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Download full textAmerican Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. – 1975
Intended for individuals working with the handicapped, the guide provides information about physical fitness tests, perceptual-motor scales, and developmental profiles. Covered in an introductory section are the rationale and relevance of testing, basic concepts about tests, interpretation of test results, adapted physical education programs, and…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation
Erickson, Martha Farrell; Farber, Ellen A. – 1983
Part of a prospective longitudinal study examining factors that account for developmental outcomes for high-risk children, this investigation focused on how successful adaptation at 12 and 18 months is related to adaptation at 24 months, 42 months, and 4.5 to 5 years of age. Assessments at each age were designed to indicate how the child was…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Continuity
Forsberg, Sara J.; And Others – 1977
This curriculum guide describes and gives procedures for implementing the Comp Curriculum, which is composed of objectives categorized by age (birth to 5) and domains of developmental tasks (communication, self care, motor and problem solving), for handicapped and nonhandicapped children. (The objectives themselves are listed in a separate…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
Forsberg, Sara J.; And Others – 1977
This document provides lists of behavioral objectives intended to be used in planning learning experiences for children from birth to age 5. The objectives are arranged by age level under four general areas or domains: communication, self-care, motor and problem solving. Since basic objectives are included, the lists are also appropriate for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides
South Bend Community School Corp., IN. – 1976
The Analysis of Developmental Learning Skills (ADLS) is a school readiness test, designed to diagnose lags in developmental skills in four and five year old children. The nine subtests are: motor coordination, visual performance, visual perception, visual memory, auditory perception, auditory memory, language development, conceptual development,…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Diagnostic Tests, Individual Development, Perception Tests
Gotts, Edward Earl; And Others – 1975
The role of language in conservation tasks and the development of the concept of conservation of quantity in young children are investigated in this study. A total of 50 children, aged 3.0 to 4.7 years, were divided into three groups according to age with a large number clustered around age 4.0 years. Children were randomly assigned to one of two…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
Peer reviewedHosfield, Doris – Young Children, 1998
In response to extended-day child care schedules, this article offers suggestions for planning a variety of developmentally appropriate activities to maintain the preschool child's interest and energy. Suggestions are provided for scheduling, enlisting parent and volunteer participation, increasing awareness of current events, and for end-of-day…
Descriptors: Child Development, Class Activities, Day Care, Developmental Tasks
Britton, Lesley – 1992
Designed for use by parents to further the emotional, social, and intellectual development of their 2- to 6-year old children, this book describes the Montessori method of early childhood education and provides sample activities and games to develop children's skills in the home, the neighborhood, and the world. Following introductory sections…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Games, Developmental Tasks, Family Environment
VAN DE RIET, VERNON; VAN DE RIET, HANI – 1967
TO IMPROVE THE DEVELOPMENTAL RATE OF CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN, A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WAS OFFERED WHICH CONSISTED OF A PLANNED SEQUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULATION BASED ON THE THEORY THAT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT PROCEEDS THROUGH MOTOR-PERCEPTUAL-SYMBOLIC PHASES. SEVENTY-TWO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE MATCHED GROUPS. GROUP A…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Developmental Programs
Butler, Annie L. – 1972
An early learning kit provides a booklet of ten articles on educational head starts for children along with an activity packet for classroom use. The articles deal with: the crucial early school years; emotional preparation of the child; broadening a child's background; selecting toys and games; reading readiness; mathematical skills; learning to…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Child Development, Developmental Tasks, Educational Games
Simmons, Susan S.; Maida, Sharon O'Mara – 1992
This booklet examines what Orientation and Mobility (O&M) is and how it can influence the independence of a child with visual impairment or blindness. The booklet is divided into four sections--Reaching, Crawling, Walking, and Cane Use. In each section, terminology used by O&M specialists is explained, including "senses,""environment,""travel,"…
Descriptors: Blindness, Child Development, Child Rearing, Developmental Stages
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
The Perry Preschool Project assessed longitudinal effects of a 2-year program consisting of a daily 3-hour cognitively oriented nursery, a weekly 90-minute home visit, and less frequent group meetings of the pupils' parents. Subjects consisted of 3- and 4-year-old Negro disadvantaged and functionally retarded children, whose pretest scores on the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Compensatory Education, Developmental Tasks
Wolf-Schein, Enid G. – 1995
This paper describes a method of language intervention, Structured Methods in Language Education (SMILE), used with students having severe language disabilities due to such factors as autistic disorder, central auditory dysfunction, impaired hearing, or mental handicap. SMILE develops a hierarchy of skills leading from phonology to morphology to…
Descriptors: Autism, Curriculum, Deafness, Delayed Speech
Thompson, Debra S. – 1993
In recognition of the close relationship between motor skill and cognitive development in the first 2 years of life, this guide presents 78 developmentally appropriate activities that parents and teachers can use to enhance infant and toddler motor development. Activities are categorized by age group as follows: (1) 16 activities for newborn to…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Tasks
Johnson-Martin, Nancy M.; And Others – 1991
This revised curriculum is designed to provide intervention strategies for both professionals and paraprofessionals to use with children with disabilities who are functioning in the birth to 24-month developmental range. The curriculum is based on normal sequences of development but does not assume even development across domains. The curriculum…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Basic Skills, Child Development, Curriculum
