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Peer reviewedSpieker, Susan J. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1986
The study examined the classification scheme of the Ainsworth Strange Situation measure of attachment security with 44 insecurely attached 13-month olds from a high-social-risk sample. Results supported the existence of an additional category of infants whose attachment behavior was "avoidant/ambivalent" and whose families were…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Classification, High Risk Persons, Infants
Peer reviewedSchutter, Linda S.; Brinker, Richard P. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1992
A review of the literature on biological and environmental effects of cocaine use suggests that the classification of infants and young children as prenatally cocaine exposed is neither descriptive nor predictive of behavior. The classification of behavior rather than labeling of the child is encouraged, as are partnerships with families of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Biological Influences, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis
