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Tabachnick, Barbara G.; Turbey, Carolyn B. – 1981
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) subtest scatter and Bannatyne recategorization scores were investigated with three types of learning disabilities in children 6 to 16 years old: visual-motor and visual-perceptual disability (N=66); auditory-perceptual and receptive language deficit (N=18); and memory deficit (N=12). Three…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Memory
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Landa, Rebecca; Garrett-Mayer, Elizabeth – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Autism is rarely diagnosed before three years of age despite evidence suggesting prenatal abnormalities in neurobiological processes. Little is known about when or how development becomes disrupted in the first two years of life in autism. Such information is needed to facilitate early detection and early intervention. Methods: This…
Descriptors: Siblings, Early Intervention, Medical Evaluation, Autism
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Feldman, Heidi M.; Dale, Philip S.; Campbell, Thomas F.; Colborn, D. Kathleen; Kurs-Lasky, Marcia; Rockette, Howard E.; Paradise, Jack L. – Child Development, 2005
The MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI; Dale, 1996; Fenson et al., 1994), parent reports about language skills, are being used increasingly in studies of theoretical and public health importance. This study (N=113) correlated scores on the CDI at ages 2 and 3 years with scores at age 3 years on tests of cognition and…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Public Health, Receptive Language, Predictive Validity
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Moyeda, Iris Xóchitl Galicia; Gómez, Ixtlixóchitl Contreras; Flores, María Teresa Peña – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2006
In light of the correlation between musical and linguistic skills, a program of musical activities was designed to promote discrimination of rhythmic and melodic elements and the association of auditory stimuli with visual stimuli and motor activities. The effects of the program on the vocabulary of preschool children were evaluated and compared…
Descriptors: Music Activities, Preschool Education, Vocabulary Development, Language Skills
Valdez, Cheryl; Schnell-Torosian, Roxanne – 1991
A test of English language proficiency designed for administration to school children with severe disabilities is presented. The test packet contains a manual for test administrators, a five-page form for recording student testing data, and a score sheet. The manual offers an introduction to the instrument, including its rationale, definitions of…
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Expressive Language
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Hooper, Stephen R.; Roberts, Joanne E.; Zeisel, Susan A.; Poe, Michele – Behavioral Disorders, 2003
The authors examined (a) the extent to which kindergarten estimates of core language functions predicted teacher ratings of behavior problems in each of the child's first 4 years of elementary school and (b) the ability of core language measures to predict concurrent behavior problems at each of the early elementary school grades studied.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, African American Children, Behavior Problems, Teacher Evaluation
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