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Peer reviewedLoveland, 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
Kasari, Connie; Freeman, Stephanny F. N.; Huges, Margaret A. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2001
Findings of three studies indicate that young children with Down syndrome perform similarly to typical controls matched on mental ages (MAs) of approximately 3 years. However, by developmental age of 4 years, children with Down syndrome performed worse than both MA-matched typical children and children with non-Down syndrome types of mental…
Descriptors: Child Development, Downs Syndrome, Emotional Development, Facial Expressions
