Using eCoaching to Support Preschool Play Interactions at Home (Poster 35)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Seven
  In Poster Session: Early Education and Child Development SIG Posters

Abstract

A unique component of early childhood involves understanding how caregivers and educators promote academic and social outcomes for children, with a key avenue for developing these skills being pretend play opportunities. This collective case study sought to examine how remote-based eCoaching could support family-centered practices related to the facilitation of pretend play in caregivers of preschool children in the home setting. Four mother-child dyads, with and without a disability, participated. Three primary findings emerged related to the acquisition of play-based knowledge, mothers’ facilitation of play with their children, and changes in children’s pretend play behaviors. All mothers’ perceptions of eCoaching as a means of family-based support were positive, and all mothers deemed eCoaching easy to engage in and beneficial.

Authors

• Amanda Passmore, Purdue University - Northwest
  Presenting Author

• Marie Tejero Hughes, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Presenting Author