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Mannion, Lydia – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2023
The Parents Plus Early Years (PPEY) Programme was conceptualised as an early group intervention for parents of preschool children with behavioural, emotional and developmental difficulties. This systematic review sought to examine and critically evaluate the existing literature in which the PPEY Programme has been implemented. A number of…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness
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Amelia Yanchik; Peter Vietze; Leah Esther Lax – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
The literature has yet to review the differential effects of Natural Environment Teaching (NET) and Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT) on adaptive skills. A sample of 142 children diagnosed with ASD between the ages of 16 and 35 months received either DTT, NET, or both interventions (NET+ DTT). The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID)…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Skill Development
Andrea Baraldi Cunha; Iryna Babik; Dongho Choi; Natalie Koziol; Regina T. Harbourne; Stacey Dusing; Sarah W. McCoy; Sandra L. Willett; James A. Bovaird; Michele A. Lobo – Grantee Submission, 2024
Background: Children with motor delays are at increased risk for delayed means-end problem-solving (MEPS) performance. Objectives: To evaluate children with motor delays: 1) the impact of motor delay severity and MEPS mastery timing on developmental trajectories of MEPS; and 2) the effectiveness of Sitting Together And Reaching To Play…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Developmental Delays, At Risk Persons, Problem Solving
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Sihong Liu; Tiffany Phu; Amy Dominguez; Eliana Hurwich-Reiss; Drew McGee; Sarah Watamura; Philip Fisher – Prevention Science, 2025
Many existing preventive intervention programs focus on promoting responsive parenting practices. However, these parenting programs are often long in duration and expensive, and meta-analytic evidence indicates that families facing high levels of adversity typically benefit less. Moreover, due to a lack of specification and evaluation of…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Caregiver Child Relationship, Self Efficacy, Child Behavior
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Tein, Jenn-Yun; Wang, Frances L.; Oro, Veronica; Kim, Hanjoe; Shaw, Daniel; Wilson, Melvin; Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn – Developmental Psychology, 2023
This study is a secondary data analysis that extends knowledge about the effects of the early childhood Family Check-Up (FCU) intervention to trajectories of general psychopathology problems (p factor) across early and middle childhood, and effects on adolescent psychopathology and polydrug use. The Early Steps Multisite study (ClinicalTrials.gov…
Descriptors: Young Children, Children, Adolescents, Psychopathology
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Leadbeater, Bonnie; Sukhawathanakul, Paweena; Rush, Jonathan; Merrin, Gabriel; Lewis, Nathan – Prevention Science, 2022
This study has two objectives: (1) to report the results of a large-scale, longitudinal evaluation of the WITS Programs that included a large sample of elementary school children (n = 1967) from 27 rural schools (including 16 program schools) and (2) to examine and discuss the effects of average developmental trajectories and of heterogeneity in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students, Child Development, Intervention
Natalie A. Koziol; Kari S. Kretch; Regina T. Harbourne; Michele A. Lobo; Sarah W. McCoy; Rebecca Molinini; Lin-Ya Hsu; Iryna Babik; Andrea Baraldi Cunha; Sandra L. Willett; James A. Bovaird; Stacey C. Dusing – Grantee Submission, 2023
Purpose: This study tested whether the Sitting Together and Reaching to Play (START-Play) physical therapy intervention indirectly impacts cognition through changes in perceptual-motor skills in infants with motor delays. Methods: Participants were 50 infants with motor delays randomly assigned to START-Play plus Usual Care Early Intervention…
Descriptors: Physical Therapy, Intervention, Cognitive Processes, Psychomotor Skills
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Celina Salvador-Garcia; Oscar Chiva-Bartoll; Ana Belaire-Meliá; Teresa Valverde-Esteve – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2022
A high rate of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have impaired psychomotor development. To date, these children have had few opportunities to participate in extracurricular Physical Education programs. However, nowadays a number of intervention programs are arising with the aim of improving their motor performance. The objectives of…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Extracurricular Activities, Physical Education
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Bayrak, Hatice Uysal; Akman, Berrin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2018
The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of the "Incredible Years (IY) Child Training Program" on behavioral problems, social competence, and social problem-solving skills. The research was performed using a pretest-posttest experimental design with a control group to determine the effects of the IY program on the level of…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Behavior Problems, Interpersonal Competence
Iryna Babik; Andrea B. Cunha; Dongho Choi; Natalie A. Koziol; Regina T. Harbourne; Stacey C. Dusing; Sarah W. McCoy; James A. Bovaird; Sandra L. Willett; Michele A. Lobo – Grantee Submission, 2022
Aims: Children with neuromotor delays are at risk for reaching and object exploration impairments, which may negatively affect their cognitive development and daily activity performance. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Sitting Together And Reaching To Play (START-Play) intervention on reaching-related exploratory behaviors in…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Cognitive Development, Developmental Delays, Program Effectiveness
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Walker, Sue; Fleer, Marilyn; Veresov, Nikolai; Duhn, Iris – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
This paper presents the findings of a study conducted with preschool teachers trialling an intervention in which executive function activities are embedded in teachers' daily practices and imaginary play is used to build meaningful problem situations that children solve using executive functions. The participants were 227 preschool children (53%…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Imagination, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
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Michelle Torok; Victoria Rasmussen; Quincy Wong; Aliza Werner-Seidler; Bridianne O'Dea; John Toumbourou; Alison Calear – Australian Journal of Education, 2019
Childhood emotional and behavioural problems can indicate a higher risk of developing mental illness in adolescence and beyond. Schools provide an appropriate setting in which to deliver universal preventions to improve well-being and protect against early risks for mental health disorder. However, interventions can often be difficult to implement…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems, At Risk Persons, Mental Disorders
Stuyvenberg, Corri L.; Brown, Shaaron E.; Inamdar, Ketaki; Evans, Megan; Hsu, Lin-ya; Rolin, Olivier; Harbourne, Regina T.; Westcott McCoy, Sarah; Lobo, Michele A.; Koziol, Natalie A.; Dusing, Stacey C. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Therapies for children with cerebral palsy (CP) often fail to address essential components of early rehabilitation: intensity, child initiation, and an embodied approach. Sitting Together And Reaching To Play (START-Play) addresses these issues while incorporating intensive family involvement to maximize therapeutic dosage. While START-Play was…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Physical Disabilities, Preschool Children, Intervention
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Brittany M. Dumproff; Art G. Dowdy – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2024
Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience challenges with social skill interactions that may affect their quality of life. Given that parents are often the most frequent and constant presence in their child's life, parents serve a vital role in their child's social and behavioral development. For this reason, children may…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Quality of Life
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Emily H. Becher; Sunghun Lim; Jenifer K. McGuire; Sharon Powell; Ellie M. McCann; Sarah E. Cronin; Veronica Deenanath – Family Science Review, 2022
This article describes a quasi-experimental design study comparing a sample of divorcing parents who attended a divorce education program to a sample of divorcing parents who did not attend a divorce education program. The data were analyzed using four child outcomes (emotional symptoms, conduct problems, peer problems, prosocial behaviors), with…
Descriptors: Divorce, Predictor Variables, Parent Education, Program Effectiveness
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