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Peer reviewedYoder, Paul J.; And Others – Journal of Early Intervention, 1995
This study tested the hypothesis that pretreatment level of play would predict the rate of increase in prelinguistic, intentional requesting during prelinguistic communication intervention of 8 children (ages 21 to 30 months) with developmental disabilities. A positive relation was found between amount of transitional or symbolic play at baseline…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Stages, Early Intervention, Nonverbal Communication
Peer reviewedWhitehurst, Grover J.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
A natural language sample of babble and words was obtained for 47 2-year-old children and compared with expressive language scores 5 months later. More than 50 percent of the variance in language outcome test scores was accounted for by rate of word use, rate of vowel babble, and behavior problems. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delayed Speech, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition
Lee, Marvin; Burchinal, Margaret – 1987
Within a longitudinal design, the present study assessed parental attitudes, quality of stimulation in the environment, historical factors, and children's temperament to identify determinants of cognitive ability at 54 months. Children (n=147) were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: a center-based intervention, a home-based…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Family Environment, Infants, Intellectual Development
