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Mia Chudzik; Catherine Corr; Rosa Milagros Santos – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Children ages birth to five experience trauma at high rates. Additionally, children with disabilities are more likely to experience trauma than children without disabilities, highlighting the need for early childhood education (ECE) settings and professionals to be prepared to support children with disabilities who have experienced trauma. In this…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Trauma Informed Approach, Educational Environment, Early Experience
Kälin, Sonja; Roebers, Claudia M.; Oeri, Niamh – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The goal of this longitudinal study was to examine persistence development during the transition to school. The sample consisted of N = 88 children from Caucasian, middle-class families (51% female). Participants were recruited through advertisement in public kindergartens and were tested twice, in kindergarten (mean…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Student Adjustment, Profiles, Kindergarten
Lu, Monica S.; Hennefield, Laura; Tillman, Rebecca; Markson, Lori – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2023
Optimism is linked to persistence and resilience in adults; however, how optimism might relate to children's evaluations of potentially challenging situations and risk-taking behaviors is unknown. This study examined the role of optimism in 4- to 8-year-old children's (N = 121) perceptions of and willingness to engage in physical activities that…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Risk, Child Behavior, Young Children
Pickard, Katherine; Mellman, Hannah; Frost, Kyle; Reaven, Judy; Ingersoll, Brooke – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBIs) are evidence-based interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorder. There has been growing interest in implementing manualized NDBIs within the early intervention (EI) system without a clear understanding of how these programs and the broader strategies encompassed within…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention, Young Children, Behavior Modification
Langner, Jana; Fukkink, Ruben G. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Interprofessional collaborative practices (IPCP) are considered to be a crucial factor in the optimal support of young children (3-6 years) with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in inclusive early childhood education and care (ECEC). Aims: To investigate IPCP in interventions using a collaborative approach for young…
Descriptors: Young Children, Early Intervention, Speech Impairments, Speech Therapy
Chen, Jin; Kwok, Sze Chai; Song, Yongning – Developmental Science, 2023
The relationship between executive function and second-language ability remains contentious in bilingual children; thus, the current study focused on this issue. In total, 371 Uyghur-Chinese bilingual children ranging from 3 to 6 years old were assessed by a battery of tasks measuring language ability (expressive vocabulary tests, receptive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Bilingualism, Executive Function
Friedrich, Nicola; Stagg Peterson, Shelley – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
In this study, we make the case for using texts children create as part of their play as a means for assessing their developing print literacy knowledge. We assessed 4- and 5-year-old children's authentic texts using categories and criteria from the "Assessing Young Children's Marks/Drawing/Print" tool, a research-based, classroom…
Descriptors: Play, Writing (Composition), Kindergarten, Young Children
Gaskins, Suzanne; Alcalá, Lucía – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2023
Children's development of executive function is a good candidate for studying cultural differences because it is a necessary capacity for becoming competent participants in cultural activities, and yet it is also likely to be shaped by culturally organized everyday experiences, with potential consequences for children's development and learning.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Executive Function, Cultural Background
Armitage, Kristy L.; Suddendorf, Thomas; Bulley, Adam; Bastos, Amalia P. M.; Taylor, Alex H.; Redshaw, Jonathan – Developmental Psychology, 2023
A cardinal feature of adult cognition is the awareness of our own cognitive struggles and the capacity to draw upon this awareness to offload internal demand into the environment. In this preregistered study conducted in Australia, we investigated whether 3-8-year-olds (N = 72, 36 male, 36 female, mostly White) could self-initiate such an external…
Descriptors: Creativity, Learning Strategies, Cognitive Processes, Metacognition
Bennett-Pierre, Grace; Weinraub, Marsha; Newcombe, Nora S.; Gunderson, Elizabeth A. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Children's beliefs about the contribution of effort and ability to success and failure shape their decisions to persist or give up on challenging tasks, with consequences for their academic success. But how do children learn about the concept of "challenge"? Prior work has shown that parents' verbal responses to success and failure shape…
Descriptors: Young Children, Children, Parents, Parent Child Relationship
Cyr Brisini, Kellie St.; Tian, Xi; Solomon, Denise – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
This study describes parents' daily "highs" and "lows" during their child's transition to school for the first time and examines how those experiences relate to turbulence in the parents' relationship. 106 parents (53 couples) rated their relationship qualities at pre-test and post-test and described "high" and…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Marital Instability, Family Environment
Alder, M. L.; Johnson, C. R.; Zauszniewski, J. A.; Malow, B. A.; Burant, C. J.; Scahill, L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
This research evaluated the feasibility of actigraphy to measure sleep and physical activity in children (ages 2-8 years) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We also explored associations between sleep and physical activity. Validated screening measures established eligibility. Questionnaires, diaries, and 5 days and 5 nights of actigraphy…
Descriptors: Sleep, Physical Activity Level, Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Campana, Kathleen; Mills, J. Elizabeth – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2023
Computational thinking (CT) has emerged as an important method in the United States for helping children learn to solve complex problems and develop skills necessary for coding and other computer science-related endeavors. Research has revealed that CT can be encouraged with children as young as 3-4 years of age. While some preschools and schools…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Coding
Kotaman, Hüseyin; Aslan, Mustafa – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The purpose of the study is to examine young children's (4- to 7-year-old) selective trust decisions in two different data sets; one was for selecting from whom to ask information and the other was for interpersonal trust decision where children encountered with two research assistants; one provided precise and the other provided relative…
Descriptors: Young Children, Childrens Attitudes, Trust (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship
Goldstein, Sam; Sellars, Tiffany; Velez, Alexandro – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The mean age of identification for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) occurs during the months before children enter kindergarten. The incidence and prevalence of "autistic behaviors" in the general population are not fully understood, however, census-matched studies of these behaviors have yielded important new data. As children presenting…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Identification, Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorders