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Preisler, Gunilla M. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1991
This study examined communicative expressions used by and interactions between 10 blind infants (less than a year old) and their mothers. The videotaped observations suggested that sighted mothers need special educational and psychological support. The recordings, when replayed to mothers, provided them with useful feedback. (DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Child Rearing, Communication Skills, Infants

Loots, Gerrit; Devise, Isabel; Sermijn, Jasmina – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2003
This article presents an intersubjective developmental theory that focuses primarily on the development of the interworld between caregiver and infant and uses it to integrate and interpret the seemingly incoherent and contradictory research findings on the interactions between mothers and their infants with visual impairments. Implications for…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Early Intervention
Johnson, Helen L.; Cohen, Michele – 1990
This study examined both maternal and child interaction styles, focusing on the association between differences in maternal level and quality of involvement and the synchrony and affective quality of child interaction behaviors. The subjects were 55 mother-child dyads in which the children (ages 2-5) had been referred to a mental health center…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development