Participation in Early Childhood Educational Environments for Young Children with and Without Developmental Disabilities and Delays: A Mixed Methods Study

Benjamin, Tanya Elizabeth; Lucas‐Thompson, Rachel G.; Little, Lauren; Davies, Patricia L.; Khetani, Mary

doi:10.3109/01942638.2015.1130007

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“…This study extends previous knowledge about the role of supportive home environments in explaining the relationship between a young child's functional abilities and their involvement in home‐based activities. Further studies are needed to evaluate model generalizability with more socio‐demographically diverse samples as well as in out‐of‐home contexts, because these are more salient as children age and are where young children with disabilities are known to experience difficulty in participation . Additionally, longitudinal studies of younger children with functional difficulties are needed to test causal models predicting changes in participation across settings …”

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“…Variability in child care enrollment practices in early childhood presented unique challenges to obtaining adequate sample sizes for testing models specific to the daycare/preschool setting. However, studies involving children enrolled in child care may result in more diverse samples according to parental employment, because children enrolled in these programs tend to have parents employed outside the home . In addition, future studies should attempt to replicate this model when applied to other dimensions of the participation construct such as frequency.…”

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“…School‐aged children with disabilities reportedly participate less frequently – and are less involved when participating – in activities at home and outside the home . Recent studies demonstrate that young children with developmental needs also experience participation difficulties in and outside the home . A higher percentage of caregivers of children with disabilities expressed dissatisfaction with their child's participation …”

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“…Recent studies demonstrate that young children with developmental needs also experience participation difficulties in and outside the home . A higher percentage of caregivers of children with disabilities expressed dissatisfaction with their child's participation …”

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Environmental impact on young children's participation in home‐based activities

Albrecht

Khetani

2016

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AIM To test the effect of child, family, and environmental factors on young children’s participation in home-based activities. METHOD Caregivers of young children were recruited using convenience and snowball sampling. Participants were 395 caregivers of children aged from 1 month to 5 years and 11 months. Demographic items and the home section of the Young Children’s Participation and Environment Measure were administered online, followed by completion of the daily activities, mobility, and social/cognitive domains of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory Computer Adaptive Test by telephone interview. RESULTS A structural equation model fitted the data well (comparative fit index=0.91) and explained 31.2% of the variance in perceived environmental support and 42.5% of the variance in home involvement. Functional limitations and performance had an indirect effect on young children’s participation through their effect on perceived environmental support. Specifically, fewer functional limitations and higher task performance were associated with greater environmental support, which in turn predicted higher levels of home involvement. INTERPRETATION Results suggest the importance of a young child’s functional abilities and task performance on caregiver perceptions of environmental support at home, and the impact of environmental support on a child’s participation in home-based activities during the early childhood period. Results warrant replication with more diverse samples to evaluate model generalizability.

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2016

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“…Results warrant longitudinal replication with younger cohorts of children who also undergo critical educational transitions (e.g. entering and exiting early childhood special education) and who experience disparities relative to their peers without disabilities across a broad range of activities . For these studies, Imms and Adair emphasize the need for robust environmental assessment to examine its relative impact on changes in attendance and involvement over time, irrespective of whether the child physically transitions to a new school placement.…”

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Capturing change: participation trajectories in cerebral palsy during life transitions

Khetani

2016

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Maternal immigrant status and signs of neurodevelopmental problems in early childhood: The French representative ELFE birth cohort

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A growing body of evidence suggests that children of immigrants may have increased risks of neurodevelopmental disorders. However, evidence based on parent report and on very young children is lacking. We therefore investigated the association between maternal immigrant status and early signs of neurodevelopmental problems in a population‐based sample of 2‐year‐old children using standardized parent‐report instruments. We used data from the French representative Étude Longitudinale Française depuis l'Enfance birth cohort, initiated in 2011. The study sample included 9,900 children of nonimmigrant French, 1,403 children of second, and 1,171 children of first generation immigrant women followed‐up to age 2 years. Neurodevelopment was assessed using the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M‐CHAT) and an adaptation of the MacArthur‐Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB‐CDI). In fully adjusted linear regression models, maternal immigrant status was associated with M‐CHAT scores, with stronger associations in children of first (β‐coefficient: 0.19; 95% CI 0.08–0.29) than second generation immigrants (0.09; 0.01–0.17). This association was especially strong among children of first generation immigrant mothers native of North Africa (vs. nonimmigrant French: 0.33; 0.16–0.49) and French‐speaking Sub‐Saharan Africa (0.26; 0.07–0.45). MB‐CDI scores were lowest among children of first generation immigrant mothers, particularly from mostly non‐francophone regions. Children of first generation immigrant mothers were most likely to have simultaneously low MB‐CDI and high M‐CHAT scores. Our findings suggest that maternal immigrant status is associated with early signs of neurodevelopmental difficulties, with strong variations according to maternal region of origin. Further research is necessary to test whether these associations persist and to determine the underlying mechanisms. Autism Res 2019, 12: 1845–1859. © 2019 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Lay Summary We asked immigrant and nonimmigrant mothers in France about early signs of neurodevelopmental problems in their 2‐year‐old children. Overall, we found that children of immigrants may be at higher risk of showing these early warning signs, as compared to children of nonimmigrants. This is in line with previous studies, which were based on doctors' diagnoses at later ages. However, our results differed depending on the mothers' regions of origin. We found the highest risks in children of first generation immigrants from North and French‐speaking Sub‐Saharan Africa, who also seemed especially at risk of neurodevelopmental problems combined with low language development.

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Participation in Early Childhood Educational Environments for Young Children with and Without Developmental Disabilities and Delays: A Mixed Methods Study

Cited by 43 publications

References 47 publications

Environmental impact on young children's participation in home‐based activities

Environmental impact on young children's participation in home‐based activities

Capturing change: participation trajectories in cerebral palsy during life transitions

Maternal immigrant status and signs of neurodevelopmental problems in early childhood: The French representative ELFE birth cohort

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