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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Children’s Outcomes"”.
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Family income and children’s outcomes: evidence for the UK
… much earlier and are already apparent when the children are still very young. The second empirical chapter uses data at ages 5 and 7 to explore this further, and shows that family income itself seems to have a direct impact on children’s cognitive test scores at these ages, with other important …
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Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care: Examining Different Conceptualizations and Levels of Quality
A large proportion of young children spend many hours in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and such care is costly. Given this context, it is important to examine the quality of care children receive, whether they experience quality differently, and the effects of quality on child …
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Three Essays On Early Childhood Development In Chile
… parental investments, early life conditions and children’s outcomes. The first chapter exploits a plausibly exogenous variation on the timing at which a maternity leave extension reform was implemented to estimate the causal effect of additional weeks of maternity leave on breastfeeding duration …
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Communication Choices, Identity, and Outcomes in Children with Cochlear Implants
… decisions. For most parents of children with cochlear implants (CIs), access to oral communication and the ‘hearing’ world, is a priority. Disagreement between professionals around using a visual language make it difficult for parents to decide between an ‘oral-only’ or …
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The Effects of Family Structure and Family Process on the Psychological Well-Being of Children: From the Children's Point of View
The impact of family structure on children’s outcomes is a highly debated topic in literature on the family. This research made an attempt to engage in this debate by testing the family process perspective. Theorists who favor this perspective believe that the effects of family structure on …
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Nonstandard work and cognitive and behavioral development among preschool children in single mother families
… between nonstandard work schedules and children's cognitive, social, and behavioral development in single mother families, as well as the impact that parental stress and depression may have on children's outcomes. Multivariate analyses were conducted using data from the Early Childhood …
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BEYOND THE CLINIC: MODIFIED INTERNET-DELIVERED PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION THERAPY
<p>Children who attend Head Start children are at increased risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. A variety of systemic factors contribute to their increased risk for problematic developmental outcomes. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is an evidence-based intervention for improving …
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Treatment Trajectories of Preschoolers with Severe Trauma Exposure
Children who have experienced severe trauma during early development are at increased risk for a variety of mental and behavioral health symptoms. Early intervention is commonly recommended to support healing, yet little is known about the effectiveness of early intervention efforts in community …
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Communicative participation outcomes of preschool speech-language services: Opportunities, challenges, and solutions
… Canada, families who are concerned about their children’s speech, language, or communication skills can access publicly funded services through Ontario’s Preschool Speech and Language Program. In this program, speech-language pathologists provide assessments and early interventions to improve …
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How do Nurture Group practitioners make sense of their relationship with the Nurture Group child?
… at meeting the developmental needs of vulnerable children identified as having social, emotional and mental health difficulties. Staffed by two ‘nurturing’ adults, Nurture Groups provide a safe, containing, and highly structured environment to support children’s social and emotional wellbeing, and …
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Improving Outcomes for Children Impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): A Study of Intervention Effectiveness Guided by Developmental Theory
… for inducing toxic stress and complex trauma in children (Felitti et al., 1998). Studies have shown that ACEs are common, often co-occur, and exhibit a strong dose-response relationship to many developmental outcomes across the lifespan (e.g., Anda et al., 2006; Blodgett, 2014; Dong et al., 2004; …
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A Comparison of Full-Day and Half-Day English and French Immersion Kindergarten: Children's Outcomes and Experiences
… of this research was to examine kindergarten children’s outcomes and experiences in four program models: full-day French immersion, half-day French immersion, full-day English, and half-day English. This quasi-experimental study employed a mixed methods approach. Child participants (N=70) …
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Youth Musicians’ Executive Functioning and its Impact on Emotional and Behavioral Health
… to evaluate the effects of music training on children’s executive functioning (EF), as well as emotional and behavioral outcomes. We hypothesized that (i) children’s EF would develop more rapidly with exposure to the program; (ii) the intensity of practice would be associated with rate of …
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Predictors of cognitive and socioemotional development in early and middle childhood: Evidence from Chile and Hungary
This thesis presents four studies analysing children’s development of their cognitive and socioemotional skills. The first three studies focus on a nationally representative sample participating in ELPI (Encuesta Longitudinal de Primera Infancia; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey) from Chile, an …
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Educating Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in a Nigerian Context. Perspectives and Lived Experiences
… and equitable quality education, especially for children with disabilities. Yet, despite some progress in the creation of a legislative framework for inclusion, education remains inaccessible for many children with disabilities in Nigeria. According to the World Bank, poverty, poorly trained …