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Davis, Frances A. – Zero to Three (J), 2009
Great Expectation and New Beginnings is a prenatal family support program run by the Family, Infant, and Preschool Program (FIPP) in North Carolina. FIPP has developed an evidence-based integrated framework of early childhood intervention and family support that includes three primary components: providing intervention in everyday family…
Descriptors: Intervention, Preschool Education, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles
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Norman, Andria L.; Crocker, Nicole; Mattson, Sarah N.; Riley, Edward P. – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2009
The detrimental effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the developing brain include structural brain anomalies as well as cognitive and behavioral deficits. Initial neuroimaging studies of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed previous autopsy reports of overall reduction in brain volume and…
Descriptors: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Neurology, Anatomy, Brain
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Marcellus, Lenora – Child Welfare, 2010
As the health, social, and developmental needs of infants in foster care become more complex, foster families are challenged to develop specialized knowledge to effectively address these needs. The goal of this qualitative research study was to identify the process of becoming a foster family and providing family foster caregiving within the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Placement, Foster Care
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Falter, Christine M.; Plaisted, Kate C.; Davis, Greg – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
It has been hypothesised that autism is an extreme version of the male brain, caused by high levels of prenatal testosterone (Baron-Cohen 1999). To test this proposal, associations were assessed between three visuo-spatial tasks and prenatal testosterone, indexed in second-to-fourth digit length ratios (2D:4D). The study included children with…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Brain, Spatial Ability
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Goldschmidt, Lidush; Richardson, Gale A.; Willford, Jennifer; Day, Nancy L. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
A study was conducted on lower income population women who were moderate users of marijuana to examine the effects of prenatal marijuana exposure on children's intellectual development at the age of six. Results concluded that the Cognitive deficits noticed at the age of six were specific to verbal and quantitative reasoning and short-term memory.
Descriptors: Marijuana, Intelligence Tests, Short Term Memory, Intellectual Development
Isaacs, Julia B. – Center on Children and Families at Brookings, 2012
Poor children in the United States start school at a disadvantage in terms of their early skills, behaviors, and health. Fewer than half (48 percent) of poor children are ready for school at age five, compared to 75 percent of children from families with moderate and high income, a 27 percentage point gap. This paper examines the reasons why poor…
Descriptors: Body Weight, School Readiness, Poverty, Mothers
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Petitclerc, Amelie; Boivin, Michel; Dionne, Ginette; Zoccolillo, Mark; Tremblay, Richard E. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Disregard for rules, an important dimension of oppositional defiant and conduct disorders, is frequent during early childhood, but the development of its chronic form has not been studied during this key socialization period. This study aimed to describe the developmental trajectories of disregard for rules during early childhood and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Young Children
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Ladage, Jennifer S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
As the number of international adoptions has increased over the past 2 decades, so has awareness and understanding of the risks associated with the conditions to which these children have been exposed. Prenatal alcohol and/or drug exposure, infectious diseases, malnutrition, and psychosocial deprivation all contribute to the profound growth and…
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Disadvantaged Youth, Developmental Delays, Adoption
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Morrow, Connie E.; Accornero, Veronica H.; Xue, Lihua; Manjunath, Sudha; Culbertson, Jan L.; Anthony, James C.; Bandstra, Emmalee S. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2009
We estimated childhood risk of developing selected DSM-IV Disorders, including Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), and Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD), in children with prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE). Children were enrolled prospectively at birth (n = 476) with prenatal drug exposures documented…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Behavior Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Pregnancy
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Bagner, Daniel M.; Sheinkopf, Stephen J.; Miller-Loncar, Cynthia; LaGasse, Linda L.; Lester, Barry M.; Liu, Jing; Bauer, Charles R.; Shankaran, Seetha; Bada, Henrietta; Das, Abhik – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2009
Objective: To examine the relationship between early parenting stress and later child behavior in a high-risk sample and measure the effect of drug exposure on the relationship between parenting stress and child behavior. Methods: A subset of child-caregiver dyads (n = 607) were selected from the Maternal Lifestyle Study (MLS), which is a large…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cocaine, Caregivers, Child Rearing
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McCorry, Noleen K.; Hepper, Peter G. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
Habituation is the decrement in response to repeated stimulation. Fetal habituation performance may reflect the functioning of the central nervous system (CNS) prenatally. However, basic characteristics of the prenatal habituation phenomena remain unclear, such as the relationship with gestational age (GA) and fetal sex. The current study…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Habituation, Gender Differences, Stimuli
Levine, Laura E.; Munsch, Joyce – SAGE Publications (CA), 2010
Within each chapter of this innovative topical text, the authors engage students by demonstrating the wide range of real-world applications of psychological research connected to child development. In particular, the distinctive Active Learning features incorporated throughout the book foster a dynamic and personal learning process for students.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Extracurricular Activities, Active Learning, Adolescent Development
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Ornoy, Asher; Daka, Lulu; Goldzweig, Gil; Gil, Yoni; Mjen, Ludmila; Levit, Shabtai; Shufman, Emi; Bar-Hamburger, Rachel; Greenbaum, Charles W. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objectives: Prenatal exposure to heroin may have long-term consequences for development during early and middle childhood. The present research studied the cognitive, social, and emotional functioning of adolescents exposed to drugs prenatally, and investigated the extent to which the early adoption of children exposed prenatally to drugs would…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Intelligence, Behavior Problems, Socioeconomic Status
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Velasquez, Mary M.; Ingersoll, Karen S.; Sobell, Mark B.; Floyd, R. Louise; Sobell, Linda Carter; von Sternberg, Kirk – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2010
Project CHOICES developed an integrated behavioral intervention for prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure in women at high risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies. Settings included primary care, university-hospital based obstetrical/gynecology practices, an urban jail, substance abuse treatment settings, and a media-recruited sample in three large…
Descriptors: Family Planning, Substance Abuse, Intervention, Behavior Modification
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Delaney, Amy L.; Arvedson, Joan C. – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2008
The development of feeding and swallowing involves a highly complex set of interactions that begin in embryologic and fetal periods and continue through infancy and early childhood. This article will focus on swallowing and feeding development in infants who are developing normally with a review of some aspects of prenatal development that provide…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Prenatal Influences, Skill Development, Eating Disorders
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