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Download full textMeyer, Donald J.; And Others – 1984
Based on the SEFAM (Supporting Extended Family Members) program, the manual is intended to help organize a program for fathers of handicapped young children. A program for fathers and infants focuses on unique father concerns and resources. The first chapter further explores reasons for father programs while the second describes program components…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Disabilities, Fathers, Group Discussion
Lipsitt, Lewis P. – 1981
Implications of three basic facts about very young infants are delineated in this summary. Normally, human infants are capable of a wide range of functions, such as "appetitive responses" (e.g., the rooting reflex) and defensive maneuvers. They experience pleasure and feel pain. Additionally, they undergo a transition from subcortical to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Experience, Emotional Development, High Risk Persons
Peer reviewedCohen, Michelle E.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Describes two experiments that examined whether the amplitude of the human eyeblink by a mild tap between the eyebrows can be increased if a brief tone is presented simultaneously with the tap and how these effects change from newborn infants to adults. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Auditory Stimuli, Behavior Modification
Smith, Marguerite A.; and others – Amer J Orthopsychiat, 1969
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (New York, New York, 1969).
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedKorner, Anneliese F. – Child Development, 1996
Determined whether individual neonate characteristics could be detected and reliably measured in preterm infants. Results showed that preterms were highly self-consistent in their reactions to stimuli from neurobehavioral assessments. Highly reliable individual differences among infants were also seen. Individual consistencies and differences in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Child Psychology, Emotional Response
Peer reviewedColombo, John – Developmental Review, 1995
Examines the potential contribution of different neural systems to developmental change in the duration of visual fixation, and the individual differences in that variable that are predictive of subsequent cognitive function. Presents hypotheses concerning two specific and independent neural systems and how they might contribute to individual and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Eye Fixations, Infants
Peer reviewedSchneider, Elaine Fogel – Infants and Young Children, 1996
The potential benefits of massage for infants are discussed, including the role of touch on attachment and bonding and implications of massage for special needs infants. Research results on the benefits of massage for the infant and caregiver are covered, including increased bonding and enhanced growth and development. Historical information on…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development
Peer reviewedBell, Michael J. – Childhood Education, 1995
Reviews five articles on infants and toddlers and the adults who care for them. Includes discussions of caregiver stability and attachment behavior; infants' sensory abilities; alternative public schooling for pregnant teenagers; and the psychosocial, behavioral, and developmental characteristics of toddlers prenatally exposed to cocaine. (DR)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Cocaine
Peer reviewedMorrongiello, Barbara A.; Fenwick, Kimberley D. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1991
Infants of five, seven, and nine months were shown two video images on monitors placed side by side. Images were accompanied by a soundtrack that matched one of the images. Results indicated that age-related changes in infants' coordination of auditory and visual depth information took place between the ages of five and nine months. (SH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Association (Psychology), Auditory Perception, Depth Perception
Peer reviewedBahrick, Lorraine E.; Lickliter, Robert – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Three experiments assessed the intersensory redundancy hypothesis in early infancy. Findings indicated that habituation to a bimodal rhythm resulted in discrimination of a novel rhythm, whereas habituation to the same rhythm presented unimodally resulted in no evidence of discrimination. Temporal synchrony between the bimodal auditory and visual…
Descriptors: Attention, Discrimination Learning, Habituation, Infant Behavior
Miller, Karen – Child Care Information Exchange, 1998
Offers caregivers several suggestions for easing late afternoon stress and crankiness of infants and toddlers. These include carbohydrate-rich snacks; change of environment; activities that focus on touch; parachute activities; gross motor activities; looking at photographs of family members; lengthening outdoor time in the afternoon; and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Coping, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Senate Committee of Canada (Ontario). Standing Senate Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. – 1978
Experiences in prenatal life and early childhood that may cause personality disorders or criminal behavior in later life are examined in these proceedings of the Subcommittee on Childhood Experiences as Causes of Criminal Behavior of the Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. This issue, the eighteenth in a series of 19 hearings dating…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Antisocial Behavior, Birth, Early Experience
Kroenke, Lillian DeVault, Ed. – Infants and Toddlers, 2000
This document is comprised of the four 1999-2000 issues of a quarterly journal for teachers and parents of children in Montessori infant and toddler programs. The May 1999 issue presents articles on eating in the prepared environment and meeting infants' basic needs for food. The August 1999 issue includes articles discussing infants' sensory…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Cooking Instruction, Developmental Tasks
Greenman, Jim – Child Care Information Exchange, 1991
Suggests advantages and design considerations for outdoor settings for babies. Climate, wildlife, equipment, and the needs and natures of both babies and caregivers are discussed. Provides ideas for landscape design and structures. (SH)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedDunn, Winnin; Daniels, Debora B. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2002
Parents of 401 infants and toddlers completed the 81-item Infant/Toddler Sensory Profile. Findings suggest that 48 items best characterized sensory processing for children 7-36 months, whereas 36 items appeared relevant for children birth-6 months. Reliability analyses were consistent with clusters identified in Dunn's model of sensory processing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Disabilities, Early Identification
