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C. Bennett; E. M. Westrupp; S. K. Bennetts; J. Love; N. J. Hackworth; D. Berthelsen; J. M. Nicholson – Child Development, 2025
This study examined long-term mediating effects of the "smalltalk" parenting intervention on children's effortful control at school age (7.5 years; 2016-2018). In 2010-2012, parents (96% female) of toddlers (N = 1201; aged 12-36 months; 52% female) were randomly assigned to either: standard playgroup, "smalltalk" playgroup…
Descriptors: Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Toddlers, Young Children
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Zakieh Khoramaki; Laleh Safaei; Leila Garhamani; Mahin Nazari – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Teaching social skills, such as cooperation, self-expression, and empathy, is necessary for acquiring social skills and participating in social activities. In this semi-experimental research, the effect of social skills educational intervention on the self-efficacy of fourth to sixth grade female students in X schools was investigated from the…
Descriptors: Females, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Student Attitudes
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Safarpour, Farzaneh; Ashori, Mohammad – Exceptionality, 2023
Behavioral emotion regulation and resilience are crucial in daily life. This research aimed to investigate the impact of the Incredible Years (IY) parenting program on behavioral emotion regulation and resilience in mothers of deaf children. The present study was a quasi-randomized controlled trial design. Twenty mothers between the ages of 28 and…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Deafness, Measures (Individuals), Self Control
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Chau, Lilian; Yuen, Mantak; Chan, Paul; Liu, Sylvia; Chan, Kit; Lee, Diana; Hsieh, Wu-Ying – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2022
It is vital to foster children's ability to cooperate with others, communicate effectively, and exercise self-control. These competencies represent a set of transferrable skills required in many aspects of daily life and along any career path. In Hong Kong, a play-based training programme was launched to support parents to target these areas of…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Play, Interpersonal Competence, Foreign Countries
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Amanda Bezzina; Stephen Camilleri – Pastoral Care in Education, 2024
Research talks about the importance of the family in the development of social and emotional competencies of children. In this paper, we wanted to explore whether the Friendship cards (FC) (a theoretically derived preventive educational game) helped to improve the relationship between the participants and their children and whether it helped in…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Family Role, Parent Attitudes, Visual Aids
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Kenworthy, Lauren; Childress, Deb; Armour, Anna Chelsea; Verbalis, Alyssa; Zhang, Anqing; Troxel, Mary; Handsman, Rebecca; Kocher, Kelly; Myrick, Yetta; Werner, Monica; Alexander, Katie C.; Cannon, Lynn; Anthony, Laura G. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
This randomized trial compared the first online parent training program for an evidence-supported executive function intervention for autism to in-person parent training with the same dose and content. Parents of autistic children (8-12 years-old; Full Scale IQ above 70) were randomized to in-person (n = 51) or online (n = 46) training. Training…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parent Education, Educational Technology, Online Courses
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Spruijt, Andrea M.; Dekker, Marielle C.; Ziermans, Tim B.; Swaab, Hanna – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Background: Parent-child interaction is essential in the development of attentional control (AC ) and executive functioning (EF ). Educating parents in AC and EF development may help them to respond more adaptively to their child's developmental needs. Aim: This study aimed to investigate whether parents can be educated to improve interactions…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Attention, Self Control
Rhonda H. Mercs – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Empowering Children with Hope and Opportunity (ECHO) program has collected data for 20 years. The ECHO staff has fallen short in using this data to clearly demonstrate any impacts and to engage in continuous improvement of the ECHO organization. Thus, the purpose of the current research project is to demonstrate how effective the counseling,…
Descriptors: School Counseling, School Counselors, Social Work, Catholic Schools
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Carranza Esteban, Renzo Felipe; Mamani-Benito, Oscar; Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás; Santillán Mejía, Aida Ch.; Vilca, Lindsey W.; Mendoza Galarza, Maritza J.; Bárrig Jó, Patricia S. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2021
Introduction: Children's behavior is influenced by parenting. This study aimed to assess the effect of the Parents Raising Safe Kids (ACT) program on parenting practices among parents with children between 3 and 5 years of age. Method: The study consists of a quasi-experimental design, and it used a sample of 65 parents between the ages of 21 and…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Preschool Children, Parent Education, Child Behavior
Fryer, Roland G., Jr.; Levitt, Steven D.; List, John A.; Samek, Anya – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020
We present the results of a novel early childhood intervention in which disadvantaged 3-4-yearold children were randomized to receive a new preschool and parent education program focused on cognitive and non-cognitive skills (CogX) or to a control group that did not receive preschool education. In addition to a typical academic year (9 month)…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children, Parent Education
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Salisbury, Marlee R.; Roos, Leslie E.; Horn, Sarah R.; Peake, Shannon J.; Fisher, Philip A. – Prevention Science, 2022
Children with developmental delays or disabilities (DD) are at risk for self-regulation difficulties and behaviour problems compared to typically developing children. Intervening early is crucial to prevent long-term adjustment challenges across home and school contexts. Parenting has been identified as a malleable target of intervention for…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, At Risk Persons, Self Control, Behavior Problems
Allura L. Malcolm – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Emotion regulation (ER) is a relatively understudied area of intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Parents play a significant role in the development of ER in children with and without developmental disabilities (Cole et al., 1994; Norona & Baker, 2014). Morris and colleagues (2017) reviewed a number of ER…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parents, Parent Background
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Waters, Sara F.; Hulette, Annmarie; Davis, Mindy; Bernstein, Rosemary; Lieberman, Alicia – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Prevention and amelioration of the myriad effects of toxic stress on child development is a significant public health concern. Scalable programmes to address this concern are lacking. Attachment Vitamins (AV) is a novel universal prevention programme for parents of young children that is trauma-informed and addresses toxic stress within a…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Child Health, Prevention
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Akfirat, O. Nejat – Participatory Educational Research, 2019
This study, which aims to improve the parental attitudes of Turkish immigrants living in Germany, is designed as an action research. During the study, the managers of the Turkish School-Parents Unions and 37 teachers giving courses to Turkish students living in Germany were interviewed, and the needs of immigrant Turkish parents for child rearing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Immigrants, Family Programs
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Gärtner, Kim Angeles; Vetter, Verena Clara; Schäferling, Michaela; Reuner, Gitta; Hertel, Silke – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Background: Preterm children have an increased risk regarding self-regulation development. Given the strong link between parenting behaviour (i.e., scaffolding and sensitivity) and children's self-regulation, parental training presents a promising way to counteract the negative consequences of preterm birth. Aims: We explored the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Child Development, Self Control, Child Rearing
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