News tagged with social communication skills

Children in formal child care have better language skills

Fewer children who attend regular formal centre- and family-based child care at 1.5 years and 3 years of age were late talkers compared with children who are looked after at home by a parent, child-carer or in an outdoor ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toddlers with autism show improved social skills following targeted intervention

Targeting the core social deficits of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in early intervention programs yielded sustained improvements in social and communication skills even in very young children who have ASD, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robot Speaks the Language of Kids

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are studying whether a small robot with a big personality holds the potential to help children with autism.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Providing Access to the Web is Not Enough

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even among college freshmen and digital natives -- those young adults who grew up with the Internet -- higher-level Internet skills and more sophisticated Internet usage still strongly correspond to socioeconomic ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Job hunting? Take those wild party pics off Facebook

Nearly half of US employers research the online profiles of job candidates on social networks such as Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn, according to a new survey.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0