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Assessing Social and Communication Skills in Infancy.
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Seibert, Jeffrey M.; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1987
The paper describes the "Early Social Communication Scales" designed to assess social and communication skills typically acquired in the first 30 months of life. Stressed is the role of the tester as an interactive partner for the infant. Reliability data suggesting reliability over time with the same partner are presented. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Communication Skills, Evaluation Methods, Infants
Improving the Social Communication Skills of At-Risk Preschool Children in a Play Context.
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Craig-Unkefer, Lesley A.; Kaiser, Ann P. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2002
This study examined effects of an intervention (planned play, use of conversational social interaction strategies, and evaluation of play strategies) on the social-communicative interactions of six preschool children at risk for language delays and behavior problems. The intervention led to increases in social communicative behaviors, use of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship