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Narrowing the Early Mathematics Gap: A Play-Based Intervention to Promote Low-Income Preschoolers’ Number Skills

Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2018
Preschoolers from low-income households lag behind preschoolers from middle-income households on numerical skills that underlie later mathematics achievement.
Nicole R. Scalise, Emily N. Daubert, Geetha B. Ramani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘I Don't Babysit’: Stay‐at‐Home Dads' Perspectives and Experiences Within Australian Society

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stay‐at‐home‐dads are an emerging group in Australia, impacted by societal assumptions and expectations. However, there is a scarcity of research on the perspectives and experiences of fathers assuming stay‐at‐home dad roles within Australian society.
Elyse Manie, Patricia Taylor, Hayley McKenzie, Norma Barrett   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlates of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption of Malaysian preschoolers aged 3 to 6 years

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background There is little information about the diet, lifestyle and parental characteristics associated with habitual sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in Asian children.
Leng Huat Foo, Ying Huoy Lee, Che Yahya Suhaida, Andrew P. Hills   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Inequality Within a Personalised System of Disability Support: Australian Children With Disabilities' Unmet Support Needs

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disability support has shifted towards models of personalised care, which critics argue may contribute to increased inequalities. There is limited systematic evidence investigating inequalities in support among children with disabilities. To investigate inequalities in support, a survey of parents of children with disabilities aged 2–17 was ...
Martin O'Flaherty, Jessica Hill, Jennifer Smith‐Merry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The mediating effect of dietary patterns on the association between mother’s education level and the physical aggression of five-year-old children: a population-based cohort study

BMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background Relatively few studies have investigated the effects of diet on behavior problems among preschoolers, particularly, physical aggression. In addition, children raised by poorly educated mothers usually have a higher probability of developing ...
Wen-Chi Wu, Ching-I Lin, Yi-Fan Li, Ling-Yin Chang, Tung-liang Chiang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide, Linda Harrison, Sandie Wong, Frances Press, Belinda Davis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food consumption patterns and nutrient intakes of infants and young children amidst the nutrition transition: the case of Lebanon

Nutrition Journal, 2022
Background This is the first study on dietary intakes of infants and young children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, a region that is currently witnessing the nutrition transition.
Lamis Jomaa, Nahla Hwalla, Fatima Al Zahraa Chokor, Farah Naja, Lynda O’Neill, Lara Nasreddine   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantitative but Not Qualitative Differences: A Longitudinal Analysis of Grammatical Marker Development in Mandarin‐Speaking Autistic Children

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Past research has revealed large differences between typically developing (TD) and autistic children's language development. However, little is known about whether such differences are quantitative or qualitative, especially in the morphosyntactic domain.
Ziyan Meng, Li Wang, Hoyee W. Hirai, Patrick C. M. Wong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships Among Preschoolers’ Smartphone Addiction Tendency, Their Problem Behaviors, and Parenting Efficacy of Their Mothers [PDF]

Child Health Nursing Research, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among preschoolers’ smartphone addiction tendency, problem behaviors, and parenting efficacy of the mothers of these children.
Hyun-Joo Lee, Sun-Mi Chae, Kyung-Sook Bang, Heeseung Choi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Receptive–Expressive Language Phenotypes in Infants and Toddlers With Autism Features

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children diagnosed with autism often present with an atypical discrepancy between their receptive and expressive language levels, or an atypical receptive–expressive language phenotype. Children with an atypical receptive–expressive phenotype present with a relative receptive language advantage (expressive level < receptive level) or a ...
Torrey Cohenour, Amanda Gulsrud, Connie Kasari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source