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Peer reviewedArmstrong, F. Daniel; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
This article reviews the effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on the central nervous system and the educational implications of increasing numbers of students with perinatal HIV infection and pediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Studies on the relationship between HIV and child development are urged. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Needs
Peer reviewedMcGee, A. M.; And Others – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1993
Reports on the assessment of 636 children who were identified in a 1984 Scottish low birth weight study. Discusses adaptations of standardized tests that made it possible to test 27 children who had been judged as impossible to test because of developmental disabilities. (CFR)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedAram, Dorothy M.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
This study compared speech and language comprehension and production between 249 very low birthweight and 363 normal birthweight 8 year olds. Although low birthweight children tended to score lower, when those with major neurological abnormalities were excluded, no significant differences were found between the two groups. However, general…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Children, Comprehension
