Description:
New York University will implement a dyadic, mother-paired play intervention that focuses on the importance of mother-child play as an avenue for enhancing children's social and emotional competence. The specific objectives of the study are: (a) identify mothers of young children who demonstrate positive play skills with their children, as well as those who do not appear to demonstrate these skills; (b) implement an intervention to enhance the manner in which mothers engage with their children during play to promote children's social and emotional competence; and (c) evaluate the effectiveness of the dyadic, mother-paired play intervention by examining child outcomes, mother outcomes, and mother-child outcomes via pre-post assessments. The proposed intervention will include 80 mother-child dyads recruited from a target Head Start center. The mother-child dyads will be randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. Mothers' beliefs about child development will be measured using the Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory (KIDI), children's social-emotional functioning will be assessed using the Vineland Social-Emotional Early Childhood Scales and the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation. Results of the study are expected to help aid in building capacity for programs like Head Start.
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Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
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