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The Effectiveness of Gross Motor Interventions in Improving Motor Function in Childhood Apraxia of Speech
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Nolte, Heike; Solomons, Regan; Springer, Priscilla; Kidd, Martin; Africa, Eileen – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) often present motor co-ordination difficulties accompanying their speech and sound delays. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a paired versus a small group gross motor intervention on selected pre-school children, pre-identified with CAS. Children pre-identified with…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Intervention, Preschool Children, Speech Impairments
Needs and Readiness to Use Tele-Practice for Identification and Rehabilitation of Children with Hearing and Speech-Language Disorders: Perceptions of Public Sector Care Providers in South India
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Neethi Jesudass; Vidya Ramkumar; Shuba Kumar – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This study was an initial step toward planning tele-practice in a South Indian state's public-sector services for childhood hearing and speech-language problems. The aim was to understand the perceptions public-sector health care professionals (HCPs) regarding their willingness and need for tele-practice-based diagnostics and rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments
Mental Health Care Utilization in Three-to-Six-Year-Old-Children: Which Behaviours Predict Parents and Daycare Teachers' Perceived Need for Action?
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Hoffer, Rieke; Strohmer, Janina – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Unmet mental health needs are common in young children. Recent research on mental health care utilization has focussed mainly on parental perspectives. This study seeks to determine which types of behaviours exhibited by children predict the perceived need for action among both parents and daycare teachers. Parents and daycare teachers reported on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
Early Years Foundation Stage Progress Check at the Age of Two for Early Intervention in Relation to Speech and Language Difficulties in England: The Voices of the Team around the Child
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Nicholson, Nyree; Palaiologou, Ioanna – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
In 2011 the Two Years Progress Check in England was introduced as a tool for early identification of children who might have problems in their development and learning in the future. In September 2015, the government replaced it with the Integrated Review at Age Two, which now is a combination of the education check and the health report. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Identification, Toddlers