to miss instructional time and parent/caregiver (CG) work absences. Asthma educational programs and mental health interventions have been developed, though no…
Descriptors: Children, Diseases, Anxiety, Chronic Illness
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Tucker, Kathryn; Ingram, Maia; Martinez, Diana; Sander, Alicia; Flores, Roxanna – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: In this paper, we describe an approach to engage young children in evaluating the impact of "La Vida Buena," a community health worker-led childhood obesity intervention for Latino children aged 5-8 years. Design: This paper describes the collaborative process used to pilot, refine, implement and evaluate evaluation…
Descriptors: Experience, Children, Childrens Attitudes, Obesity
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Berger, Emily – School Mental Health, 2019
Childhood trauma can adversely impact academic performance, classroom behaviour, and student relationships. Research has gradually explored integrated approaches to care for traumatised students in schools. Increasingly, research has pointed to implementation of multi-tiered programs to trauma-informed care for traumatised students in schools.…
Descriptors: Children, Trauma, Schools, Intervention
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Grey, Ian; Coughlan, Barry; Lydon, Helena; Healy, Olive; Thomas, Justin – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Research related to parental satisfaction with early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) remains limited. A 35-item questionnaire called the parental satisfaction scale--EIBI (PSS-EIBI) was developed with four subdomains (child outcomes, family outcomes, quality of the model, and relationship with the team). Study 1 assessed levels of…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Satisfaction, Early Intervention, Behavior Modification
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Geuke, Gemma G. M.; Maric, Marija; Miocevic, Milica; Wolters, Lidewij H.; de Haan, Else – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019
The major aim of this manuscript is to bring together two important topics that have recently received much attention in child and adolescent research, albeit separately from each other: single-case experimental designs and statistical mediation analysis. Single-case experimental designs (SCEDs) are increasingly recognized as a valuable…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Research, Case Studies
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