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Singer, Ingrid; de Wit, Ellen; Gorter, Jan Willem; Luinge, Margreet; Gerrits, Ellen – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Variations in communicative participation of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) cannot be wholly explained by their language difficulties alone and may be influenced by contextual factors. Contextual factors may support or hinder communicative participation in children, which makes their identification clinically…
Descriptors: Children, Language Impairments, Communication (Thought Transfer), Student Participation
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Evans, Gary W. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
This study modeled physical and psychosocial aspects of home environment and personal characteristics in a cumulative risk heuristic. Found that elevated cumulative risk was associated with heightened cardiovascular and neuroendocrine parameters, increased deposition of body fat, and higher summary index of total allostatic load. Replicated…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Cardiovascular System, Children
Winfield, Linda F. – 1994
This paper discusses the characteristics of resilient children and how to build protective processes within and around children so that they overcome risk at critical decision-making moments in their lives. A research-based definition of resilience is outlined, and major protective mechanisms are discussed. Critical transitions for students are…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), At Risk Persons, Children, Coping