Evaluation of a Brief Teacher Coaching Program for Delivering an Early Intervention Program to Preschoolers With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study provides preliminary support for the effectiveness and feasibility of using a modified coaching program to train preschool teachers to use early intervention techniques from the Early Start Denver Model. (Source: Infants and Young Children)
Source: Infants and Young Children - August 27, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
Developing a Screening Tool for Young Children Using an Ecological Framework
Young children from impoverished backgrounds experience high levels of family and environmental stress, adversely impacting developmental functioning. Early identification provides a pathway to solutions, but many children are never evaluated. In addition, the child-serving workforce lacks resources and expertise to use traditional measures. Furthermore, existing measures do not account for the substantial influence of a child's ecology. To bridge these gaps, we developed the Neurodevelopmental Ecological Screening Tool (NEST) and conducted a pilot study (n = 60) to test its feasibility for use with caregivers of children ...
Source: Infants and Young Children - August 27, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
From the Editor
No abstract available (Source: Infants and Young Children)
Source: Infants and Young Children - August 27, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: From the Editor Source Type: research
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Within the Medical Home: Implications for Policy and Practice
The pediatric medical home is a model to provide quality health care to a child that is coordinated and overseen by a team of professionals who are grounded in family-centered practice (Cleveland Clinic, 2012; Munoz, Nelson, Bradham, Hoffman, & Houston, 2011). The medical home can be a centralized, consolidated, and comprehensive approach to address concerns for a child and can bolster the early intervention goals of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention ([EHDI]; Buchino et al., 2019; Munoz, Shisler, Moeller, & White, 2009; Munoz et al., 2011). With early access to screening information for children who are D/deaf or ha...
Source: Infants and Young Children - May 27, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
Developing a Community-Based Oral Language Preventive Intervention: Exploring Feasibility and Social Validity for Families Affected by the Canterbury Earthquakes
Natural disasters are disruptive to families and communities, particularly when cascading effects continue over time. Such events, and ensuing disruptions to family life, present risks to young children's development, including oral language. Recognition of this potential vulnerability has led to calls for early childhood programming to support parenting and foster children's early learning. Therefore, we developed and trialed a research-informed home literacy preventive intervention for preschool-aged children living in communities adversely affected by devastating earthquakes. In this feasibility case study, 2 community ...
Source: Infants and Young Children - May 27, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
Implementation of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme: Experiences of Families of Young Children With Disabilities
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was introduced in Australia in 2013 to address the inadequacies of a fragmented and underfunded service system for people with disabilities. For young children with developmental disabilities, NDIS services fall under the early childhood early intervention (ECEI) approach, the impact of which is yet to be documented. Considering the critical role of families in supporting their children with a disability, the aim of the present study was therefore to examine their experiences of the ECEI approach in the State of Victoria. Seventeen parents participated in interviews and focus...
Source: Infants and Young Children - May 27, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
Applying the Developmental Systems Approach to Inclusive Community-Based Early Intervention Programs: Process and Practice
A developmentally oriented framework is presented designed to establish or enhance the quality of inclusive community-based early intervention systems. This conceptually and empirically integrated developmental approach supports a comprehensive family-centered model. Outlined is a process that coordinates children's goals with family priorities, identifies developmental pathways most likely to influence those goals, guides the selection of objectives and intervention activities, and provides an approach for evaluation and problem solving. Principles of relationships, comprehensiveness, and continuity are central to this fr...
Source: Infants and Young Children - May 27, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
Research Informing Practice in Early Childhood Intervention: How Hard Can It Be?
The adoption of interventions for infants and young children with disabilities/delays or at risk of disability/delay is likely to be influenced by sources other than research evidence. Where the available research evidence does influence the choice of intervention, there may be difficulties translating research that has been implemented in a controlled environment to an intervention that can be successfully applied in natural settings. Such settings include the family home as well as early childhood education and care centers. Incentives for the use of evidence-based interventions in early intervention settings include imp...
Source: Infants and Young Children - May 27, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
From the Editor
No abstract available (Source: Infants and Young Children)
Source: Infants and Young Children - May 27, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: From the Editor Source Type: research
Evaluating the Dimensionality and Psychometric Properties of a Social–Emotional Screening Instrument for Young Children
Social–emotional competence is important for children's lifelong positive developmental outcomes. The dimensionality and psychometric properties of a widely used social–emotional assessment, the Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social–Emotional Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2), were investigated in this study using item response theory models. A comparison was conducted between a unidimensional model, reflecting a compound construct—social–emotional competence, and a multidimensional model, based on the theoretical framework that posits that social competence and emotional competence are highly related but different constr...
Source: Infants and Young Children - March 3, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
Predictors of Parental Premature Exiting From Early Intervention Services
This study represents the first empirical examination of variables associated with parents prematurely exiting early intervention services despite having children who continued to qualify for services. (Source: Infants and Young Children)
Source: Infants and Young Children - March 3, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
A Comparison of Dialogic Reading, Modeling, and Dialogic Reading Plus Modeling
The authors used an alternating treatment, single-case design to determine the effect of dialogic reading, modeling, and dialogic reading plus modeling on the expressive vocabulary identification of 2 preschool children identified with autism spectrum disorder. Their preschool teacher implemented each of the conditions within the daily routines of the classroom. Each condition demonstrated effectiveness; however, the dialogic reading condition had the most robust effect on both of the children's labeling of target vocabulary words. (Source: Infants and Young Children)
Source: Infants and Young Children - March 3, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
Overimitation of Children With Cochlear Implants or Hearing Aids in Comparison With Children With Normal Hearing
No abstract available (Source: Infants and Young Children)
Source: Infants and Young Children - March 3, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Erratum Source Type: research
Improving Developmental Abilities in Infants With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: A Pilot Behavioral Intervention Study
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare genetic syndrome that confers risk for neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. Delays in social communication and early cognitive abilities are observable as early as 9 months of age in children with TSC; however, there have been no studies of early behavioral intervention in TSC. We conducted a pilot study of an evidence-based, parent-mediated behavioral intervention focused on improving early social communication and play skills in 5 children with TSC (aged 1–3 years). Participants showed maintenance and sometimes gains in ...
Source: Infants and Young Children - March 3, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
Adapting the Ages and Stages Questionnaire to Identify and Quantify Development Among Children With Evidence of Zika Infection
This article describes novel methods of applying the Ages and Stages Questionnaire—3rd edition (ASQ-3) to assess and quantify developmental delay among children following the 2015–2016 Zika virus outbreak in Brazil. Many of the children with Zika virus infection were expected to have severe developmental delay. However, administering the ASQ-3 to caregivers of these children according to standard protocol would have screened for the overall presence of delay but not the severity of delay. We adopted an amended protocol for administration of the ASQ-3 to quantify the developmental functioning of children severely affect...
Source: Infants and Young Children - March 3, 2020 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Research/Study Source Type: research
