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Mathée-Scott, Janine; Ellis Weismer, Susan – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2022
Background and aims: The efficacy of parent-child reading for supporting language development has been well-established in the neurotypical (NT) literature. For children with autism spectrum disorder, (ASD) who may be at risk for delays in language development, prior research has shown promise for shared book-reading interventions. Yet there has…
Descriptors: Incidence, Parent Child Relationship, Toddlers, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Gago Galvagno, Lucas G.; De Grandis, María C.; Jaume, Luis C.; Elgier, Angel M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This research aims to address the contribution of the immediate contexts of the home in the development of regulatory skills, specifically executive functions and emotional regulation abilities in a Latin American context using direct behavioural measures. The sample consisted of 75 mother-infant dyads of 18-24 months belonging to homes and…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Executive Function, Emotional Response, Self Control
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Canfield, Caitlin F.; Miller, Elizabeth B.; Shaw, Daniel S.; Morris, Pamela; Alonso, Angelica; Mendelsohn, Alan L. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
This study examined the interrelated and longitudinal impacts of parent-child shared book reading, parenting stress, and early relational health, as measured by both parental warmth and parent sensitivity, from infancy to toddlerhood. To extend findings from previous studies of collateral effects that have been conducted in parenting…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Stress Variables, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship
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Scull, Janet; Page, Jane; Lee, Wan Yi; Murray, Lisa; Gapany, Dorothy; Stewart, Samantha; Murukun, Marilyn; Scannell, Nuala; Lawrence, Rona; Dhurrkay, Jonica; Hayes, Felicity; Burarrwanga, Verity; Chynoweth, Leah; Callahan, Michelle; Goveas, Jessica Noella; Cock, Megan L.; Mentha, Susan; Eadie, Patricia; Sparling, Joseph – TESOL in Context, 2021
For many Indigenous children living in remote communities, the prerequisites to achieving strong language and learning outcomes include the maintenance of their first languages and progress in learning English as an additional language. This paper reports on data from a Linkage study conducted with families at two Families as First Teachers (FaFT)…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parents as Teachers, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries
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Boyce, Lisa K.; Seedall, Ryan B.; Innocenti, Mark S.; Roggman, Lori A.; Cook, Gina A.; Hagman, Amanda M.; Jump Norman, Vonda K. – Infants and Young Children, 2017
We examined the effects of our parent-child interaction focused bookmaking intervention with 89 families and their toddlers receiving early intervention services. Participating early intervention providers (N = 24) were assigned to either continue providing services as usual or participate in training to implement the bookmaking approach in their…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Books, Learning Activities, Early Intervention
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Albarran, Alejandra S.; Reich, Stephanie M. – Infant and Child Development, 2014
Maternal self-efficacy (MSE) has been shown to be important, yet little is known about how it develops over time and whether increasing knowledge about child development and parenting results in feeling more efficacious, especially for first-time mothers. Furthermore, research is lacking about whether increased maternal self-efficacy results in…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Self Efficacy
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Fletcher, Kathryn L.; Finch, W. Holmes – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2015
The purpose of the current study was to examine how maternal reading strategies and book type would impact on toddlers' responsiveness as they became familiar with three books. Eleven mothers and their 2- to 3-year-olds were recorded reading the same set of three different books (i.e. word book, narrative book and no narrative book) on four…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Books, Mothers, Toddlers
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Salinas, Maria; Pérez-Granados, Deanne R.; Feldman, Heidi M.; Huffman, Lynne C. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2017
Data from a sample (n = 145) of low-income Mexican-American mothers and their toddlers (9-26 months) were used to explore the prevalence of high-frequency book-sharing (?3 days/week) and its association with maternal immigrant status (Mexico-born vs US-born), as well as other demographic and psychosocial factors. Mexico-born mothers were more…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Low Income Groups, Mothers, Toddlers
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Hoicka, Elena; Gattis, Merideth – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
Previous studies indicate that the acoustic features of speech discriminate between positive and negative communicative intentions, such as approval and prohibition. Two studies investigated whether acoustic features of speech can discriminate between two positive communicative intentions: humour and sweet-sincerity, where sweet-sincerity involved…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Autism, Cues, Sentences