emotional problems

Early academic skills best predict school success

harminka — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:07:42 -0600

An educational study unprecedented in scope finds that children who enter kindergarten with elementary mathematics and reading skills are the most likely to experience later academic success -- whether or not they have social or emotional problems.

Behavior problems, lack of social skills not linked with later achievement

harminka — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:58:54 -0600

Children entering kindergarten with elementary math and reading skills are the most likely to do well in school later, even if they have various social and emotional problems, say researchers who examined data from six studies of close to 36,000 preschoolers. Children’s attention-related skills also mattered, the researchers found.

Emotional eaters susceptible to weight regain

harminka — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:14:19 -0600

Just in time for the start of the holiday eating season - a new study finds that dieters who have the tendency to eat in response to external factors, such as at festive celebrations, have fewer problems with their weight loss than those who eat in response to emotions (internal factors).

Curriculum Focused on Cognitive Skills May Improve Child Behavior

harminka — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:03:29 -0500

Children who were taught a curriculum that focused on self-control and awareness of their own and others’ emotions were found to exhibit greater social competence and fewer behavioral and emotional problems.

Child psychologists call for wider use of 'play therapy'

Dinka — Tue, 22 May 2007 10:06:36 -0500

A conference in Darwin has heard that play therapy should be used more widely to help children deal with emotional problems such as bullying. The type of therapy enables young children to act out problems they cannot put into words.

Many children of HIV-positive parents are not in their custody

harminka — Mon, 07 May 2007 08:42:31 -0500

A new joint study by UCLA and the Rand Corp. shows that more than half of children with an HIV-infected parent are not consistently in that parent's custody.

Prenatal cocaine's lasting cellular effects

harminka — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:06:26 -0600