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Peer reviewedCasby, Michael W. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2003
The second of two articles on play reviews the construct of play and its development in typically developing infants, toddlers, and young children. It considers developmental levels of play from early sensorimotor-exploratory to symbolic play involving the functional components of agent, instrument, and scheme. A developmentally based,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Disorders, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedSparks, Shirley N. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1989
This paper discusses risks to communication development in infants and toddlers. It suggests basic guidelines for assessment of the infant, the interaction, the caregiver, and familial strengths and needs. It also suggests guidelines and resources for intervention with infants at various linguistic stages and with their families. (JDD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Communication Disorders, Early Intervention, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedProctor, Adele; Murnyack, Tammy – Infants and Young Children, 1995
A literature review identified behaviors representative of the normal stages of communication, cognition, and vocalization in children's prelinguistic period. Results were organized as a checklist for assessment of at-risk infants. The checklist is recommended for monitoring infant development, supplementing formal screenings and diagnostic tools,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Check Lists, Cognitive Development, Communication Disorders
Peer reviewedWestby, Carol E.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1996
This article describes an observational assessment procedure designed for infants, toddlers, and preschool children. The procedure is intended to link assessment with intervention by determining what supports and what compromises a child's performance, through a holistic team assessment involving a speech-language pathologist, motor specialist,…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Diagnostic Teaching, Early Intervention, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedHugo, Rene; Louw, Brenda; Kritzinger, A.; Smit, G. J. – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 2000
A study evaluated the use of a clinical tool developed to determine the listening behavior of young children at risk for developmental communication delays. The evaluation procedure was developed and successfully applied to 66 children (ages birth to 3) attending an early intervention program over a period of 3 years. (Contains six references.)…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Perception, Communication Disorders, Early Identification
DuBose, Rebecca F. – 1976
The sequence of prelinguistic patterns in the infant and young child is described and explained to aid in identifying the nonverbal child's level of signal and symbol communication. Child-object and child-adult interactions are grouped into the following levels (with sample characteristic behaviors in parentheses): sensation (ceasing crying upon…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Download full textSparks, Shirley N.; And Others – 1990
This document comprises two leaders' guides and two participants' guides to two inservice presentations on the speech/language professional's role in working with at-risk infants and toddlers. Videotapes are intended to accompany the materials. The needs assessment, field testing, content/design analyses, and validation studies conducted in the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Communication Disorders
Connecticut Birth to Three System, Hartford. – 1998
This document presents guidelines for differential diagnosis and eligibility determination under Connecticut's Birth to Three System for young children with communication problems, usually delayed speech. An executive summary presents a rationale and recommendation locator in the form of a matrix of communication problems, the eligibility…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders, Delayed Speech, Developmental Delays
