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Eating and Emotions in Obese Toddlers: Facilitating Self-Regulation
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Chatoor, Irene – Zero to Three, 2007
Infants and young children have the ability to regulate their food intake according to their energy needs, and parents play an important role in facilitating their children's self-regulation. When overweight children learn to eat in accordance with feelings of hunger and fullness and learn to soothe themselves without eating, they will reduce…
Descriptors: Obesity, Energy, Body Weight, Eating Habits
Methamphetamine Exposure: A Rural Early Intervention Challenge
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Lester, Barry M.; Arria, Amelia M.; Derauf, Christian; Grant, Penny; LaGasse, Linda; Newman, Elana; Shah, Rizwan Z.; Stewart, Sara; Wouldes, Trecia – Zero to Three, 2006
In the Infant Development, Environment and Lifestyle (IDEAL) Study of methamphetamine (MA) effects on children, the authors screened approximately 27,000 newborn infants for MA exposure, and from that pool derived a sample of in utero MA-exposed children as well as a comparison group matched for other drug use and other factors. IDEAL measures…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Drug Abuse, Depression (Psychology), Rural Areas
It's Hard to Get from Here to There: Early Intervention for Rural Young Children in Arkansas
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Marsh, Carolyn; Casey, Patrick H. – Zero to Three, 2006
The Kids First program at the University of Arkansas Medical School (UAMS) is an outgrowth of the Infant Health and Development Program, a randomized trial of an early intervention approach for premature, low birth weight children, which showed that intensive intervention had significant initial benefits in the cognitive development and behavior…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Child Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Parent Participation