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Direct linkBruce M. Shore – Roeper Review, 2025
In a national survey of U.S. adults, the number of close friends increased with age and 76% reported having three or more. However, 8% reported having none. There are limited parallel data for gifted learners but the survey provided an opportunity to compare the two groups. The numbers of close friends for gifted learners appears to increase from…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Friendship, Age Differences, Peer Relationship
Swanson, H. Lee – Developmental Psychology, 2017
This study investigates whether age-related changes in the structure of 5 complex working memory (WM) tasks (a) reflect a general or domain specific system, (b) follows a similar trajectory across different age spans, and (c) contribute domain general or domain specific resources to achievement measures. The study parsed the sample (N = 2,471)…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Spatial Ability, Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory
Gingerich, Wallace J.; Peterson, Lance T. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: We review all available controlled outcome studies of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) to evaluate evidence of its effectiveness. Method: Forty-three studies were located and key data abstracted on problem, setting, SFBT intervention, design characteristics, and outcomes. Results: Thirty-two (74%) of the studies reported…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Research, Child Behavior
Download full textMitten, H. Rae – International Journal of Special Education, 2013
Evidence-based Practice Guidelines for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and Literacy and Learning are derived from an inductive analysis of qualitative data collected in field research. FASD is the umbrella term for a spectrum of neurocognitive and physical disabilities caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol. Data from a sample of N =150 was…
Descriptors: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Older Adults, Adults, Parents
Cotellesso, Annie; Mazer, Barbara; Majnemer, Annette – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2009
Community-based occupational therapy (OT) services are intended to promote social integration and minimize disability. The objective of this study was to describe community-based OT services for children in the province of Quebec, Canada. Specific aims included (a) to determine the proportion of Centres Locaux de Services Communautaires (CLSCs)…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Social Integration, Disabilities, Rural Areas
Peer reviewedPratt, Michael W.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Reports three studies which (1) investigated children's and adults' concepts of development (COD); (2) observed parents' tutoring their fifth-grade children; and (3) interviewed adults in three age groups about parenting dilemmas. In each study, COD scores were obtained. Results of all studies showed that subjects' stage of COD reasoning was…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Rearing, Children
PDF pending restorationVanier Inst. of the Family, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1991
Structural changes that have taken place in Canadian families in recent decades are described in this booklet. Topical sections are as follows: (1) What Counts in Canadian Families (importance of (importance of family); (2) The Family--Variations on a Theme origins, family structure, seniors aged 60 and over, how lives are spent, religion); (3)…
Descriptors: Children, Family Characteristics, Family Financial Resources, Family Size
