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Spencer, John P.; Clearfield, Melissa; Corbetta, Daniela; Ulrich, Beverly; Buchanan, Patricia; Schoner, Gregor – Child Development, 2006
This paper is in memory of Esther Thelen, who passed away while President of the Society for Research in Child Development. A survey of Esther Thelen's career reveals a trajectory from early work on simple movements like stepping, to the study of goal-directed reaching, to work on the embodiment of cognition, and, ultimately, to a grand theory of…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Cognitive Development, Children, Child Development
Schafer, D. Sue; And Others – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1987
Parents of 31 developmentally delayed children (ages 1-27 months) received training to assess their children's developmental status. No initial differences existed between parent and professional scores in the motor, social, or language domains. Differences in the self-help domain disappeared after 4 months and in the cognitive domain after 12…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities