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The teacher's lap – a site of emotional well-being for the younger children in day-care groups
2014
This study focuses on a particular relationship between teachers and one- to three-year-old children: the child in the teacher's lap. When, in what situations, does this happen? Who are the children in the teacher's lap? Why are they there? How do children express emotional well-being when in the teacher's lap? Relational, sociocultural and revised attachment approaches to emotional well-being supplied the theoretical framework of the study. Data were collected by ethnographic methods and analysed qualitatively. Two day-care groups in Finland participated. For most of the day, at least one child was in a teacher's lap. The teacher's lap signified, for example, not only consolation and confi…
Directly Observed Physical Activity among 3-Year-Olds in Finnish Childcare
2014
The main purpose of the study was to determine 3-year-olds’ physical activity levels and how these vary across season, gender, time of day, location, and the physical and social environment in childcare settings in Finland. A modified version of the Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children-Preschool (OSRAC-P) was used to measure physical activity levels and contextual variables (e.g., group composition, prompts) of children attending childcare centres. In total, 81 children (42 boys and 39 girls) were observed in autumn and in winter. Three-level linear regression analyses were used to assess differences between the seasons in the association between the context vari…
Evening early childhood education and care: Reformulating the institutional culture
2020
The article investigates the ongoing reformulation of the institutional culture of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finnish evening ECEC. Educators’ practices in implementing evening ECEC were explored and viewed through the lens of young children’s belonging. Data were collected by observing the evenings of eight children aged 20–36 months in two Finnish centers offering flexibly scheduled ECEC and analyzed using qualitative thematic analysis. Three main themes of educators’ practices were identified: (1) managing a unique and changing social group, (2) fostering homeliness, and (3) maintaining routines and institutional order. While these practices mostly contributed to child-…
Maternal Life Satisfaction and Child Outcomes: Are They Related?
2011
This paper investigates the association between maternal life satisfaction and the developmental functioning of two- to three-year-old children as well as the socio-emotional behavior of five- to six-year-old children. We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), which allows us to control for a rich set of child and parental characteristics and to use the mother’s life satisfaction before the birth of her child as an instrument to eliminate potential reverse causality. The results indicate that the more satisfied the mother, the better her child’s verbal skills and the lower his or her socio-emotional problems. The relation is more pronounced for boys than for girls. The …
Unaccompanied foreign minors in the Italian context: From legal order to networking in educational services
2016
As the result of armed conflict, poverty or natural disasters, many children move away from their families and culture of origin. In 2014, in Italy, the number of unaccompanied foreign minors was approximately 11,000. They represent the most vulnerable of the migration phenomenon and for this reason, in December 2013, the Directorate General of Immigration and Integration Policy of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, adopted new guidelines for policies on reception, repatriation and effective integration arrangements of unaccompanied foreign minors. It is possible to promote the implementation of the opportunities aimed at the children concerned activating a networking that involve Na…
AFFETTIVITA' ED ETICA NELLE RELAZIONI EDUCATIVE FAMILIARI. PERCORSI DI PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY
2021
Tema del volume la genitorialità, intesa non come fatto biologico né funzione o ruolo sociale, ma come irrevocabile responsabilità per il bene: un compito, per svolgere il quale, oggi più che mai, non ci si può basare solo sul sentire immediato e diventa preziosa un’adeguata formazione. Il paradigma di riferimento è quello fenomenologico-ermeneutico della pedagogia fondamentale: a partire dalla rassegna di alcuni tratti dell’esperienza vissuta della genitorialità, viene spiegato cosa si intenda oggi per “educazione dei genitori”; è poi presentata una ricerca che ha coinvolto più di trecento tra alunni di scuola primaria e secondaria di primo grado insieme ad alcuni dei loro genitori. Conclu…
El trastorn de dèficit d'atenció amb hiperactivitat (TDAH) en població infantil i juvenil
2012
Fruit de la dedicació professional de les autores i enfront d'un problema no sols no resolt, sinó que es considera que està insuficientment abordat, el trastorn de dèficit d'atenció amb hiperactivitat (TDAH) en població infantil i juvenil, es planteja primerament una revisió de la bibliografia, seguida d'un recull de dades sobre la situació actual (amb abundància d'informació procedent dels Estats Units) i d'algunes consideracions i propostes per a posar en marxa les intervencions al nostre àmbit de referència, com ara l'educació que han de rebre, les concepcions morals, els hàbits, etc. Perquè avui dia els infants estan exposats a nombroses influències que han desencadenat que es disparen …
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHILDREN'S SELF-PERCEIVED AND TEACHER RATINGS IN TRAIT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ANXIETY: IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP WITH SCHOLASTI…
2022
The construct of Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been studied as a potential predictor of psychological wellbeing and social interaction during childhood. Among the different possible EI formulations, some studies about Trait EI during development have also focused on its relationship with academic performance. One main limitation pertains the self-report nature of trait EI assessment tools. The use of cross-informant ratings has become an important aspect of research and clinical practice for those working with children and adolescents because potentially resulting in a less biased approach in the evaluation process. The present study is a cross informant design which involved 150 children…
ANGER IN CHILDREN: A MINIREVIEW
2017
Aggressive behavior is a peculiar characteristic of most animal species playing an important role in species preservation and two types have been identified: interspecific and intraspecific aggression. The interspecific refers purely to the instinct of predation, while the intraspecific is the purpose for species preservation. Anger has been found in very young children between the ages of four and seven, is manifested through vocalizations, expressions and global movements affecting the entire body of the child: it is a means of communication privileged to express themselves and communicate. Anger must be considered a positive event, even if it may frighten it has a positive effect: transf…
Health care and societal costs of the management of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Spain : a descriptive a…
2017
Background Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental condition in childhood (5.3% to 7.1% worldwide prevalence), with substantial overall financial burden to children/adolescents, their families, and society. The aims of this study were to describe the clinical characteristics of children and adolescents with ADHD in Spain, estimate the associated direct/indirect costs of the disorder, and assess whether the characteristics and financial costs differed between children/adolescents adequately responding to currently available pharmacotherapies compared with children/adolescents for whom pharmacotherapies failed. Methods This was a multicenter, cross-secti…