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Marschik, Peter B.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Kaufmann, Walter E.; Wolin, Thomas; Talisa, Victor B.; Bartl-Pokorny, Katrin D.; Budimirovic, Dejan B.; Vollmann, Ralf; Einspieler, Christa – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
We studied the gestures used by children with classic Rett syndrome (RTT) to provide evidence as to how this essential aspect of communicative functions develops. Seven participants with RTT were longitudinally observed between 9 and 18 months of life. The gestures used by these participants were transcribed and coded from a retrospective analysis…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Child Language, Play, Nonverbal Communication
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Simons, Johan; Dedroog, Inge – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The body awareness of 124 toddlers with mental retardation and of 124 children developing normally matched to them on age and gender was examined. Twenty-nine of the children with mental retardation were diagnosed as Down syndrome (DS). The "Pointing and Naming" Test of Berges and Lezine [Berges, J., & Lezine, I. (1978). "Test d'imitation de…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Down Syndrome, Vocabulary Skills, Human Body