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An Autonomy Support Motivation Intervention with Pre-Service Teachers: Do the Strategies that They Intend to Use Change?
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Self-Determination Theory posits that autonomy is one of three psychological needs whose fulfillment leads to an optimally motivating learning environment. A quasi-experimental design was used to see if the motivational strategies that preservice teachers intended to use in their classrooms...
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An examination of parent-child dyadic interaction and the impact of a parent-training program designed to support the language development of toddlers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
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Parents can effectively facilitate positive child behaviour change (Kaiser & Hancock, 2003). Their inclusion as interventionists is an essential component of autism intervention (NRC, 2001) and represents a natural step toward consistent early intervention. However, what constitutes effective...
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Effectiveness Evaluation Model for Frontline Worker Safety Intervention: An Exploratory Case Study of a Construction Prefabrication Company
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Frontline foremen and workers play a critical role in implementing management’s safety policies and procedures. Despite the ultimate position in safety organization of frontline foremen and workers, variations in safety competency and acceptance level are often neglected, which leads to diverse...
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Enrollment in Multidisciplinary Clinical Care for Pediatric Weight Management: Predictors, Reasons, Facilitators, and Recommendations
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Background: One-third of Canadian children meet the criteria for overweight or obesity. While multidisciplinary clinical care (MCC) can be effective to manage pediatric obesity, many eligible children are not referred to this level of care and many of those who are referred do not enroll in...
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Spring 2016
Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome that initially affects language while other aspects of cognition remain relatively spared. Although the symptoms of PPA become progressively worse, speech-language pathologists can provide behavioral interventions that help the...
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Spring 2011
This study compares the role of cognitive processes in children diagnosed with learning disabilities (LD) through the traditional aptitude-achievement discrepancy model with students diagnosed on the basis of their low achievement alone. Historically, in North American settings, LD has been...
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Integrating Effective and Feasible FASD Programming in Schools: An Executive Function Intervention
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Developing appropriate and accessible services for individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a priority for caregivers and service providers, especially schools. For this reason, the serious game Caribbean Quest (CQ) was developed. CQ engages children’s attention and working...
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Intensive narrative intervention with four inner-city children: An interrupted time series analysis
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This study investigated the effect of a two week intensive narrative intervention program on the narrative abilities of four inner-city children, using an interrupted time-series with removed treatment design. The intervention program focused on teaching five specific story grammar units. The...
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Interventions for Children with Autism Mediated by Someone Other Than a Highly Qualified Autism Professional: An Umbrella Review
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Aim: There has been a recent explosion in research, including systematic reviews, examining the effects of interventions for children with ASD. The present umbrella review collected, appraised, and summarized evidence from multiple systematic reviews of interventions for children with ASD...
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Investigating the Role of In Utero Inflammation on Neurodevelopment in the Fetus and Offspring and the Neuroprotective Properties Afforded by Broccoli Sprouts
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Introduction Maternal infection and inflammation leading to a fetal inflammatory response (FIR) is a risk factor for perinatal brain damage. Perinatal brain injury can lead to neurodevelopmental disorders, the sine quo non outcome parameter of which is cerebral palsy (CP). Despite advances in...