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Balancing for Weaknesses and Challenging Developmental Potential: A Longitudinal Study of Mother-Infant Dyads in Apprenticeship Interactions.
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Heckhausen, Jutta – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Adopts a longitudinal design to track mother-child developmental change in infant task-related mastery and concomitant maternal behavior. Finds that, as infants gain more mastery across time, mothers gradually withdraw support in terms of concrete, specific and nonverbal means of instruction. Results support a one-step-ahead model for maternal…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
Managing Premature Infant Stress: Training Does Make a Difference?
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Wyly, M. Virginia; And Others – 1988
The Nurse-Parent Training Project, developed in cooperation with Children's Hospital of Buffalo (New York), was designed to provide developmental supportive care for premature infants, and to reduce stress while optimizing neurobehavioral development. A program was conducted to train nurses working in neonatal intensive care nurseries, to enable…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Child Development, Hospitalized Children
Teaching Mothers to Imitate Their Handicapped Children: Effects on Maternal Mands.
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Brown-Gorton, Robin; Wolery, Mark – Journal of Special Education, 1988
Three mothers of handicapped children were taught to imitate their child's behavior; subsequently the number of mands displayed by the mothers during play sessions were measured. Results showed increases in the percentage of sample intervals during which mothers imitated their children and showed that, as imitations increased, mands decreased.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Disabilities, Imitation
Infant Abuse and Neglect: Lessons from the Primate Laboratory.
Reite, Martin – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1987
Four studies involving 40 pigtail monkeys are described in which relatively short separation experiences in infancy were associated with evidence of persistent changes in social behavioral function (less sociability, fewer close friends) and immunological function (suppression of lymphocyte proliferation) up to 6 years later. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Development
Behavior Guidance for Infants and Toddlers.
Honig, Alice Sterling – 1996
This booklet provides guidance to parents regarding behavior of infants and toddlers, including behavior development and problems. It offers common sense advice and practical examples. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction: What Is Misbehavior of Babies?", discussing "crying" as an appropriate behavior for meeting physical and emotional needs, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior
Child Guidance for Child Caregivers: Instructor's Guide.
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Curriculum Center. – 1983
This instructor guide is designed for use by postsecondary child development instructors in courses that have both lecture and laboratory sections. The guide is organized into five units covering the following subject matter: foundations and assumptions about child caregiving, development of young children, indirect guidance of children's…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Modification