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Behavior of Young Children with Down Syndrome Before the Mirror: Exploration
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Loveland, Katherine A. – Child Development, 1987
Exploratory behaviors of Down Syndrome and nondelayed young children between the mental ages of 16 and 32 months were examined in four situations in which they tried to find things which they saw reflected in a mirror. Down Syndrome and nondelayed children differed in number, type, and frequency of exploratory behaviors. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome, Exploratory Behavior
Maternal Responsivity in Interactions with Handicapped Infants.
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Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Lewis, Michael – Child Development, 1984
Investigates the influence of chronological age, mental age, and handicapping condition on mothers' interactions with their handicapped young children. A total of 111 handicapped children ranging in age from 3 to 36 months and their mothers participated. Infants' general functioning and handicapping conditions were related to maternal…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Chronological Age, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
Age and Handicapped Group Differences in Infants' Visual Attention.
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Lewis, Michael; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Child Development, 1984
Examines differences in habituation in a visual attention task as a function of chronological age, mental age, and handicapping condition. Subjects were 102 children who ranged in age from 3 to 36 months and who were classified as Down Syndrome, cerebral palsied, developmentally delayed, or multiply handicapped. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Cerebral Palsy, Disabilities