Effects of professional development training on joint attention engagement in low‐quality childcare centers
- 24 January 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Early Child Development and Care
- Vol. 177 (2), 159-185
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430500375927
Abstract
This study carries forward the exploration of joint attention engagement in children from 18 to 24 months of age enrolled in ‘low‐quality’ childcare centers. Childcare providers and children were videotaped to capture social interactions in the classroom including duration and bids for joint attention. One‐half of 48 childcare providers were randomly assigned to receive professional development training (PDT) (the Focus‐Follow‐Talk® technique) designed to increase the frequency of joint attention. Three months after the PDT and three coaching visits for each subject in the treatment group, 30 minutes of videotape was recorded and coded for each childcare provider in the treatment and control groups. Significant findings were reported for the trained childcare providers on joint attention engagement duration and total bids for joint attention engagement. There was also evidence supportive of joint attention subtypes.Keywords
This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
- Scaffolding in low-income mother-child dyads: Relations with joint attention and dyadic reciprocityInternational Journal of Behavioral Development, 2002
- Adult Sensitivity to Children’s Learning in the Zone of Proximal DevelopmentJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 2001
- Child Care Caregiver Sensitivity and AttachmentSocial Development, 1998
- Individual differences in joint attention skill development in the second yearInfant Behavior and Development, 1998
- Relations between social contingency in mother-child interaction and 2-year-olds' social competence.Developmental Psychology, 1996
- Quality of Center Child Care and Infant Cognitive and Language DevelopmentChild Development, 1996
- The Role of Directives in Early Language InterventionJournal of Early Intervention, 1995
- Improving Joint Engagement in Parent-Child InteractionJournal of Early Intervention, 1994
- Professional CoachingTeacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, 1991
- Effect of quality of day care environment on children's language development.Developmental Psychology, 1984