Parent-child interaction: A micro-level sequential approach in children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay

keer, Ines Van; Ceulemans, Eva; Bodner, Nadja; Vandesande, Sien; Leeuwen, Karla Van; Maes, Beatrijs

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2018.11.008

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“…Globally, most of these activities are characterized by personal, one‐to‐one interaction (playing with someone, nursing) and/or strong stimuli (music, fooling around, going on a swing, bicycling). So, next to pointing out the children's need for and enjoyment of personal interaction, these results confirm previous research suggesting that combining multiple stimuli might elicit higher levels of responding in children with multiple disabilities (Neerinckx, ; Van keer et al, ). Strikingly, some of the activities that elicit the highest engagement levels are only reported by a small fraction of the study group, possibly because of the need for affordable and adapted materials (i.e., a special swing or bike) and a lack of adapted leisure activities (especially at this young age).…”

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Exploring family activities and child engagement: A study on children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay

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Leeuwen

Maes

2019

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Background: Everyday activities are an important setting for stimulating child functioning, but are understudied in young children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay. Therefore, we aim to characterize their family activities in terms of diversity, frequency, child engagement and family member's presence, compared to typically developing children.Methods: By asking a parent to fill out an adapted version of the Child Participation in Family Activities questionnaire, the activity pattern of 49 children within the study group and 45 children within the control group were assessed and compared.Results: Children in the study group generally experience less diverse activities (with an additional lower frequency of out-of-home activities) and show lower engagement levels compared to typically developing children. Conclusions:Incorporating high levels of personal interaction, highly stimulating activities and adapted leisure activities into the daily activity pattern of children with multiple disabilities might be a pathway to increased engagement levels. K E Y W O R D Schild engagement, family activities, profound and multiple disabilities, severe and multiple disabilities 780 |

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Exploring family activities and child engagement: A study on children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay

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Maes

2019

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“…or event coding(Van keer et al, 2019) can vary depending on the specified research question. However, when applying a molar (i.e.…”

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Looking back, looking forward: Methodological challenges and future directions in research on persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

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Background: Within the context of the Special Interest Research Group (SIRG) on Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD), researchers often discuss the methodological problems and challenges they are confronted with. The aim of the current article was to give an overview of these challenges. Methods: The challenges are centred on six topics. These reflect the main components of a study's design: (a) participant demarcation, (b) participant recruitment, (c) data collection and instruments, (d) data analysis, (e) ethics/including the "voice" of persons with PIMD and (f) theoretical models. Results: Next, to describing the specific challenges, possible solutions and pathways to address them are discussed. These are illustrated by recent studies by the authors and other researchers in the field. Conclusions: The current contribution wants to stimulate further discussion and exchange of ideas, and the development of creative research techniques.

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“…Similarly, both touch and oxytocin alter brain activity in different ways depending on the relational context (Ellingsen et al, 2016;Baettig et al, 2019), which highlights the importance of including measures of attachment in studies of affectionate touch. Furthermore, a wide range of developmental disorders, including autism, have been bidirectionally linked to differences in touch interactions in infancy (Feldman et al, 2004;Cascio, 2010;Van keer et al, 2019;Provenzi et al, 2020). For example, in autism, atypical touch behavior is implicated as both a predictor of severity (e.g., children who show heightened tactile responsivity later develop greater autistic behaviors) and well as a potential compensatory mechanism (e.g., mothers of children with autism use more and longer-lasting physical proximity and touch to upregulate social engagement) (Doussard-Roosevelt et al, 2003;Saint-Georges et al, 2011;Mammen et al, 2015).…”

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The Role of Affectionate Caregiver Touch in Early Neurodevelopment and Parent–Infant Interactional Synchrony

Carozza

Leong

2021

Front. Neurosci.

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Though rarely included in studies of parent–infant interactions, affectionate touch plays a unique and vital role in infant development. Previous studies in human and rodent models have established that early and consistent affectionate touch from a caregiver confers wide-ranging and holistic benefits for infant psychosocial and neurophysiological development. We begin with an introduction to the neurophysiological pathways for the positive effects of touch. Then, we provide a brief review of how affectionate touch tunes the development of infant somatosensory, autonomic (stress regulation), and immune systems. Affective touch also plays a foundational role in the establishment of social affiliative bonds and early psychosocial behavior. These touch-related bonding effects are known to be mediated primarily by the oxytocin system, but touch also activates mesocorticolimbic dopamine and endogenous opioid systems which aid the development of social cognitive processes such as social learning and reward processing. We conclude by proposing a unique role for affectionate touch as an essential pathway to establishing and maintaining parent-infant interactional synchrony at behavioral and neural levels. The limitations of the current understanding of affectionate touch in infant development point to fruitful avenues for future research.

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Parent-child interaction: A micro-level sequential approach in children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay

Cited by 26 publications

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Exploring family activities and child engagement: A study on children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay

Exploring family activities and child engagement: A study on children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay

Looking back, looking forward: Methodological challenges and future directions in research on persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

The Role of Affectionate Caregiver Touch in Early Neurodevelopment and Parent–Infant Interactional Synchrony

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