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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Child Engagement"”.
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Automatically predicting child engagement in dyadic interactions
1 in 68 American 8-year-old children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Though prevalent, ASDs are not typically diagnosed until children are older than 4 years. The results of clinical interventions are improved when children are diagnosed as young as possible but it is difficult …
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Increasing PRIDE Skills for Child Engagement Using iPCIT with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
<p>Many children with autism spectrum disorder display elevated levels of problem behaviors, such as aggression and defiance, in addition to symptoms characteristic of autism, such as deficits in social communication and interaction. Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a behavioral parent …
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Relationship of Early Childhood Teacher Guidance Beliefs and Reported Actual Practices on Child Behavioral Outcomes
Teacher beliefs on child guidance and discipline practices are critical components in understanding how teachers’ beliefs and approaches to guidance influence teachers’ interactions and classroom management practices with children. This study explored teachers’ beliefs on guidance and teachers’ …
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Therapeutic Process Factors in Mental Health Treatment for Autistic Youth
… factors in mental health treatment for autistic children and adolescents through two studies. The first study involved a systematic review and a narrative synthesis of the literature on how therapeutic process factors have been measured and the association with treatment outcome following …
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Examining the Relationship Between Park Design and Children's Park Use and Play Behaviours in London, Ontario using Behaviour Mapping
… offer an optimal play environment for supporting childhood development by encouraging the engagement of adventurous and diverse play. This study examines how park design influences children’s park use and play behaviours with the aim of identifying what features can be improved to better …
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Interactive and Textbook Lessons in Science Instruction: Combining Strategies to Engage Students in Learning
… the hands-on activities create confidence in the children. Research also indicates that students who receive textbook based lessons earn scores similar to students who learn through hands-on lessons. This study explores the effects of different instructional strategies on student engagement in …
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Interactive and Textbook Lessons in Science Instruction: Combining Strategies to Engage Students in Learning
… the hands-on activities create confidence in the children. Research also indicates that students who receive textbook based lessons earn scores similar to students who learn through hands-on lessons. This study explores the effects of different instructional strategies on student engagement in …
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The Effects of the Classroom Schedule and Teacher Beliefs on Head Start Teacher-Child Interactions
… be examined from several viewpoints in the early childhood classroom: wasted wait time; instruction which is undifferentiated or not on the child’s cognitivelevel, missing the child’s target learning needs; the source and control of the classroomschedule; children’s perceptions of time; and the …
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Supporting Parent Engagement at Home: Parent Perceptions of Important Knowledge in Educating their Children in Engineering Activities of Varying Structure
… or support engineering activities for their children. This idea is reinforced by previous literature that identifies that (1) elementary-aged children can and should do engineering activities, (2) parents have a longstanding and significant impact on their children in many different ways, (3) …
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Changing practices of early intervention teachers of the visually impaired: The matrix approach
… in the field of visual impairments and early childhood special education (American Printing House for the Blind, n.d.; DEC, 2014; Dote-Kwan & Chen, 2014; Petersen & Nielsen, 2005) and further refined to encourage changes in teaching practices. A multiple baseline design was used to investigate …
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Early Engagement of Parents Involved in Child Welfare
Each year, child welfare agencies receive over three million referrals on children alleged to be victims of child abuse or neglect. When the state exercises its societal right to remove a child from his or her family, the primary goal is to reunify that child as soon as the involved institutions …