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Raver, C. Cybele – American Psychologist, 2012
Over 21% of children in the United States today are poor, and the income gap between our nation's richest and poorest children has widened dramatically over time. This article considers children's self-regulation as a key mediating mechanism through which poverty has deleterious consequences for their later life outcomes. Evidence from field…
Descriptors: Evidence, Policy Formation, Social Change, Poverty
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Cavallaro, Claire C.; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1993
This article presents strategies for early intervention in integrated settings for children with disabilities. The strategies attempt to follow principles of both developmentally appropriate practice and effective special education. Strategies are grouped into four categories: (1) attention and responsiveness to the child; (2) environmental…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities
Mahoney, Gerald; Wheeden, Abbie; Janas, Debra – 1996
The INDAP (Individualizing Developmentally Appropriate Practices) program provides teachers with ideas on how to design classroom environments and materials, activities and routines, and instructional groups and transitions while providing high quality programs to children with different strengths and needs. These guidelines provide information…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Behavior, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
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Farran, Dale C.; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1991
Examined public school preschool programs for disadvantaged children and their developmental appropriateness by studying the programs' effects on children's language and memory skills and on classroom environment. Results showed that teachers could not distinguish their uninvolvement from overly and inappropriate academic involvement. Teachers did…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Abraham, Marie, Ed.; Wald, Penny, Ed. – Inclusion Forum, 1993
These two newsletters focus on two issues concerning full inclusion for young children with disabilities: the debate over developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) in inclusive preschool classrooms, and optimal classroom environments for inclusive early childhood settings. The first newsletter includes: a review of three articles addressing DAP;…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Community Programs, Day Care Centers