A Child-Friendly Supervision: Inviting Children to Participate

Author(s):  
Øyvind Kvello
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2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey A. Peters-Sanders ◽  
Elizabeth S. Kelley ◽  
Christa Haring Biel ◽  
Keri Madsen ◽  
Xigrid Soto ◽  
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Purpose This study evaluated the effects of an automated, small-group intervention designed to teach preschoolers challenging vocabulary words. Previous studies have provided evidence of efficacy. In this study, we evaluated the effects of the program after doubling the number of words taught from 2 to 4 words per book. Method Seventeen preschool children listened to 1 prerecorded book per week for 9 weeks. Each storybook had embedded, interactive lessons for 4 target vocabulary words. Each lesson provided repeated exposures to words and their definitions, child-friendly contexts, and multiple opportunities for children to respond verbally to instructional prompts. Participants were asked to define the weekly targeted vocabulary before and after intervention. A repeated acquisition single-case design was used to examine the effects of the books and embedded lessons on learning of target vocabulary words. Results Treatment effects were observed for all children across many of the books. Learning of at least 2 points (i.e., 1 word) was replicated for 74.5% of 149 books tested across the 17 participants. On average, children learned to define 47% of the target vocabulary words (17 out of 36). Conclusions Results support including 4 challenging words per book, as children learned substantially more words when 4 words were taught, in comparison to previous studies. Within an iterative development process, results of the current study take us 1 step closer to creating an optimal vocabulary intervention that supports the language development of at-risk children.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Margoni ◽  
Elena Nava ◽  
Luca Surian

Most cooperative interactions involve the expectation of mutual reciprocation and are based on interpersonal trust. Thus, understanding when and how humans acquire interpersonal trust can help unveiling the origins and development of children’s cooperative behavior. Here, we investigated whether prior socio-moral information about trading partners modulates the choice of preschool- (4-5 years) and school-age children (7-8 years) to share their own goods in a child-friendly version of the Trust Game. In this game, the trustee partner can repay the child’s initial investment or keep everything and betray the trustor. In two studies, we addressed whether trust is modulated by trustees exhibiting prosocial versus antisocial behaviors (Study 1, ‘helpers and hinderers’), or respect-based versus fear-based power (Study 2, ‘leaders and bullies’). Preschoolers trusted the leader more than the bully, and trusted the hinderer less than a neutral agent, but did not yet trust the helper more than the hinderer. The tendency to trust helpers more than hinderers increased with age as a result of the increased propensity to trust the prosocial agent. In Study 3, a group of preschoolers played the Dictator Game, a measure of pure generosity, with the same agents used for Study 1. Sharing rates were reliably lower than in Study 1, suggesting that the rates of investment in the trust game cannot be due solely to altruistic or indirect reciprocity motives. Overall, these findings indicate that, by age five, children understand complex cooperative exchanges and start relying on socio-moral information when deciding whom to trust.


2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atin Kalra ◽  
Shishu Goindi

The quest for achieving optimal therapeutic outcomes in pediatric patients has evaded the healthcare professionals for long and often lack of child specific dosage forms and the associated events that follow with it have been considered to be major contributor towards suboptimal outcomes. Consequently, there have been sustained efforts over the years to address this issue with the enactment of legislations like Best Pharmaceutical for Children Act (BPCA), Pediatric Research Equity Act (PREA) and Pediatric Regulation by European Union (EU) to incentivise the participation of pharmaceutical industry towards development of child friendly dosage forms. Initiatives taken in past by organisations like World Health Organisation (WHO) and Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) to spur the development of child friendly dosage forms has helped to address issues pertaining to management of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and malaria in pediatric patients. Present efforts aimed at developing child friendly dosage forms include oro-dispersible platforms including thin films and mini-tablets. Despite these leaps and advancements in developing better dosage forms for children, lower therapeutic outcomes in pediatric patients continue to remain an unresolved issue because of detrimental effects of additional factors such as parents understanding of label instructions and complexities involved in executing pediatric clinical studies thus requiring a concerted effort from pharmaceutical companies, academic researchers, parents and healthcare providers to work for better treatment outcomes in children.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Faizal Rezza Fahlefi ◽  
Atok Miftachul Hudha

Abstract: Basis for the implementation of Child-Friendly Schools regarding Article 4 of Law No.23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection. Schools designate as implementing agents in the education process who must have a friendly culture in carrying out their functions to achieve the goals of education. The purpose of this study was to analyze the implementation of anti-bullying in preparing the SRA, the participation of stakeholders, and the challenges in the process of implementing anti-bullying in the making of Child-Friendly Schools in SD and MI Tanah Bumbu Regency. This research uses descriptive qualitative. With data collection techniques in the form of interviews, observation of participation, and study documentation. The results of this study indicate that: 1) this child-friendly school model is to create quality education for every child with children's rights and is also free from the conversation, friendly school programs namely anti-bullying is one way to tackle and correct problems or help bullying in school; 2) educators and parents need to be good listeners and ensure they participate in anti-bullying programs. 3) the problem of bullying for this program is not run once but to be maintained forever. It is needed from the two schools to provide training and workshops for teachers, parents, and students. Furthermore, for the relevant agencies to add an anti-bullying curriculum so that all parties know about the apprenticeship, consider, there is also a place for an anti-bullying association.Keywords: Anti-bullying, Child Friendly Schools, BullyingAbstrak: Dasar penerapan Sekolah Ramah Anak yaitu terdapat pada Pasal 4 UU No.23 Tahun 2002 tentang perlindungan anak. Sekolah berperan sebagai agen pelaksana dalam proses pendidikan yang harus memiliki budaya ramah dalam menjalankan fungsinya untuk mencapai tujuan Pendidikan. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisis implementasi anti bullying dalam membentuk SRA, peran serta stakeholder, dan faktor yang menjadi permasalahan dalam proses implementasi anti bullying dalam membentuk Sekolah Ramah Anak di SD dan MI Kabupaten Tanah Bumbu. Penelitian ini menggunakan deskriptif kualitatif. Dengan Teknik pengumpulan data berupa wawancara, observasi patisipasi, dan studi dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa: 1) sekolah ramah anak model tersebut untuk mewujudkan pendidikan yang berkualitas bagi setiap anak dengan mempertimbangkan hak-hak anak serta terbebas dari diskriminasi, program sekolah ramah yaitu anti bullying salah satu cara untuk menanggulangi dan pencegahan perilaku atau dampak bullying di sekolah; 2) Sangat penting bagi pendidik dan orang tua menjadi pendengar yang baik serta meyakinkan dan melibatkan mereka ikut serta dalam program anti bullying. 3) permasalah bullying jarang dapat diketahui apabila kasus bullying terjadi baru ditangani dengan cepat. Untuk program ini tidak sewaktu saja dijalankan tetapi untuk dipetahankan selamanya. Perlu dari pihak kedua sekolah untuk lebih memberikan pelatihan dan workshop baik itu kepada guru, orang tua, maupun siswanya. Selanjutnya untuk pihak dinas terkait agar menambahkan kurikulum anti bullying agar semua halayak tahu tentang penagangan, dampaknya, juga tersedia tempat untuk atau wadah perkumpulan anti bullying.Kata Kunci: Anti bullying, Sekolah Ramah Anak, Bullying


Author(s):  
Maya Sabatello ◽  
Mary Frances Layden

Children with disabilities are among the most vulnerable groups in the world—and a children’s rights approach is key for reversing historical wrongs and for promoting an inclusive future. To establish this argument, this chapter explores the state of affairs and legal protections for upholding the rights of children with disabilities. It critically examines major developments in the international framework that pertain to the rights of children with disabilities, and it considers some of the prime achievements—and challenges—that arise in the implementation of a child-friendly disability rights agenda. The chapter then zooms in on two particularly salient issues for children with disabilities, namely, inclusive education and deinstitutionalization, and highlights the successes and challenges ahead. The final section provides some concluding thoughts about the present and the prospect of upholding the human rights of children with disabilities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 514-515
Author(s):  
Aritra Guha ◽  
Sanjukta Saha ◽  
Rakesh Mondal
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2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Jorian Clarke

Describes a six‐year study of children’s Internet usage which shows how preferences and habits have changed over time; this was conducted by SpectraCom Inc and Circle 1 network. Explains the research methodology and the objectives, which were to identify trends in the amount of time spent by children online now and in future, their opinions about the future role of the Internet in society and the future of e‐commerce, and parents’ roles in children’s online activities. Concludes that there is need for a more child‐friendly content in Internet sites and for more parental involvement, that children will be influential in the market for alternative devices like mobile phones, that online shopping is likely to flourish, and that children have a growing interest in online banking.


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