Current U.S. federal special education policy under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) allows states to define their own criteria to identify young children with nonspecific delays for special education using the disability category option of developmen…
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The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an assessment tool entitled the Algebra Curriculum Based Measure (ACBM) with the intent of measuring preschool children's sorting and classifying skills based on one attribute (color, shape, and size) and two attributes (colo…
During the past few decades, there have been significant social changes affecting children and their families. Fathers are assuming a more active role in child rearing, primarily as a result of increases in the numbers of women in the work force, and numbers of children in non-p…
Anthropometric indicators for the screening of malnutrition have repeatedly been shown to be predictive of subsequent death in prospective, community-based studies from several countries. The lesser grades of suboptimal nutrition need objective criteria for diagnosis. Simple ind…
The importance of early intervention for language disorders has increased the need for reliable and valid screening instruments. Because it is not economically or practically feasible to evaluate all children comprehensively, a screening instrument that utilizes observations fro…
Zinc status of Egyptian children 18-30 months and 6-10 years of age was characterized in relation to morbidity, growth, and socioeconomic variables. In a pilot study of children whose general nutrition ranged from adequately nourished to moderately malnourished, mean hair zinc w…
Fantasy play is when children explore and travel through time and space, to interpret experiences into stories and to act them out. Children love this kind of play and it is really important for developing skills which will be used later in life. Today, computers are increasingl…