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Squires, Jane K.; Waddell, Misti L.; Clifford, Jantina R.; Funk, Kristin; Hoselton, Robert M.; Chen, Ching-I – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2013
Psychometric and utility studies on Social Emotional Assessment Measure (SEAM), an innovative tool for assessing and monitoring social-emotional and behavioral development in infants and toddlers with disabilities, were conducted. The Infant and Toddler SEAM intervals were the study focus, using mixed methods, including item response theory…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Evaluation Methods, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Hwa-Froelich, Deborah A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
Approximately 20,000 children are adopted from foreign countries each year. Of these children, approximately 46% are adopted before they are 12 months old and 43% are adopted between 1 and 4 years of age. The development of children adopted from abroad before or by 2 years of age is the focus of this article. Given the impoverished language input…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Intervention, Toddlers, Infants
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Grolnick, Wendy S.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined expressions of negative emotion among 37 toddlers and strategies used to reduce or change these expressions. Six strategies were identified and evaluated. Findings suggest that active engagement was most commonly used and most negatively associated with child distress. Use of strategies varied by context. (HTH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Emotional Development
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Grossmann, Karin; Grossmann, Klaus, E.; Fremmer-Bombik, Elisabeth; Kindler, Heinz; Scheuerer-English, Hermann; Zimmermann, Peter – Social Development, 2002
Explored fathers' specific contribution to their children's attachment representation at various ages. Found fathers' play sensitivity to be a better predictor of the child's long-term attachment representation than the early infant-father security of attachment. (Author)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Children
Brazelton, T. Berry – 1992
This book looks at children's early development through what are called "touchpoints": times just before a surge of rapid motor, cognitive, or emotional development when, for a short time, children regress in several areas and become difficult to understand. Part 1, called "Touchpoints of Development," is organized around the…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Child Rearing, Developmental Stages
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Jacobson, Joseph L.; Wille, Diane E. – Child Development, 1986
Investigates the influence of infant-mother attachment patterns on the development of peer interaction between the toddler and preschool periods. Notes that, in an initial encounter with an unfamiliar peer, attachment patterns appear to be related more to the child's attractiveness as an interactive partner than to the child's own active interest…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Emotional Development
Sroufe, L. Alan – 1996
Written for researchers and clinicians, this book integrates key perspectives in order to illuminate common beliefs about core processes of emotional development. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 discusses the nature of emotional development. Topics covered here include: (1) questions relevant in a developmental assessment of emotions;…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Cognitive Development
Pawl, Jeree, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1991
This theme newsletter issue presents seven articles describing toddler behavior and development, services for toddlers, and toddlers with special needs. The first article, "Toddlers: Themes and Variations" (Lois Barclay Murphy and Colleen Small) focuses on variations in toddler development, noting emerging skills, language, and the caregiver role.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems
Greenberg, Polly – 1993
With the goal of maintaining settings most conducive to helping each child develop optimally, the essays in this book delve into realistic ways in which child care providers can move from providing inadequate or merely adequate day care to providing high quality center-based or family child care. Most of the 12 essays begin with a question or…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development