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Program-Level Influences on the Measurement of Early Communication for Infants and Toddlers in Early Head Start
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Greenwood, Charles R.; Buzhardt, Jay; Walker, Dale; Howard, Waylon J.; Anderson, Rawni – Journal of Early Intervention, 2011
Measurement in early childhood is an increasingly large-scale endeavor addressing purposes of accountability, program improvement, child outcomes, and intervention decision making for individual children. The Early Communication Indicator (ECI) is a measure relevant to intervention decision making for infants and toddlers, including response to…
Descriptors: Individualized Family Service Plans, Early Intervention, Total Communication, Program Improvement
The Early Communication Indicator for Infants and Toddlers: Early Head Start Growth Norms from Two States
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Greenwood, Charles R.; Walker, Dale; Buzhardt, Jay – Journal of Early Intervention, 2010
The Early Communication Indicator (ECI) is a measure relevant to intervention decision making and progress monitoring for infants and toddlers. With increasing recognition of the importance of quality early childhood education and intervention for all children, measurement plays an important role in documenting children's progress and outcomes of…
Descriptors: Individualized Family Service Plans, Total Communication, Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth
The Impact of Visual Communication on the Intersubjective Development of Early Parent?Child Interaction with 18- to 24-Month-Old Deaf Toddlers
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Loots, Gerrit; Devise, Isabel; Jacquet, Wolfgang – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2005
This article presents a study that examined the impact of visual communication on the quality of the early interaction between deaf and hearing mothers and fathers and their deaf children aged between 18 and 24 months. Three communication mode groups of parent?deaf child dyads that differed by the use of signing and visual?tactile communication…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Parent Child Relationship, Deafness, Total Communication