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Showing 1 to 20 of 87 for “"Developmental delays"”.
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Parent Stress and Social Skills Development in Children with Developmental Delays
… Reduction (MBSR) on parents of children with developmental delays (DD) and the subsequent effects on child social development. Study one sought to examine whether changes in child social skills occurred after parent stress was reduced through an 8-week MBSR training group, and whether these …
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The validation of a new development screening tool for developmental delays among HIV-Infected South African children
… of HIV-infected children in South Africa have developmental delays. Early identification of affected children will lead to early intervention and favourable long-term outcome. Screening for developmental delay is not yet routine by many primary healthcare providers due to lack of locally …
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Group Friendship Activities to Promote Peer Interactions of Children With Developmental Delays From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families
… sensitive interventions for children with developmental delays from CLDF are discussed.
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Facilitating communication between Korean mothers and their young children with developmental delays through a home-based conversational intervention
… Korean mothers with their young children with developmental delays during free play activities. Simultaneously it examined if maternal use of the four communication facilitation strategies (descriptive talk and pause, imitation and pause, expansion and pause, and environmental arrangement) …
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The Effects of Imitation Instruction Using a Mirror on the Emergence of Duplicative Responses by Preschool Students Diagnosed with Developmental Delays
… actions with preschool students diagnosed with developmental delays. Experiment I was first conducted to test the effectiveness and efficiency of using a mirror to induce GI with 4 young developmentally delayed preschoolers. The dependent variable was the number of untaught, unconsequated basic …
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The Effects of the Social Listener Reinforcement Protocol on the Audience Control of Stereotypy and Social Operants for Students with Developmental Delays
… of audience control, Experiment 2 identified developmentally delayed nursery school students in an integrated setting and tested the effects of the social listener reinforcement protocol (Reilly-Lawson & Walsh, 2007) on the audience control of social vocal operants. All participants had …
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The Effects of Two Schedules of Instruction with Constant Time Delay on the Receptive Word Learning Skills of Preschool Children with Developmental Delays
Young children with special needs in inclusive settings may be provided special education services by itinerant early childhood special education (ECSE) teachers. These teachers typically travel to the community-based preschool program and work with a child for about 1 hour, 1 day each week. …
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Factors Influencing Fine and Gross Motor Development among Children 24 Months of Age: Results from the All Our Families Study
… influencing motor development. Results: Early developmental delays, maternal abuse and maternal postpartum drug use were associated with an increased odds of suboptimal gross motor development at 24 months of age. Pregnancy complications were associated with a reduction in risk for gross motor …
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Identifying Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Clinical Sample of Preschool-Aged Children Using the BASC-3 Parent Rating Scales
… early identification efforts in the areas of developmental screening and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Previous research investigating the DSD scale reported evidence for the scale's ability to aid in the identification of preschoolers with developmental delays, and …
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Evaluation of an early intervention program using eligibility criteria
… support to children birth to three who have developmental delays. Eligibility into the program varies by state and determining eligibility for a child is a complex task that has tremendous implications on both the program and its children. A program evaluation was conducted on a branch of an …
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Relationship between child centered play therapy and developmental levels of young children: A single case analysis.
… child-centered play therapy on children with developmental delays by examining its effectiveness in: 1) increasing measured developmental age; 2) reducing problematic behaviors related to developmental delays; and 3) increasing developmentally appropriate behaviors. Three participants were …
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Parental Stress, Emotion Regulation, Meta-Emotion, and Changes Following an MBSR Intervention
<p>Parents of children with developmental delays (DD) have consistently reported higher rates of parental stress (Dabrowska & Pisula, 2010; Oelofsen & Richardson, 2006). Difficulties with child emotion regulation are often exhibited among children with DD, and the relationship between parental …
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Associations between mood states in high-risk infants and later neurodevelopmental outcomes
… of associations between twovariables: "neurodevelopmental outcome" (cerebral palsy, developmental delays and non-handicapped) and "mood states" (fussy/skittish, calm, sunny, and too variable to rate) in a sample of 208 high-risk infants. It was based on the premise that predominantly negative …
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The effects of complex I deficiency on neurogenesis and white matter development in a mouse model of Leigh Syndrome (LS)
… callosum thickness. Together, these early neurodevelopmental defects in neurogenesis and callosal growth offer a potential mechanistic explanation for the developmental delays observed in LS. This work encourages future research into neurogenesis in other primary mitochondrial disorders and …
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Decision Making and the Adoption Process for American Families of Chinese Children: An Application of Rational Choice Theory
… adjustment phase including bonding and developmental delays, as well as about why families chose to adopt from China, how they learned about the adoption agency they used and whether or not they knew families that had adopted internationally and more specifically from China. This …
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A case study to determine best practice treatment for a child diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
… Caucasian male who had significant developmental delays. The Behavior Assessment System for Children was used in order to assess the progress John made in the therapeutic setting of which he had been attending. Intervention components included a psychosocial assessment, differential …
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An Investigation of the Characteristics and School Readiness of Children with Disabilities who Attend Head Start Programs
… who attended other programs, children with developmental delays who attended Head Start had more advanced receptive language skills and those with other disabilities had less advanced pre-reading skills. Additionally, the results of this study show that there is some variation in the …
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Mindfulness and Parental Stress Among Parents of Children with Development Delays: The Role of the Marital Relationship
… Method: Parents of children ages 2.5 to 5 with developmental delays or autism spectrum disorders (n=46) participated in an 8 week mindfulness-based stress reduction program and reported their initial level of marital satisfaction and levels of parenting stress and child behavior problems before …
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