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Kroenke, Lillian DeVault, Ed. – Infants and Toddlers, 1998
This document is comprised of the first four issues of a journal published quarterly for parents of children in Montessori infant and toddler programs. Regular features include "Ask Ginny," an advice column; information on recent research; and reports on conferences. The Spring 1997 issue contains articles on the history of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention

Harwood, Robin L.; Miller, Joan G. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1991
Examined middle and lower class Anglo-American and Puerto Rican mothers' sociocultural values and perceptions of attachment behavior. Anglo mothers focused on self-confidence, independence, and autonomy, whereas Puerto Rican mothers focused on obedience, relatedness, and demeanor. Findings indicate the need for culturally sensitive models of the…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attachment Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences

Smith, M. Lynne – Childhood Education, 1991
Describes a high school day care program which allows teenage mothers to stay in school and provides their child with school readiness opportunities. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Vondra, Joan I. – 1993
Research has shown contradictory results on the relationship of infant attachment security to play and mastery behavior, at times predicting the cognitive quality of play and at other times predicting the affective quality of play. In order to test the hypotheses that, during play, attachment security would predict only positive affect,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Black Youth, Cognitive Development
Campbell, Susan B.; And Others – 1985
This longitudinal study identified hard-to-manage older toddlers and younger preschoolers, assessed the developmental course and prognostic significance of their difficult behavior, and delineated family factors possibly associated with early and persistent problems. Obtained from parents, teachers, and observers, cross-situational and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Family Characteristics, Family Problems
Meadan, Hedda; Halle, James W. – Behavior Analyst Today, 2004
A communicative repair has been defined as the ability to persist in communication and to modify, repeat, or revise a signal when the initial communication attempt failed. From an operant perspective, initial communicative acts and communicative repairs can be considered members of a response class in which each response produces the same outcome.…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Child Language, Communication Problems, Communication Strategies

Schachter, Frances Fuchs; And Others – 1977
In this study, everyday mother-to-toddler speech patterns among disadvantaged and advantaged groups were examined in the home environment. The Schachter FIS-C (Functions of Interpersonal Speech of Caretakers) language measuring instrument was applied to mother speech in three sociolinguistic urban groups: black disadvantaged, black advantaged, and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Disadvantaged, Infants, Language Patterns

Minamimura, Hiroko; Omata, Masamichi – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Presents the ideas and educational activities of the TRIANGLE intervention program for both hearing-impaired or deaf infants and their mothers. The program encourages children's integration into the community and into school, offers classes on everyday learning activities at home, provides counseling and audiological assessment for parents and…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Perception, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification

Lowry, Mark A.; Whitman, Thomas L. – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1989
In a short-term, intensive parent-training program, mothers of developmentally delayed infants are shown how to teach their children toy play behaviors. This study evaluates intervention effects on parents and children, with a focus on maternal behaviors. Results indicate improved maternal teaching behavior and generalizability of positive…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Modification, Early Intervention, Generalization
Arcia, Emily; And Others – 1992
This policy "alert" summarizes two studies addressing implementation of early intervention for families with infants and toddlers with special needs. The first study examined the distribution of sociodemographic factors associated with underutilization of health and social services. These include poverty, maternal employment, ethnic…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Secules, Teresa; Neisser, Ulric – 1993
Differential language development and preparation for school among young children of different racial and social groups has been asserted for decades. A study focused on mother-child interaction in two common activities: reading children's books and telling narratives about both shared and unshared experiences. A socially diverse group of 46…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Language, Educational Attainment, Mothers

Reilly, Judy Snitzer; Bellugi, Ursula – Journal of Child Language, 1996
Addresses how affective facial expression interacts with the linguistic forms in American Sign Language (ASL) motherese. The article presents data from both cross-sectional and longitudinal interaction from 15 deaf mothers signing with their deaf toddlers. Findings indicate a shift from affect to grammar at about the child's second birthday. (59…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Cross Sectional Studies, Data Analysis

Bornstein, Marc H.; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S. – Developmental Review, 1995
Reviews research on influences on children's symbolic play. Finds little support for the effects of child-adult symbolic play interactions on child solitary play. Discusses three theoretical perspectives that should support these effects: attachment, ethological, and scaffolding theories. Reconsiders the essence of specific variables affecting…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Behavior, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes

Fein, Greta G.; Fryer, Mary G. – Developmental Review, 1995
Response to article by Bornstein and Tamis-LeMonda in this same issue. Delimits the faults of the ethological, scaffolding, and attachment theories in assessing maternal effects on children's symbolic play. Concludes that environmental influences are important to, but are not necessarily the sole cause of, child behavior. (JW)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Behavior, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes

Haynes, William O.; Saunders, Dawn J. – Journal of Children's Communication Development, 1999
Twenty socioeconomically middle-class mother/toddler dyads (half White and half African American) were video recorded during joint book-reading activities. Unlike an earlier study, most book-reading behaviors were similar between the two groups, although the White group used significantly more labeling than the African-American group. Results…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism