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Active Outdoor Play
IntroductionPlay is a fundamental part of childhood and is typically defined as a spontaneous, enjoyable, and self-directed activity with no external goal.1 Active play is one main type of play.1...
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Young Children’s Outdoor Play-Based Learning
IntroductionIn this chapter, we consider current thinking about young children’s learning when they engage in outdoor play. The role of the teacher, parent and/or caregiver (hereafter ‘adult’)...
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Epidemiological Surveys of Autism Spectrum Disorders
IntroductionSince the first epidemiological survey of autism performed in 1966 in the UK1, many epidemiological surveys of autism have been conducted worldwide in order to estimate the prevalence of...
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Numeracy
Basic number concepts and skills (numeracy) generally emerge before school entry. It is important to promote the development of these competencies in young children and to know the best learning...
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Maternal depression
Maternal/perinatal/postpartum depression can have a major impact on the child’s development, the mother’s mental health, and the family environment. It is important be aware of the prevention and...
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Resilience in Development: The Importance of Early Childhood
IntroductionThe concept of resilience, originally from the Latin resilire (to rebound, recoil, or spring back), is now widely utilized in multiple fields of study to refer to the capacity of a system...
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Early Childhood Relationships and the Roots of Resilience
IntroductionAs the expression of competence in contexts of adversity, resilience is of great interest to researchers and practitioners in its own right, as well as for what it can tell us about...
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Protective Role of Executive Function Skills in High-Risk Environments
IntroductionThere is growing evidence in the study of resilience for the protective role of executive functions in the school success of children facing adversity. Executive function (EF), also termed...
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Fostering Early Numeracy in Preschool and Kindergarten
IntroductionOver the last six decades, it has become increasingly clear that children’s everyday (informal) mathematical knowledge is an important basis for learning school (formal)...