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Peer reviewedJohnson, James E.; Ershler, Joan L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1985
Social and cognitive values of different play materials for 21 normal and 21 handicapped preschool children were examined. Analyses showed that handicapped preschoolers exhibited comparable amounts of symbolic play but lower quality of symbolic play than that shown by nonhandicapped preschoolers. Symbolic play by handicapped children depended much…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disabilities, Play, Preschool Education
Download full textPelz, Ruth, Ed. – 1982
Five papers are presented from a 1982 conference on "Developmental and Clinical Aspects of Young Children's Play." In the first paper ("Cognitive Characteristics of Young Children's Play,") S. Rogers summarizes J. Piaget's theories on developmental stages, discusses the relationship of practice play to learning, and then…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Disabilities, High Risk Persons
Peer reviewedRobinshaw, Helen M. – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Case studies examined impact of early intervention on the rate of acquisition of communicative and linguistic behaviors for a small group of severely and profoundly deaf infants. Found that infants who were diagnosed and used amplification by six months of age acquired vocal and linguistic skills at an age more comparable to hearing peers than did…
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills
