Use of the portage curriculum to impact child and parent outcome in an early intervention program in Lebanon

‘In the circumstances I think we've all managed really well’ an exploration of the impact of the COVID‐19 restrictions on a Child Development Advisor (Portage) Service

“…Kohli (1990, cited by Brue & Oakl, 2001, found children who had received support demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in all developmental areas (social, language, self-help, motor, and cognitive), regardless of how long they had received Portage support. More recently, Sarouphim and Kassem (2020) found the Portage approach had a statistically significant positive effect on all areas of child development investigated (social, language, motor, sensory and exploration) when compared to the child's developmental abilities at the beginning of the study. In addition, Russell (2007) reported 82% of 136 parents who had received Portage support felt Portage was the most useful support service out of all the services they had received.…”

“…Sarouphim and Kassem ( 2020 ) interviewed parents who had received Portage support and found some of the key benefits of the service included: emotional support for the parents, increasing the parent's knowledge around their child and providing the intervention within the child's natural environment. The researchers suggested these categories explained the improvements in child development.…”

Oti̇zmli̇ Çocuklarda Motor Beceri̇ Ve Değerlendi̇ri̇lmesi̇

“…Ayrıca Liu, Breslin, ve ElGarhy (2017), otizmli çocuklarla ilgili bir çalışmasında dört motor beceri değerlendirme aracı; Bruininks-Oseretsky Motor Yeterlilik Testi (BOT-2), Çocuklar için Hareket Değerlendirme Bataryası-2 (MABC-2), Peabody Motor Gelişim Ölçeği-2 (PMGÖ-2) ve Kaba Motor Gelişim Testi-İkinci Baskı (TGMD-2) kullanarak çocukların motor becerilerini incelemiştir. Yine literatürde çocukların motor gelişimi ve becerilerini değerlendirmek üzere Bayley Bebeklik Gelişimi Ölçeği, Portage Erken Çocukluk Dönemi Eğitim Programı Kontrol Listesi ve Lincoln-Oseretzky Motor Gelişim Ölçeği'nin kullanıldığı çalışmalar da mevcuttur (Lane, Harpster ve Heathcock ,2012;Sarouphim ve Kassem, 2020;Kartasidou, Varsamis ve Sampsonidou, 2012).…”