Construction of a Scale for Investigating Pre-School Children’s Social Situations of Development: Focusing on Activities instead of Abilities

This paper discuss principles for the design of a tool to screen 3- and 5-year-old children’s social situation of development in Greenland. We describe this tool as radical-local, building it on a theory of child development that focuses on children´s activities as cultural, anchored in local conditions and traditions, where play is seen as the core activity for preschool children. In constructing Investigating children’s situation of development (Undersøgelse af børns udviklingssituation — UBUS 3 and UBUS 5) we have aimed at creating an instrument that can be used to evaluate children’s health, wellbeing and activities in their everyday settings of day-care and at home in Greenland. The assessment focus on interaction with care-persons and other children, not on children’s abilities as isolated and independent features. For preschool children these conditions and their participation in these conditions create the child’s social situation of development.

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Anthropometry biochemical iron indexes, and energy and nutrient intake of preschool children: Comparison of intake at day care center and at home

Journal of the American Dietetic Association ◽

10.1016/s0002-8223(21)01440-1 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 91 (12) ◽

pp. 1587-1588

Author(s):

Mary Anne Drake

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Day Care ◽

Nutrient Intake ◽

Care Center ◽

Day Care Center ◽

Energy And Nutrient Intake ◽

At Home

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Aggregate exposures of nine preschool children to persistent organic pollutants at day care and at home

Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology ◽

10.1038/sj.jea.7500270 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 187-202 ◽

Cited By ~ 195

Author(s):

Nancy K Wilson ◽

Jane C Chuang ◽

Christopher Lyu ◽

Ronald Menton ◽

Marsha K Morgan

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Organic Pollutants ◽

Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽

Day Care ◽

At Home

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Review of Child development for day care workers.

Contemporary Psychology ◽

10.1037/016955 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 96-96

Author(s):

CAROL NAGY JACKLIN

Keyword(s):

Child Development ◽

Day Care ◽

Care Workers

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Resilience in a Time of War: Tips for Parents & Day-Care Providers of Preschool Children

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e518532012-001 ◽

2012 ◽

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Day Care ◽

Care Providers

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Mapping, assessing and promoting multiple psychological senses of community (MPSOC) through clinical pathways for treating substance use problems

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs ◽

10.1177/1455072520985976 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 145507252098597

Author(s):

Nina Kavita Heggen Bahl ◽

Anne Signe Landheim ◽

Hilde Eileen Nafstad ◽

Rolv Mikkel Blakar ◽

Morten A. Brodahl

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Clinical Pathways ◽

Collaborative Study ◽

Social Situation ◽

National Guidelines ◽

Social Situations ◽

Recovery Processes ◽

Substance Use Problems ◽

Problematic Substance Use ◽

Problematic Substance

Aim: The recent nationally implemented clinical pathways for the treatment of substance use problems in Norway require mapping and assessing of patients’ needs, challenges, and resources. However, there is a lack of tools for systematically mapping and assessing patients’ social situations and social networks as part of the national guidelines. The aim of this article is to present a tool developed to map and assess the patient’s social situation, and to propose approaches for promoting multiple psychological senses of community (MPSOC) through clinical pathways for treating substance use problems. Methods: The proposed tool and approaches are developed based on findings in a previous in-depth collaborative study of MPSOC and recovery among people with substance use problems who received help and services from Norwegian municipalities. Findings: The findings suggest that multiple communities (geographical, relational and ideal) and senses of communities (within and outside treatment) simultaneously can influence individual recovery processes from problematic substance use in both positive as well as negative ways. As such, these community dimensions are of central importance to include in mapping and assessing of patients’ social situations, as well as in the promotion of MPSOC through clinical pathways. Conclusions: The suggested tool and approaches can increase the likelihood of achieving key aims of the national clinical pathways. Most important, mapping, assessing and promoting MPSOC through clinical pathways may promote long-term recovery processes and positive recovery capital for persons with substance use problems.

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Preschoolers' Imaginativeness: Subtypes, Correlates, and Maladaptive Extremes

Imagination Cognition and Personality ◽

10.2190/59wg-p0j9-2n3x-e3ul ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 349-364 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Roni Beth Tower

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Child Development ◽

Healthy Child ◽

Observational Studies ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Different Types ◽

Research Questions ◽

Negative Implication

In a study of forty-three preschool children, ratings of four types of the children's imaginativeness were correlated with observational, behavioral, and interview measures. Research questions were: 1) Do correlates of imaginativeness found in observational studies replicate if trait rather than state measures are examined? 2) Do different types of imaginativeness have different correlates? and 3) What characteristics distinguish children at the maladaptive extremes of imaginativeness from those at more moderate levels? The conceptual and empirical utility of considering imaginativeness to have two dimensions, Expressive and Constructive, was demonstrated. While optimal levels of Constructive Imaginativeness correlated significantly with other indices of healthy child development, the correlations were fewer and tended to be weaker for Expressive Imaginativeness. The negative implication of extremes was documented.

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Injuries in Day Care

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.86.5.808 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 86 (5) ◽

pp. 808-809

Author(s):

FREDERICK P. RIVARA ◽

CAROLYN DIGUISEPPI

Keyword(s):

Injury Prevention ◽

Day Care ◽

Effective Intervention ◽

Research Center ◽

Injury Control ◽

Sizeable Number ◽

Home Injury ◽

At Home

In Reply.— We appreciate the comments of Gielen et al on our study examining the risk of injuries to children in day care compared with the risks of injuries to children at home. Injury control, a problem ignored for far to long, is finally beginning to attract a sizeable number of investigators and practitioners. Nevertheless, resources are still extremely scarce, and we encourage others involved in this area to use criteria similar to those used at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in choosing a topic for intervention: the injuries must be frequent, they must be severe, and an effective intervention should exist.

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