Motor, Cognitive, and Socioemotional Skills among Children with Disabilities over Time

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Title: Motor, Cognitive, and Socioemotional Skills among Children with Disabilities over Time
Language: English
Authors: Cheung, W. Catherine (ORCID 0000-0002-9286-9576), Meadan, Hedda (ORCID 0000-0001-7098-6176), Shen, Sa
Source: Journal of Special Education. Aug 2021 55(2):79-89.
Availability: SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 11
Publication Date: 2021
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS)
Contract Number: H325D155036
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Kindergarten
Primary Education
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Social Development, Emotional Development, Developmental Delays, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Gender Differences, Ethnicity, Longitudinal Studies, Surveys, Performance Tests
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey, Bruininks Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency
DOI: 10.1177/0022466920940800
ISSN: 0022-4669
1538-4764
Abstract: Preschoolers demonstrate rapid growth in motor, cognitive, and socioemotional (SE) skills. The "Early Childhood Longitude Study--Birth Cohort" was used to investigate the discrepancy in fine motor, gross motor, cognitive, and SE skills between children with and without disabilities. Findings indicated that, compared with typically developing children (TDC), children with disabilities (CWD) have (a) significant discrepancies in preschool and kindergarten among these skills, (b) an increased discrepancy in fine motor and cognitive skills from preschool to kindergarten, (c) the largest gaps in gross motor skills at preschool and kindergarten, and (d) no significant change in SE gaps from preschool to kindergarten. The findings provide evidence to support the discrepancies in motor, cognitive, and SE skills between CWD and TDC that occur as early as preschool, and that these discrepancies are not getting smaller as children enter kindergarten.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2021
Accession Number: EJ1304216
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Preschoolers demonstrate rapid growth in motor, cognitive, and socioemotional (SE) skills. The "Early Childhood Longitude Study--Birth Cohort" was used to investigate the discrepancy in fine motor, gross motor, cognitive, and SE skills between children with and without disabilities. Findings indicated that, compared with typically developing children (TDC), children with disabilities (CWD) have (a) significant discrepancies in preschool and kindergarten among these skills, (b) an increased discrepancy in fine motor and cognitive skills from preschool to kindergarten, (c) the largest gaps in gross motor skills at preschool and kindergarten, and (d) no significant change in SE gaps from preschool to kindergarten. The findings provide evidence to support the discrepancies in motor, cognitive, and SE skills between CWD and TDC that occur as early as preschool, and that these discrepancies are not getting smaller as children enter kindergarten.
ISSN:0022-4669
1538-4764
DOI:10.1177/0022466920940800