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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
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Lang Chen; Hyesang Chang; Jeremy Rudoler; Eydis Arnardottir; Yuan Zhang; Carlo de los Angeles; Vinod Menon – npj Science of Learning, 2022
Growth mindset, the belief that one's abilities can improve through cognitive effort, is an important psychological construct with broad implications for enabling children to reach their highest potential. However, surprisingly little is known about malleability of growth mindset in response to cognitive interventions in children and its…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Self Efficacy, Cognitive Development, Child Behavior
Shannon G. Kuschel – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The growth of reading and cognitive skills is crucial for children's development. This study examined the utility of incorporating a cognitive framework for reading in intervention design among struggling readers receiving National Institute for Learning Development (NILD) Educational Therapy® over a 3- to 5-year period. Evidence from this…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Thinking Skills
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Kirk, Hannah E.; Raber, Adi; Richmond, Sally; Cornish, Kim M. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: Responses to digital cognitive training interventions vary greatly among children with intellectual and developmental disorders (IDD). Investigating possible predictors of improvements following training is vital in ascertaining which individuals benefit from these interventions. Methods: Seventy-three children (4-11 years) with IDD…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Predictor Variables, Training
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Winston, Ginger; Sifat, Munjireen; Phillips, Erica; Dietz, William; Wikner, Emily; Barrow, Maya; Khurana, Kunal; Charlson, Mary – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: Despite evidence that social network members influence the eating behaviors of adults, no study to date has had the primary aim of examining children as support partners for parents in a weight loss intervention. Aim: To evaluate parent adherence with eating/exercise goals and weight loss in a 6-month study engaging children as support…
Descriptors: Children, Eating Habits, Parent Child Relationship, Parents
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de Vries, Marieke; Verdam, Mathilde G. E.; Prins, Pier J. M.; Schmand, Ben A.; Geurts, Hilde M. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Previously, a total of 121 children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) performed an adaptive working memory (WM)-training, an adaptive flexibility-training, or a non-adaptive control (mock)-training. Despite overall improvement, there were minor differences between the adaptive and mock-training conditions. Moreover, dropout was relatively…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Short Term Memory, Training
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Miller, Kim S.; Forehand, Rex; Wiegand, Ryan; Fasula, Amy M.; Armistead, Lisa; Long, Nicholas; Wyckoff, Sarah C. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2011
Predictors of change in the number of sexual topics parents discussed and responsiveness during sex communication with their preadolescent after participating in a five-session sexual risk reduction intervention for parents were examined. Data were from 339 African American parents of preadolescents enrolled in the intervention arm of a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Risk, Parent Child Relationship
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Da Fonseca, David; Cury, Francois; Santos, Andreia; Payen, Vincent; Bounoua, Lenda; Brisswalter, Jeannick; Rufo, Marcel; Poinso, Francois; Deruelle, Christine – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2009
The aim of this study was to determine whether depression can explain the negative relationship between academic performance and the belief that intelligence is a fixed trait, i.e., entity belief. A sample of 353 French volunteer adolescents (age 11-16) completed questionnaires assessing entity theory and depressive symptoms (Children Depression…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Questionnaires, Program Effectiveness, Depression (Psychology)