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Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Children under 3 Years, 2013. Fact Sheet
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Jiang, Yang; Ekono, Mercedes; Skinner, Curtis – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2015
Children under 18 years represent 23 percent of the population, but they comprise 33 percent of all people in poverty. Among all children, 44 percent live in low-income families and approximately one in every five (22 percent) live in poor families. Our very youngest children--infants and toddlers under age 3 years--appear to be particularly…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Poverty, Family Income, Incidence
Gender Differences in Physical Aggression: A Prospective Population-Based Survey of Children before and after 2 Years of Age
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Baillargeon, Raymond H.; Zoccolillo, Mark; Keenan, Kate; Cote, Sylvana; Perusse, Daniel; Wu, Hong-Xing; Boivin, Michel; Tremblay, Richard E. – Developmental Psychology, 2007
There has been much controversy over the past decades on the origins of gender differences in children's aggressive behavior. A widely held view is that gender differences emerge sometime after 2 years of age and increase in magnitude thereafter because of gender-differentiated socialization practices. The objective of this study was to test…
Descriptors: Incidence, Socialization, Gender Differences, Aggression
The Language Development Survey: A Screening Tool for Delayed Language in Toddlers.
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Rescorla, Leslie – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1989
The paper reports data from four studies using the Language Development Survey (LDS), a screening tool for the identification of language delay in two-year-old children. The LDS was found to have excellent sensitivity and specificity. Prevalence data using the LDS are reported, comparing three different severity cutoffs. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Handicap Identification, Incidence, Language Handicaps
A Report on Year 1 Activities under Part H--The Handicapped Infant and Toddlers Program.
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Washington, DC. – 1988
The report describes Year 1 activities under Part H, the Infant and Toddler Program, of Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986. State contacts for the Part H Program were asked to respond to questions in several major areas including: Interagency Coordinating Council, the use of Part H funds, the status of states'…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Visual Impairment in Young Children: A Review of the Literature with Implications for Working with Families of Diverse Cultural and Linguistic Backgrounds. Technical Report.
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Chen, Deborah – 2001
This report identifies key issues for providing early childhood special education services to young children who are visually impaired and for working with families of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. First, it discusses the incidence of visual impairment and associated disabilities among young children, the process of early…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Disabilities
Programs for Young Children with Disabilities under IDEA: Excerpts from the Twenty-Second Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by the U.S. Department of Education (2000).
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Trohanis, Pascal – 2001
This document reproduces selected information from the U.S. Department of Education's "Twenty-Second Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" (2000). These selections consist of text and data tables related to programs for young children with disabilities and their families under…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Environment, Educational Legislation