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This systematic review synthesized the research on interventions used by
occupational therapy practitioners to promote social-emotional development in
young children (birth-5 yr) with or at risk for disabilities. After a
comprehensive search of the research literature, 23 studies were reviewed and
then synthesized into five themes: (1) touch-based interventions to enhance
calming and parent-infant bonding, (2) relationship-based interventions to
promote positive caregiver-child interactions, (3) joint attention interventions,
(4) naturalistic preschool interventions to promote peer-to-peer engagement, and
(5) instruction-based interventions to teach children appropriate social
behaviors. The interventions for infants primarily involved coaching parents in
specific strategies to promote positive interactions; interventions for
preschool-age children typically involved encouraging peer support, instructing
children, and applying naturalistic behavioral techniques to develop higher-level
social competence. The studies demonstrated low to moderate positive effects for
interventions used by occupational therapy practitioners to improve
social-emotional development across ages, diagnoses, and settings.
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