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Dimitrova, Nevena; Mohr, Christine; Özçaliskan, Seyda; Adamson, Lauren B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) produce fewer deictic gestures, accompanied by delays/deviations in speech development, compared to typically-developing (TD) children. We ask whether children with ASD--like TD children--show right-hand preference in gesturing and whether right-handed gestures predict their vocabulary size in speech.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Nonverbal Communication, Expressive Language
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Savas, Hande; Yalcin, Sehnaz; Satan, Aysin – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2020
The aim of this research is to improve the social skills of children in need of protection for 7-12 age groups through visual arts education. In the study carried out within the framework of general purpose, the effect of the activity-based visual arts education program on the social skill levels of children in need of protection for 7-12 age…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Art Education, Visual Arts, Children
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Eckert, Mark A.; Lombardino, Linda J.; Leonard, Christiana M. – Child Development, 2001
Examined the contribution of biological and environmental variables to 11-year-olds' phonological development. Found that temporal lobe (planar) asymmetry, hand preference, family history of reading disability, and SES explained over half the variance in phonological and verbal performance, demonstrating a linear association between cerebral…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Brain, Children, Environmental Influences