To identify possible early signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) within the Danish National Birth Cohort, we studied prospectively collected interviews from 76,441 mothers about their children's development and behaviour at 6 and 18 months. In Danish national registries, 720 children with ASD and 231 children with intellectual disability (ID)…

In this excerpt from the book "From Lullabies to Literature: Stories in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers," the authors offer dos and don'ts for sharing story experiences with very young children. They include tips such as keeping groups intimate, showing pleasure and enthusiasm, being expressive, and using props. The authors suggest story…

Every year, under the federal law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), millions of children with disabilities receive special services designed to meet their unique needs. Early intervention services are provided through the state to infants and toddlers with disabilities under three years of age and their families. For…

All babies communicate. It is through communication that relationships are formed and sustained. All parents must learn how to interpret and respond to their baby's communications in order to form the bonds that become the foundation for development. When a child has both a visual impairment and hearing loss, however, it may be more difficult to…

A quasi-longitudinal descriptive approach was used to examine mother-infant communication in three groups of three children each: (1) sensory intact infants, (2) visually impaired infants, and (3) hearing impaired infants. Procedures involved initial and final home visits and six monthly play sessions which were videotaped for approximately 20…

A study compared the play interaction of four parents with infants with visual impairments, four parents with infants with hearing impairments, and four parents with normal infants. Findings showed parents developed exchange routines that matched the developmental and sensory status of their infants. Interventions for play interaction are…

The guide presents information on approximately 150 toys useful for infants and children with sensory impairments. The toys listed are available from stores found nation-wide and the list is organized according to age level (infants, toddlers, and elementary levels). A brief description, price, source, and coding of types of skills the toys may…

The Georgia Parent Infant Network for Educational Services (PINES) is a home intervention program currently serving over 300 hearing impaired, visually impaired, and multihandicapped sensory impaired (MHSI) preschoolers. The infant-toddler evaluation component is described, with sections on screening and diagnosis, parent education concerning…

The paper addresses issues involved in the management of and curriculum for children with sensory impairments combined with cerebral palsy. The first part details typical deformities and their causes in children with cerebral palsy, and describes (with illustrations) techniques for therapeutic handling and positioning in daily living tasks at home…

The second of seven modules on early intervention for young (birth to age 3) handicapped children provides information on training teachers and other professionals working with children who have motor, hearing, or visual disabilities. An outline of two inservice training sessions, "Explore--There's Environment Everywhere!" and "Is This My Body?"…

Children who have both a hearing loss and a visual impairment are a very small but extremely heterogeneous low incidence group. These children vary greatly in the types and degrees of visual impairment and hearing loss. The majority of them have some usable vision and/or hearing, and many have additional disabilities. Most professionals (i.e.,…

This resource guide contains 91 one-page profiles of Texas agencies and consultants providing assistive technology services to persons with disabilities. Profiles are in alphabetical order and contain general information (name, address, phone number, contact person, cost of services, population served, number served, waiting list, and referral…

Anecdotal information has recently suggested that families of infants and toddlers with disabilities in Nebraska were seeking early intervention services from providers not affiliated with the free, state-sanctioned "Early Development Network" and children's "Individualized Family Service Plans" (IFSPs). The purpose of this…

The annotated bibliography on early childhood intervention-exceptionalities contains approximately 150 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1968 to 1974 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). It…

The annotated bibliography on the early childhood identification of the handicapped or gifted contains approximately 100 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1967 to 1974 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Educational Resources…