Parental knowledge of child development has often been mentioned as a factor related to child development outcomes.
To help explore the association between
parental knowledge of child development and child outcomes the interview included a series of knowledge questions about motor skills, communication and socio - emotional development.
9 Child health and development 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Key findings 9.3 General health, long - term conditions and acute illnesses 9.3.1 General health 9.3.2 Long - term conditions or illnesses 9.3.3 Health problems and treatment 9.3.4 Birth weight and health in the first year of life 9.4 Accidents 9.4.1 Accident rates 9.4.2 Hospital treatment for accidents 9.4.3 Injuries resulting from accidents 9.5 Development of motor skills 9.6 Development of communication skills 9.7
Parental knowledge of child development 9.8 Parental concerns about development 9.9 Sleep 9.10 Dental health 9.11 Temperament 9.12 Summary 9.13 References
The primary outcome will be parent / family and the focus will be to increase parents ability to respond to their child's emotions appropriately, increase
parental knowledge of child development and parenting, increase positive interactions between parent and child, increase perceived informal support and will provide supports to enhance the family dynamic.
It addresses
parental knowledge of child development, discipline methods, and media literacy.
The PP and HS interventions promoted
parental knowledge of child development, self - efficacy, and developmentally supportive parenting practices.
Not exact matches
When we focus on building protective factors in families, such as nurturing,
knowledge of child development and age - appropriate expectations,
parental resilience and concrete family supports, we can reduce or eliminate the risk
of maltreatment.
The Scope
of this project is to: - Provide seed funding and support pilot implementation
of ideas resulting from the June 2014 design workshop on improving outcomes for babies in foster care; - Launch pilots
of co-designed strategies for working collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive function skills,
child development,
child literacy and
parental stress levels
of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group
of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers
of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts
of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University
of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University
of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels
of adversity and produce summary report in the fall
of 2014 that reviews the
knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generations.
New study white paper issued January, 2016 demonstrates that Make Parenting A Pleasure ® is effective in improving outcomes for stressed families, assisting highly stressed families in improving Protective Factors that are associated with reducing the risk
of child abuse and neglect, such as
parental resilience, social connections,
knowledge of parenting and
child development and the social and emotional competence
of children.
In addition to teaching parents and
children about the healthy expressions
of emotions, the Weathering the Storms guide supports the following protective factors known to strengthen families and reduce the likelihood
of child abuse and neglect:
parental resilience,
knowledge of parenting and
child development, and social and emotional competence.
The service projects, which include the delivery
of at least 95 Be Strong Families Parent Cafes across the city in July and August, seek to reduce violence in communities by building the Strengthening Families ™ Protective Factors (Social Connections,
Parental Resilience,
Knowledge of Parenting and
Child Development, Concrete Support in Times
of Need, and Social and Emotional Competence
of Children) in families» homes and communities and promoting vitality across Chicago - land.
The five protective factors are:
Parental Resilience, Social Connections,
Knowledge of Parenting and
Child Development, Concrete Support in Times
of Need, and Social and Emotional Competence
of Children.
Programs also seek to promote family well - being and strengthen families» protective factors (e.g.,
parental resilience, social connections, concrete support in times
of need,
knowledge of parenting and
child development, and social and emotional competence
of children), which studies have demonstrated increase the likelihood
of positive outcomes for
children and families.
This chapter provides a detailed insight into a range
of data on
child health and
development including general health, accidental injury, the acquisition
of motor skills and early communicative behaviour,
parental knowledge of early
child development and concerns about
development, sleep, tooth - brushing and
child temperament.
Parental intervention should address both parenting behaviour and parents»
knowledge of child development;
As a result, while a number
of interventions have been demonstrated to change parenting skills and
child behaviour, 1 in general these studies have not focused on outcomes in terms
of parental knowledge of children's
development.
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Parental knowledge is thought to provide a global cognitive organization for adapting to or anticipating developmental changes in children.17 Mothers who are knowledgeable respond more sensitively to their child's initiations, 18 while mothers with inaccurate expectations about their child's development tend to be more harsh.19, 20,21 Studies have indicated that when mothers have higher knowledge of infant and child development, they show higher levels of parenting skills, 16,22,23 their children have higher cognitive skills, 16,24 and there are fewer child behaviour problems.16 Furthermore, a positive association has been found between parental self - efficacy and parenting competence when knowledge of child development
Parental knowledge is thought to provide a global cognitive organization for adapting to or anticipating developmental changes in
children.17 Mothers who are knowledgeable respond more sensitively to their
child's initiations, 18 while mothers with inaccurate expectations about their
child's
development tend to be more harsh.19, 20,21 Studies have indicated that when mothers have higher
knowledge of infant and
child development, they show higher levels
of parenting skills, 16,22,23 their
children have higher cognitive skills, 16,24 and there are fewer
child behaviour problems.16 Furthermore, a positive association has been found between
parental self - efficacy and parenting competence when knowledge of child development
parental self - efficacy and parenting competence when
knowledge of child development is high.
While the research has examined
parental knowledge as a risk factor for poorer
child development across a range
of domains, a clear understanding
of the mechanisms by which
parental knowledge impacts on
children's
development and behaviour is lacking.
The specific intervention practices (content) included parenting skills (yes / no), personal skills
of parents (yes / no), parents» self - confidence (yes / no), attitudes or expectations about parenting (yes / no),
knowledge of typical
child development (yes / no), social network
of the family (yes / no), relationship between parents (yes / no), relationship between parent and
child (yes / no), mental health problems parents (yes / no),
parental empowerment (yes / no), social or emotional support (yes / no), well - being
of the
child (yes / no),
child skills (yes / no), practical support (yes / no), and motivation (yes / no).
Relationship
of parental attitudes
of intolerance
of ambiguity,
knowledge and power to curiosity
development in young
children
Prior to the past 5 years, measures
of parental monitoring in the general
child development literature almost always operationalized
parental monitoring as
parental knowledge; that is, parents were asked about their
knowledge of youth activities, rather than about how they gathered information about their
child's activities.
Subsequent to the publication
of these important studies, several
child development researchers have attempted to improve the domain - specific measurement
of parental monitoring and
parental knowledge as well as to clarify whether
parental knowledge of youth activities is a predictor
of youth outcomes.