Seeking to achieve greater effectiveness in educating the nation's youth, the Response to
Intervention (RTI) approach is increasingly being implemented in US schools (Berkeley …

The purposes of this chapter are to examine the concept of social competence for young
children and describe factors that affect its expression and development. The chapter begins …

Knowing what behaviors adults can engage in to accelerate child growth toward desired
outcomes is fundamental to achieving the promise of early education and intervention. Once …

Sound academic screening can be done efficiently and effectively in the early elementary
years. There are existing screening tools available and new ones being validated that …

Promoting the development of early literacy skills might prevent later reading achievement
problems. This longitudinal study investigated rates of early literacy growth using Individual …

Background: Late talkers are a heterogeneous group of toddlers and reliable predictors of
persistent language delay have been elusive. The purpose of this study was to determine …

The purpose of this manuscript is to conceptualize a unified Response to Intervention (RTI)
model that may be applied to Head Starts or preschools with typical children and those …

Challenging behavior in young children is common. It can be difficult for parents or early
childhood professionals to know what behaviors fall within the typical range of behavior …

Given the potential long-term outcomes of poorly developed mathematical skills, there is a
need to understand the emergence and development of these skills in the context of …

Proficiency in problem solving is an important outcome in early childhood necessary for
cognitive and emotional development. The development of an individual growth and …