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Molina, Paola; Marotta, Monica; Bulgarelli, Daniela – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
Ability to reflect on practice is a key element of early childhood professionalism and is positively associated with the quality of educational services. "Observation-Projet" (Fontaine 2008, 2011b) is a method designed to support practitioners' reflection through the observational process. The method adapts the required scientific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Training, Caregiver Attitudes
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Elpers, Kathy; Amano, Takashi; DeCoster, Vaughn; Johnson, Missy – Educational Gerontology, 2017
Managing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) is a significant challenge for staff working in long-term care facilities. This study examines the effectiveness of a psycho-educational training aimed at changing staff's attitudes. The results indicated that participants' attitudes toward dementia were more positive,…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Staff Development, Pilot Projects, Dementia
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Firth, Graham; Elford, Helen; Leeming, Catherine; Crabbe, Marion – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: Intensive Interaction is an approach to developing the pre-verbal communication and sociability of people with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities and autism. Previous research has indicated many potential benefits; however, the approach is not consistently used in social care. Aim: To report on the significant and…
Descriptors: Interviews, Intervention, Grounded Theory, Verbal Communication
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Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2008
This study represents a quasi-experimental test of the role of early social-emotional experience and adult-child relationships in the development of typically developing children and those with disabilities birth to 4 years of age living in orphanages in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The three orphanages in the current study were selected…
Descriptors: Young Children, Disabilities, Residential Institutions, Emotional Experience
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Tardif, Genevieve; Coutu, Sylvain; Lavigueur, Susanne; Dubeau, Diane – Canadian Journal of Infancy & Early Childhood, 2002
This study identified developmental and behavior problems Canadian child care providers find most challenging, strategies used to cope with these behavior problems, and how providers evaluate the effectiveness of their interventions. Interview responses indicated that externalizing problems were the most frequent difficulty, involving more than…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Training
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Morano, Carmen L.; Bravo, Marina – Gerontologist, 2002
Purpose: More than 14 million persons are projected to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) by the year 2020; therefore, it is not surprising that the literature contains numerous caregiver intervention studies. What is surprising is that although minority elders represent one of the fastest growing segments of the older population, they are…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Intervention, Alzheimers Disease, Coping