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Coplan, Robert J.; Arbeau, Kimberley A. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2008
Shy children are wary in the face of new social situations and perceived social evaluation. In this regard, the transition to kindergarten may represent a particularly challenging task for shy children. In this review, we explore the kindergarten classroom as a particularly stressful context for shy children. We examine the adjustment difficulties…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Student Adjustment, Kindergarten, Shyness
Girio, Erin L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The majority of youth in need of mental health services do not receive intervention as many are not identified as having a problem or their families experience practical or attitudinal barriers that interfere with service utilization. The school environment provides a unique point of access to reach all children, yet this setting has been…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Health Services, Intervention, Parents
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Frazier, Stacy L.; Abdul-Adil, Jaleel; Atkins, Marc S.; Gathright, Tamara; Jackson, Maudette – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
University-community partnerships are widely recognized as critical to the success of community research and advocacy work but difficult to form and sustain. This article will describe a unique facet of that partnership, namely the collaboration between mental health clinicians and community consultants, a partnership that our data suggest was a…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Parent Participation, Mental Health
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Rodriguez, Alina; Waldenstrom, Ulla – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: Environmental risk during fetal development for non-right-handedness, an index of brain asymmetry, and its relevance for child mental health is not fully understood. Methods: A Swedish population-based prospective pregnancy-offspring cohort was followed-up when children were five years old (N = 1714). Prenatal environmental risk…
Descriptors: Handedness, Prenatal Influences, Foreign Countries, Young Children
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Essex, Marilyn J.; Kraemer, Helena C.; Slattery, Marcia J.; Burk, Linnea R.; Boyce, W. Thomas; Woodward, Hermi R.; Kupfer, David J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Many childhood psychiatric problems are transient. Consequently, screening procedures to accurately identify children with problems unlikely to remit and thus, in need of intervention, are of major public health concern. This study aimed to develop a universal school-based screening procedure based on the answers to three questions:…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Elementary School Students
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Sayal, Kapil – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004
Objective: To examine the relative contributions of symptom severity, functional impairment, and parental burden in predicting the use of specialist child mental health services over a 4-year period. Method: Between 1999 and 2000, parental Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires were completed on a community-based sample of 1,168 (40% response…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Severity (of Disability), Specialists, Psychiatry
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2013
"Kids Count in Colorado!" is an annual publication of the Children's Campaign, providing state and county level data on child well-being factors including child health, education, and economic status. Since its first release 20 years ago, "Kids Count in Colorado!" has become the most trusted source for data and information on…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Program Effectiveness
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Coplan, Robert J.; Closson, Leanna M.; Arbeau, Kimberley A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Much of the evidence suggesting that loneliness is a risk factor for socio-emotional adjustment difficulties comes from studies with older children and adolescents. Comparatively less is known about the mental health implications of loneliness in early childhood. The goals of the present study were to provide additional convergent…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Validity, Young Children, Risk
Buck, Beverly; Baker, Robin – Colorado Children's Campaign, 2013
The "Colorado Children's Budget" presents and analyzes investments and spending trends during the past five state fiscal years on services that benefit children. The "Children's Budget" focuses mainly on state investment and spending, with some analysis of federal investments and spending to provide broader context of state…
Descriptors: Budgets, Expenditures, Trend Analysis, Children
Morris, Pamela; Raver, C. Cybele; Millenky, Megan; Jones, Stephanie; Lloyd, Chrishana M. – MDRC, 2010
This report presents results from the Newark, New Jersey, site of the Foundations of Learning (FOL) Demonstration, an intervention and random assignment evaluation of a curriculum designed to target children's behavior and emotional adjustment through the training of preschool teachers. The demonstration adopted the model used by CSRP (formerly…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, School Readiness, Emotional Adjustment, Workshops
Morris, Pamela; Raver, C. Cybele; Millenky, Megan; Jones, Stephanie; Lloyd, Chrishana M. – MDRC, 2010
This report presents results from the Newark, New Jersey, site of the Foundations of Learning (FOL) Demonstration, an intervention and random assignment evaluation of a curriculum designed to target children's behavior and emotional adjustment through the training of preschool teachers. The demonstration adopted the model used by CSRP (formerly…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, School Readiness, Emotional Adjustment, Workshops
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Mishara, Brian L.; Ystgaard, Mette – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
We present the results of an evaluation of the implementation and short-term effects of "Zippy's Friends," a school-based 24-week mental health promotion program to teach children coping skills. The evaluation was conducted in Denmark (322 children in 17 first grade classes) and Lithuania (314 children in 16 kindergartens classes) with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Hyperactivity, Coping
Children Now, 2010
Throughout history, societal investments in children have resulted in increased prosperity for individuals, communities, states and nations. This proved to be the case for California in the 1950s and 1960s, when the state strongly supported children's futures. Despite once following this path to prosperity, California has de-prioritized children…
Descriptors: Children, Well Being, College Graduates, Adolescents
US Department of Education, 2006
Research shows that many things affect how well preschool children perform in school, including meeting their physical needs with a healthy diet, exercise and good medical care. Young children also need social and emotional help that will build their confidence, independence and cooperation skills. This booklet highlights needs of babies, toddlers…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Parent Responsibility, Social Development
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Auger, Richard W.; Seymour, John W.; Roberts, Walter B., Jr. – Professional School Counseling, 2004
The terror attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, and the anthrax terror campaign that followed had profound implications not only in the political world but also in the realm of professional school counseling. School counselors nationwide were thrust in the position of responding to a traumatic situation on a scale previously…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Terrorism, School Counselors, Coping
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