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The Early Construction of Spatial Attention: Culture, Space, and Gesture in Parent-Child Interactions
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McCrink, Koleen; Caldera, Christina; Shaki, Samuel – Child Development, 2018
American and Israeli toddler-caregiver dyads (mean age of toddler = 26 months) were presented with naturalistic tasks in which they must watch a short video (N = 97) or concoct a visual story together (N = 66). English-speaking American caregivers were more likely to use left to right spatial structuring than right to left, especially for…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Attention, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction
Effects of School Staff Communication on Initiations and Repair Strategies of Students with Severe Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Hetzroni, Orit E.; Shalev, Maayan – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
The study examined the effects of the types of communication breakdowns of the communication partners on the repair strategies of students with severe intellectual disability during interaction within the natural school environment. Forty-eight staff members, divided into two groups based on daily vs. weekly contact with the student, and 12…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Communication Problems
Revisiting the Relationship between the Processing of Gaze Direction and the Processing of Facial Expression
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Ganel, Tzvi – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2011
There is mixed evidence on the nature of the relationship between the perception of gaze direction and the perception of facial expressions. Major support for shared processing of gaze and expression comes from behavioral studies that showed that observers cannot process expression or gaze and ignore irrelevant variations in the other dimension.…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Cognitive Processes, Nonverbal Communication, Experimental Psychology
The Effects of Intellectual Functioning and Autism Severity on Outcome of Early Behavioral Intervention for Children with Autism
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Ben-Itzchak, Esther; Zachor, Ditza A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
This study assessed the relation between pre-intervention variables (cognition, socialization and communication) to outcome in young children with autism. Method: Twenty five children with autism (20-32 months) were enrolled in intensive behavior intervention. The children were divided into groups based on their IQ scores and on the severity of…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Language Skills, Intervention, Interpersonal Relationship