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Cress, Cynthia J.; Arens, Kelli B.; Zajicek, Alicia K. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
Children with developmental disabilities are slower to develop skills at intentional and symbolic communication than typically developing children, and may rely on atypical patterns of preintentional behaviors to support more complex communication development. The present study compared complex gaze engagement behaviors elicited by 25…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Psychomotor Skills, Behavior Change, Play
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Malone, D. Michael – Early Education and Development, 1998
The patterns of cognitive play of 28 African-American and Euro-American preschool children with intellectual disabilities are reported. Fourteen children representing each group, matched on developmental age and family variables, were observed playing independently at home. The pattern of African-American children's play was more reflective of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis