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Alsina, A.; Berciano, A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The actions carried out by children are a mechanism that enables them to come into contact with their environment, assimilating it, acting on it, and thereby transforming it. From this perspective, an exploratory study has been designed to analyse the actions carried out by 87 children aged 1-3 years old in two task-situations involving the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Numeracy, Preschool Children, Task Analysis
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Fragkouli, Konstantina; Antoniou, Faye; Mouzaki, Angeliki; Ralli, Asimina M.; Kokkali, Vasiliki; Alexoudi, Kariofyllia – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2022
The development of spelling skill is an intricate process for children with or at risk of Specific Learning Disabilities and requires targeted interventions. This problem exacerbates in the Greek orthographic system owning to its high complexity. The current study presents a novel spelling intervention program for Greek 3rd graders at risk of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Spelling, At Risk Students, Reading Fluency
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Deris, Aaron R.; Di Carlo, Cynthia F. – Support for Learning, 2013
Young children with autism benefit from various adaptations made to an early childhood classroom. This article includes modifications for both teacher-directed and child-initiated activities. Adaptations are given for the classroom environment, daily schedule, sensory needs, transitions and general teaching strategies. The techniques described are…
Descriptors: Autism, Inclusion, Young Children, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
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Excell, Lorayne; Linington, Vivien – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2011
A literate child is one who is able to read, write, speak and listen. Literacy begins at birth, and continues steadily as children develop. The explicit processes that form emergent literacy are for example, phonemic awareness, letter and word recognition, vocabulary enrichment and structural analysis. These literacy practices are well documented…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Play, Child Development, Phonemic Awareness
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Leong, Han Ming; Stephenson, Jennifer; Carter, Mark – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2011
Sensory integration (SI) therapy is a controversial intervention used in intervention for children with disabilities that is popular in the United States. Little is known about the use of SI therapy for children with disabilities in educational centres in developing nations such as Malaysia. Supervisors and teachers from seven educational…
Descriptors: Evidence, Sensory Integration, Stimulation, Intervention
Gilkerson, Linda, Ed.; Klein, Rebecca, Ed. – ZERO TO THREE, 2008
This nine-unit curriculum translates current scientific research on early brain development into practical suggestions to help early childhood professionals understand the reciprocal link between caregiving and brain development. The curriculum was created and extensively field-tested by the Erikson Institute Faculty Development Project on the…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Drug Use
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Howe, Malia; Brittain, Lea Ann; McCathren, Rebecca – Young Exceptional Children, 2004
The purpose of this article is to describe the characteristics of modulation disorders that have been reported with sensory integration dysfunction and provide strategies for supporting positive development and engagement. Although not well understood, scientists are beginning to link structural and chemical imbalances of the brain with responses…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Special Needs Students, Student Needs, Developmental Disabilities