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Assistive technology and the communication and literacy development of young children with disabilities A synthesis of 36 research studies on the relationship of the use of different types of assistive technology devices to the communication and literacy development of young children with disabilities |
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Commitment to classroom model philosophy and burnout symptoms among high fidelity teachers implementing preschool programs for children with autism spectrum disorders An examination of both shared and differing levels of commitment to the philosophical tenets underlying both the Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACH) and the Learning Experiences and Alternative Program for Preschoolers and Their Parents (LEAP) classroom-based approaches among three groups of teachers implementing the programs with a high level of fidelity of implementation, based on data from 53 early care and education teachers North Carolina, Colorado, Florida, and Minnesota working in special education classroom environments |
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Contextualizing recognition, absence of recognition, and misrecognition: The case of migrant workers' children in daycares in Israel This paper advances the analysis of multiculturalism by examining multiculturalism in a contextualized manner. To understand multiculturalism and assess its effects on the recognition of migrant children, researchers need to analyse multicultural practices in schools by taking into account the social mirrors resulting from different social and structural conditions, such as national ideologies and the ethos of reception. The analysis of multicultural policies in four different types of daycare centres enrolling migrant workers' children in Israel--community, Catholic, municipal, and those supported by private associations--points to three types of contextualized multicultural models: contextualized misrecognition, contextualized recognition, and de-contextualized recognition. By juxtaposing recognition or misrecognition appearing at the daycare level with legal and ideological social mirrors, multicultural patterns can acquire a different meaning. Municipal daycares with a few migrant children as well as daycares supported by private associations that adopt a 'blind-homogenizing' approach reflect an absence of recognition that is contextualized in the larger society. Community daycares adopting a survival approach, Catholic daycares applying a 'business as usual' approach, and municipal daycares enrolling a large number of migrant children adopting a multicultural approach reflect different degrees of cultural and religious recognition. However, when analysed in the larger local or national context, this recognition results in a decontextualized recognition that suppresses the beneficial character of the multicultural education provided. (author abstract) |
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De-academizing early childhood research: Wanderings of a chicana/latina feminist researcher An account and critique of methods used in a study of Mexican immigrant mothers' perceptions regarding early care and education in a mid-size city in North Carolina |
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The dilemma of cultural responsiveness and professionalization: Listening closer to immigrant teachers who teach children of recent immigrants Background/Context: Many scholars in the fields of teacher education, multicultural education, and bilingual education have argued that children of recent immigrants are best served in classrooms that have teachers who understand the cultural background and the home language of their students. Culturally knowledgeable and responsive teachers are important in early education and care settings that serve children from immigrant families. However, there is little research on immigrant teachers' cultural and professional knowledge or on their political access to curricular/pedagogical decision-making. Focus of Study: This study is part of the larger Children Crossing Borders (CCB) study: a comparative study of what practitioners and parents who are recent immigrants in multiple countries think should happen in early education settings. Here, we present an analysis of the teacher interviews that our team conducted in the United States and compare the perspectives of immigrant teachers with those of their nonimmigrant counterparts, specifically centering on the cultural expertise of immigrant teachers who work within their own immigrant community. Research Design: The research method used in the CCB project is a variation of the multivocal ethnographic research method used in the two Preschool in Three Cultures studies. We made videotapes of typical days in classrooms for 4-year-olds in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings in five countries (England, France, Germany, Italy, and the United States) and then used these videos as cues for focus group interviews with parents and teachers. Using a coding framework designed by the national CCB team, we coded 30 focus group interviews. The coding framework was designed to facilitate comparisons across countries, cities, and categories of participants (teachers and parents, immigrant and nonimmigrant). Findings/Results: Teachers who are themselves immigrants from the same communities of the children and families they serve seem perfectly positioned to bridge the cultural and linguistic worlds of home and school. However, our study of teachers in five U.S. cities at a number of early childhood settings suggests that teachers who are themselves immigrants often experience a dilemma that prevents them from applying their full expertise to the education and care of children of recent immigrants. Rather than feeling empowered by their bicultural, bilingual knowledge and their connection to multiple communities, many immigrant teachers instead report that they often feel stuck between their pedagogical training and their cultural knowledge. Conclusions/Recommendations: Bicultural, bilingual staff, and especially staff members who are themselves immigrants from the community served by the school, can play an invaluable role in parent-staff dialogues, but only if their knowledge is valued, enacted, and encouraged as an extension of their professional role as early childhood educators. For the teachers, classrooms, and structures in our study, this would require nonimmigrant practitioners to have a willingness to consider other cultural versions of early childhood pedagogy as having merit and to enter into dialogue with immigrant teachers and immigrant communities. (author abstract) |
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Do early literacy skills in children's first language promote development of skills in their second language?: An experimental evaluation of transfer A study of the moderating effects of children's initial skills in one language on the impact of an intervention designed to improve those skills in a second language, based on data from 94 Spanish-speaking language minority children from 10 classes in a Head Start center in Los Angeles, California, randomly assigned to one of three intervention conditions--the HighScope Preschool Curriculum alone or the HighScope Preschool Curriculum with small-group pull-out instruction, using the activities of the Literacy Express Preschool Curriculum, in either an English-only or English-to-Spanish version |
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Early Intervention Speech and Language Therapy Service: Meeting the needs of children, families, practitioners and communities A summary of an evaluation of the Speech and Language Therapy Service, which provides targeted services as part of broader school readiness and health initiatives in Tallaght West, Ireland, that examines: program implementation, uptake, and accessibility; children's speech outcomes; and parent and practitioner experiences, based on analyses of program administrative data, on parent focus groups and interviews, and on practitioner and staff interviews and focus groups |
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Evaluation of the Speech and Language Therapy Service of Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative An evaluation of the Speech and Language Therapy Service, which provides targeted services as part of broader school readiness and health initiatives in Tallaght West, Ireland, that examines: program implementation, uptake, and accessibility; children's speech outcomes; and parent and practitioner experiences, based on analyses of program administrative data, on parent focus groups and interviews, and on practitioner and staff interviews and focus groups |
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Evaluation of the Speech and Language Therapy Service of Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation of the Speech and Language Therapy Service, which provides targeted services as part of broader school readiness and health initiatives in Tallaght West, Ireland, that examines: program implementation, uptake, and accessibility; children's speech outcomes; and parent and practitioner experiences, based on analyses of program administrative data, on parent focus groups and interviews, and on practitioner and staff interviews and focus groups |
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An exploration of oral language development in Spanish-speaking preschool students The purpose of this qualitative, multi-case study was to explore the oral language of Spanish-speaking preschool students and their responses to questions, comments and requests made by an English-speaking teacher. Research questions focused on students' responses to questions; comments and requests by the teacher; and whether the response was given in Spanish, English, or nonverbally. Four Spanish-speaking students in a school-based preschool program were chosen as participants in this study. Multiple data sources were used and included a Family Culture and Language Survey, audio taped sessions, observations, and field notes. As Spanish-speaking students responded to an English-speaking teacher, they began communicating via observation and non-verbal responses. As relationships were established, students responded using a combination of English and Spanish and used one to two English word phrases. Small group sessions, activities, and language that were consistent and repeated daily elicited more verbal response from students. (author abstract) |
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Impact of milieu teaching on communication skills of young children with autism spectrum disorder An examination of the relationship between communication skills in young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and teacher implementation of milieu teaching strategies--behaviorally based strategies that are used by teachers or parents in normally occurring daily routines to address communication objectives, based on data from 3 children, aged 4 and 5 years, in a small public charter early care and education center |
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Investing in a bright future for all of Colorado's kids: The importance of providing early childhood care and education to children in immigrant families An examination of the characteristics of children in immigrant families in Colorado and their participation in early childhood education programs |
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Investing in a bright future for all of Colorado's kids: The importance of providing early childhood care and education to children in immigrant families [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of the characteristics of children in immigrant families in Colorado and their participation in early childhood education programs |
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Preparing young Hispanic dual language learners for a knowledge economy A discussion of early education issues as they relate to Hispanic children, including home learning experiences, dual language learning, language of instruction and classroom practices, teacher professional development, and parental engagement |
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Report to Congress on dual language learners in Head Start and Early Head Start programs A study that examines: the characteristics of dual language learner Head Start and Early Head Start children and their families; the services they receive; the qualifications of staff that serve them; the languages that staff use to communicate with them; and dual language learner children's developmental progress, based on Head Start Program Information Report data, Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006) data, and Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES) data |
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Report to Congress on dual language learners in Head Start and Early Head Start programs: Appendix: Tables Supplemental tables from a study that examines: the characteristics of dual language learner Head Start and Early Head Start children and their families; the services they receive; the qualifications of staff that serve them; the languages that staff use to communicate with them; and dual language learner children's developmental progress, based on Head Start Program Information Report data, Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006) data, and Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES) data |
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Report to Congress on dual language learners in Head Start and Early Head Start programs: Executive summary A summary of a study that examines: the characteristics of dual language learner Head Start and Early Head Start children and their families; the services they receive; the qualifications of staff that serve them; the languages that staff use to communicate with them; and dual language learner children's developmental progress, based on Head Start Program Information Report data, Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006) data, and Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES) data |
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