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Direct linkZhe Dong; Gijs Huitsing; René Veenstra – Prevention Science, 2025
Anti-bullying programs can create more positive classroom environments by fostering the development of positive leaders who establish constructive norms. The social identity theory of leadership addresses stability and change within different leader profiles and identifies leader group prototypicality: the extent to which leaders are perceived to…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Juan Vives-Vilarroig; Paola Ruiz-Bernardo; Andrés García-Gómez – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The aim of this research was to study the effect of a horseback-riding programme on postural control in a group of autistic children (ASD). Nine children aged 9 to 12 years participated in this study through a multiple baseline across subjects design. The whole programme took place over nine months. Participants followed a previously developed…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Animals, Physical Activities, Human Posture
Rachel A. Gordon; Sandra W. Russ; Anastasia Dimitropoulos – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2024
Background: Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) display impaired pretend play abilities, reflective of broader social-cognitive challenges. Pretend play interventions for children with PWS demonstrate preliminary efficacy for improving cognitive and affective processes in play. It is unknown which specific intervention strategies, such as…
Descriptors: Children, Preadolescents, Genetic Disorders, Play
Meagan E. Heilman; John E. Lochman; Robert D. Laird; Kristina L. McDonald; Joan M. Barth; Nicole P. Powell; Caroline L. Boxmeyer; Bradley A. White – Prevention Science, 2025
Coping Power (CP) is an empirically supported school-based intervention for children at risk for aggression. A child's social status with peers and the extent to which they accurately perceive it are important aspects of preadolescent social development that may influence how intervention format affects disruptive behavior outcomes. Further,…
Descriptors: Intervention, At Risk Persons, Aggression, Social Status
Mindy Scheithauer; Joanna Lomas Mevers; Lawrence Scahill; Sarah Slocum Freeman; Colin Muething; Chelsea Rock; Scott Gillespie; Laura Johnson; Nathan Call – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Elopement is a common and dangerous behavior among autistic children. Behavioral treatments can reduce elopement, but most evidence comes from small-N evaluations in specialized settings with strategies varying across studies. The current study compared the efficacy of the caregiver-mediated function-based elopement treatment to parent education…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Preadolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Download full textBart Vogelaar; Mirjam de Vreeze-Westgeest; Sara Mata; Francisca Serrano – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2025
In this study, we were interested in the effectiveness of a dynamic reading and writing test for children diagnosed with dyslexia (N = 42) aged seven to eleven. Most of all, we were interested in whether the results of a dynamic reading and writing test could predict receptiveness to clinical dyslexia intervention. This study employed a…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Tests, Writing Tests, Children
Olivia Hadjadj; Estelle Ardanouy; Hélène Delage – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2025
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) are known to present difficulties in storytelling, both in macrostructure (i.e., narrative scheme) and in microstructure (i.e., language complexity). Studies also show that children with DLD can improve their narrative macrostructural performance through specific intervention. While most…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Language Skills, Story Telling
Mariana Garcia Torres; Sandy Magaña; Fabricio Balcazar – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the youth version of the program Parents Taking Action in Bogota, Colombia, using a quasi-experimental design. We hypothesized that parents in the treatment groups would improve in levels of knowledge, empowerment, self-efficacy, and use of strategies related to topics of adolescence and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preadolescents, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Dongyue Zhou; Zhimei Liu; Guanyu Gong; Yunge Zhang; Lin Lin; Kelong Cai; Huashuai Xu; Fengyu Cong; Huanjie Li; Aiguo Chen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Exercise intervention has been proven helpful to ameliorate core symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). However, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. In this study, we carried out a 12-week mini-basketball training program (MBTP) on ASD children and examined the changes of brain functional and structural networks before and…
Descriptors: Exercise, Intervention, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Autism Spectrum Disorders
Clea Sarnquist; Rina Friedberg; Evan T. R. Rosenman; Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo; Gavin Nyairo; Michael Baiocchi – Prevention Science, 2024
Sexual assault is a global threat to adolescent health, but empowerment self-defense (ESD) interventions have shown promise for prevention. This study evaluated the joint implementation of a girls' ESD program and a concurrent boys' program, implemented via a cluster-randomized controlled trial in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya, from…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Empowerment, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Mahmoud Gharaibeh; Mohammad Nayef Ayasrah; Abdullah Ahmed Almulla – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Dysgraphia is a learning disability that impairs children's written expression, mainly handwriting but also coherence at the same time. This research work was conducted to know the effectiveness of Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT)-based intervention, in assisting children with dysgraphia to enhance their writing skills. The…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing (Composition), Artificial Intelligence, Program Effectiveness
Ana Setiyorini; Wenny Artanty Nisman; Mei Neni Sitaresmi – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2025
Digital games are powerful for health education and can improve health determinants and behaviors, yet limited research focuses on their effectiveness in enhancing adolescent sexual and reproductive health. This review aimed to synthesize the current studies on the effectiveness of digital games for sexual and reproductive health among adolescents…
Descriptors: Video Games, Preadolescents, Adolescents, Program Effectiveness
Linda Thomas Poindexter – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem addressed in this study was the increase in discipline infractions during the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 school years among Black six-grade tween girls in Jefferson County Schools (JCS, a pseudonym). The numbers indicated a 44% increase in discipline infractions over a 4-year period. The purpose of this basic…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, African American Students, Preadolescents, Females
Emily N. Cyr; Kathryn M. Kroeper; Hilary B. Bergsieker; Tara C. Dennehy; Christine Logel; Jennifer R. Steele; Rita A. Knasel; W. Tyler Hartwig; Priscilla Shum; Stephanie L. Reeves; Odilia Dys-Steenbergen; Amrit Litt; Christopher B. Lok; Taylor Ballinger; Haemi Nam; Crystal Tse; Amanda L. Forest; Mark Zanna; Sheryl Staub-French; Mary Wells; Toni Schmader; Stephen C. Wright; Steven J. Spencer – Child Development, 2024
Girls and women face persistent negative stereotyping within STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). This field intervention was designed to improve boys' perceptions of girls' STEM ability. Boys (N = 667; mostly White and East Asian) aged 9-15 years in Canadian STEM summer camps (2017-2019) had an intervention or control…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, STEM Education, Summer Programs
Kerry Danahy Ebert; HaeJi Lee – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: Treatment response is the degree to which an individual benefits from a treatment. This systematic review sought to identify and synthesize research evidence regarding individual characteristics that predict language treatment response among children with developmental language disorder (DLD). Method: To be eligible for inclusion,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Preadolescents, Developmental Delays, Language Impairments
