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Cress, Cynthia J.; Arens, Kelli B.; Zajicek, Alicia K. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
Children with developmental disabilities are slower to develop skills at intentional and symbolic communication than typically developing children, and may rely on atypical patterns of preintentional behaviors to support more complex communication development. The present study compared complex gaze engagement behaviors elicited by 25…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Psychomotor Skills, Behavior Change, Play
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Smidt, Mandy L.; Cress, Cynthia J. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
The present study assessed mastery behaviors in toddlers with physical impairment during object and social play interaction with their parents. Poor mastery motivation in object play of children with physical impairments has been attributed to difficulty in independently structuring tasks, limited experience in play effectiveness, and frequent…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Persistence, Motivation, Receptive Language