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Work hard, play hard : exploring perceptions of play in times of rigor and high accountability
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
as common themes emerged. All participants in this study alluded to the fact that play is learning in one form or another. Response trends also included the importance of developing social-emotional skills as well as working with the "whole child" rather...
Measuring the quality of informal home-based care programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Informal child care has a long history and remains a popular choice for many parents, especially parents with infants and toddlers and families with low-incomes. As researchers...
Evaluating the effectiveness of the core content of the incredible years with and without visual performance feedback for parents of children with autism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
across parent-child dyads, data were collected on parent behaviors (use of clear commands, praise and descriptive play statements) and child behaviors (compliance, prompted compliance, on-task/appropriate behavior and externalizing behaviors). Phases...
Examining the provision of child care subsidies across Missouri counties : the relationship between local dynamics and CCDF subsidy supply
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous research on child care subsidies and welfare programs has largely focused on examining individual characteristics associated with program participation, the role...
Dyadic reciprocity in the emerging relationship between low-income African American mothers and their toddlers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The present study will adopt a dual focus: on the description of dyadic reciprocity among mother-child dyads and on the antecedents proposed to influence its development. As research on the nature of dyadic reciprocity as the means of parent-child...
A study of child development alumni perceptions of the quality of professional preparation for employment in low socio-economic child care settings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The first purpose of this mixed method study was to contribute to the information base for future curriculum development regarding a low income practicum study for two-year and four-year child development majors in a Midwest University. This study...
Social and psychobiological regulation of the human child's hypothalamus-pituitary-axis : an ontogenetic perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
the child for the adult socio-competitive environment. During this developmental period, boys and girls show behavioral sex differences in play and social interactions. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis, with its products cortisol...
Part-time schedules for children in campus child care centers : a MAUT analysis of challenges faced by administrators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation explored the concept of part-time schedules for children in campus child care centers as a challenge faced by administrators. A baseline of data...
South Korean parents' goals, knowledge, practices, and needs regarding music education for young children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
learning, and providing the opportunity to play through music. With respect to their knowledge about music education, parents described the music programs according to the activities they observed or experienced, but they did not show deeper understanding...
Community Factors in Differential Responses of Child Protective Services
(2015-06-19)
Child maltreatment results in over 3 million referrals annually to U. S. child
protective services agencies and an estimated 695,000 children who are determined
to be child maltreatment victims. There are ongoing concerns ...
Promoting parent-child secure attachment bonds in adoptive families through community-based family music groups: a heuristic grounded theory study
(2013)
adoptive family included at least one parent and at least one adopted child under three and one-half years old: siblings also participated. Data sources included three parental interviews, eight-weeks of parental journaling, and an eight-week Kindermusik...
Relationships between siblings engaged in music study : an exploratory investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The goal of this research was to investigate interactions between siblings with respect to music study. Data were collected from five two-child families, each with a younger...
Relationship of Early Childhood Teacher Guidance Beliefs and Reported Actual Practices on Child Behavioral Outcomes
(2016)
Teacher beliefs on child guidance and discipline practices are critical components in
understanding how teachers’ beliefs and approaches to guidance influence teachers’
interactions and classroom management practices ...
Healthcare communication barriers encountered by child life specialists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
-being. There is an abundant amount of research about communication barriers by a variety of healthcare professionals, but there is limited research by child life specialists. This research study explores the perspective of communication barriers by certified child life...
Analysis of alternative care placement changes as provided by case managers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This exploratory study systematically identified and analyzed a comprehensive list of 53 primary reasons children experienced alternative care placement changes in Missouri's child welfare system. Case managers employed by Missouri.s public child...
The Effects of the Classroom Schedule and Teacher Beliefs on Head Start Teacher-Child Interactions
(2013)
Time can be examined from several viewpoints in the early childhood classroom: wasted wait time; instruction which is undifferentiated or not on the child’s cognitivelevel, missing the child’s target learning needs; the source and control...
The moderating role of maternal supervision in the social ecology of children's unintentional injuries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
for preventing childhood injuries. The present study examined whether maternal supervision moderated the relation of child and social-ecological variables (i.e., maternal, intrafamilial, and extrafamilial factors) to children's injuries. The study also examined...
Causes of the noun bias in early vocabulary development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Children typically learn many more nouns than verbs early in vocabulary development. The cause of this "noun-bias" is unclear. One possibility is that caregivers use more nouns and prompt for nouns more often. That is, the noun-bias may...
Implementing the federal NCLB assessment policy at the local level for learners affected with moderate to severe disabilities : an analysis of educators' decision-making process
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The No Child Left Behind legislation of 2001 required 98% of students in the United States to be assessed annually. No Child Left Behind along with the Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act of 2004 allowed for the most profoundly disabled...
Clues to meaning : exploring potential effects of paired, congruent cues on toddlers' word learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Although many researchers believe that toddlers use multiple cues to map words to meanings, most empirical studies of word learning focus on toddlers' use of single cue types in isolation and on developmental trends in the use of those cues. Thus...