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Gilken, Jennifer; Longley, Jennifer; Crosby, Jillian – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
Previous research has highlighted the need to improve teacher education programs with the intent of preparing infant-toddler professionals as working with infants-toddlers and families requires a unique skill set. The following mixed methods research study supported these assertions by examining the early childhood education (ECE) undergraduate…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Teacher Education Programs, Early Childhood Education
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Spit, Sybren; Mulder, Hanna; Houdt, Carolien; Verhagen, Josje – Infant and Child Development, 2023
To date, virtually no studies have examined toddlers' non-response in developmental tasks. This study investigates data from 3667 toddlers to address (1) whether two aspects of non-response (completion and engagement) are separable, (2) how stable these aspects are from ages two to three, (3) how non-response relates to background characteristics,…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Developmental Tasks, Predictor Variables, Child Behavior
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Ferguson, Melissa M.; Dotterer, Aryn M.; Schwartz, Sarah E.; Bradford, Kay – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Parents are in a powerful position to teach sexual topics to their children, promoting positive sex attitudes and lifelong sexual health. However, parents may lack sexual knowledge and confidence to address such topics. This study, grounded in social learning theory, tested the effects of an active learning intervention to increase parental…
Descriptors: Parent Responsibility, Sex Education, Self Efficacy, Toddlers
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Kemp, Nicola; Josephidou, Jo – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
This paper reports the findings of a narrative review of international research literature about babies' and toddlers' engagement with the outdoor environment whilst attending ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) settings. Based on the in-depth review of 21 papers, it identifies four dominant themes in the literature: the outdoors as a space…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Outdoor Education, Early Childhood Education
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Shin, Minsun; Recchia, Susan – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
This study followed three preservice student teachers as they navigated a semester-long infant-toddler practicum designed to enact a relationship-based approach to teaching and learning. Selected participants were in particular and contrasting placement settings, which served as a catalyst for engaging in critical reflection in multiple ways.…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Infants, Toddlers, Practicums
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Herkert, Darby; Sullivan, Connor; Zhu, YiQin; Dawson, Geraldine – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children be screened for autism at 18 and 24 months. It is unknown whether a positive screen usually represents the first developmental concern or is typically preceded by other developmental and/or medical concerns. This study evaluated the proportions of toddlers (M = 18.69 months) who screened…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Incidence, Child Development, Toddlers
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Shelton-Dodge, David – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2023
Like many Montessori educators, the author was immediately drawn to the materials Maria Montessori designed for children in the conscious absorbent mind. They are simple, beautiful, and attractive to children. To many, including some parents, these materials are the essence of Montessori. However, Maria Montessori herself thought of her Method as…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Infants, Toddlers
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Muscat, Luke – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
Parent-Toddler Movement Class (PTMC) is a structured dance curriculum that introduces movement to toddlers and caregivers. Using a qualitative methodological approach, the present study investigated how PTMCs supported the attachment of 27 caregiver-toddler dyads. The children ranged in age from two- to three-years-old and were students enrolled…
Descriptors: Parents, Toddlers, Dance Education, Attachment Behavior
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Claire Cramer Nesbitt; Amy Pace; Heather A. Feldner – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2023
Purpose: Adapted ride-on cars offer an affordable mobility intervention that provides broader access to a child's environment. Such newfound independence is a unique opportunity to examine changes in environmental language and communicative participation as children acquire mobility. New technologies such as the Language Environmental Analysis…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Preschool Children, Cerebral Palsy, Assistive Technology
Jay Buzhardt; Julia Leonard; Jun Ai; Susan Higgins; Charles Greenwood; Kyle Consolver; Dale Walker; Judith Carta – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2023
Despite evidence that frequent progress monitoring to identify children at-risk of delays and inform early intervention services improves child outcomes, this practice is rare in infant-toddler settings where children could benefit the most from early intervention. Using a descriptive research design within an Implementation Science framework, we…
Descriptors: Progress Monitoring, Infants, Toddlers, Early Intervention
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Gospel Y. Kim; Kathleen N. Tuck; Elisabeth J. Malone; Kathryn M. Bigelow – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2025
We examined the effectiveness of coaching on caregiver implementation of responding to joint attention (RJA) intervention for toddlers with autism. We used a nonconcurrent multiple-baseline across participants single-case research design to examine the relation between coaching practices and caregivers' RJA intervention implementation behaviors.…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Coaching (Performance), Caregivers, Program Implementation
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Aline Cole-Albäck; Chris Pascal; Tony Bertram – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2025
The "UN Convention on the Rights of the Child" is one of the most widely-ratified human rights treaties, yet the visibility of children in the early years, in the mandatory government reports to the "UN Committee on the Rights of the Child" and in the Committee's concluding observations to States Parties, is relatively low…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Childrens Rights, Treaties
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Song, Yue; Broekhuizen, Martine; Dubas, Judith Semon – Infant and Child Development, 2022
This 3-wave longitudinal study investigated the developmental trajectories of instrumental helping, sharing and empathic helping across toddlerhood, and how socialisation processes (i.e., parents' and teachers' practices) contribute to these developments. Participants were 50 18-months-olds and 62 24-months-olds, their parents, and daycare…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Parents, Child Caregivers, Prosocial Behavior
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Brieger, Katharine K.; Bakulski, Kelly M.; Pearce, Celeste L.; Baylin, Ana; Dou, John F.; Feinberg, Jason I.; Croen, Lisa A.; Hertz-Picciotto, Irva; Newschaffer, Craig J.; Fallin, M. Daniele; Schmidt, Rebecca J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
We examined maternal prenatal vitamin use or supplemental folic acid intake during month one of pregnancy for association with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation, an enriched-risk pregnancy cohort. Total folic acid intake was calculated from monthly prenatal vitamins, multivitamins, and other…
Descriptors: Prenatal Influences, Nutrition, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Petruccelli, Marisa; Ramella, Leah; Schaefer, Ana J.; Sheldrick, R. Christopher; Carter, Alice S.; Eisenhower, Abbey; Broder-Fingert, Sarabeth; Mackie, Thomas I. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) report on screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) highlighted the need for research that examines the harms potentially associated with screening so as to assess the overall net benefit of universal screening. In response, this study engages qualitative, semi-structured interviews to generate a…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Risk, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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