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Dhondt, Ann; Van keer, Ines; Nijs, Sara; van der Putten, Annette; Maes, Bea – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
The aim of this study was to develop a coding scheme that enables researchers and practitioners to conduct a detailed analysis of the communicative behavior of young children with significant cognitive and motor developmental delays. Currently, there is a paucity of methods to do conduct such an analysis. For the study, video observations of three…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Interpersonal Communication, Developmental Delays, Physical Disabilities
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Blackburn, Carolyn; Whitehurst, Teresa – British Journal of Special Education, 2010
In this article Carolyn Blackburn who is currently project officer for the Training and Development Agency for Schools and Teresa Whitehurst who is a research and development officer at Sunfield School in Worcestershire discuss how educationalists are being required to support an increasing number of children with new and emerging disabilities…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Alcoholism, Physical Disabilities, Hyperactivity
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O'Rourke, Declan J.; Ryan, Stephanie; Salomons, Gajja; Jakobs, Cornelis; Monavari, Ahmad; King, Mary D. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2009
Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) deficiency is a disorder of creatine biosynthesis, characterized by early-onset learning disability and epilepsy in most affected children. Severe expressive language delay is a constant feature even in the mildest clinical phenotypes. We report the clinical, biochemical, imaging, and treatment data of two…
Descriptors: Siblings, Delayed Speech, Epilepsy, Mental Retardation
Hennekam, Raoul C. M.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1992
Forty Dutch individuals (ages 2-34) with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome were tested using an extensive battery of intelligence, social competency, temperament, behavior, articulation, and receptive and expressive language measures. Results indicated that intelligence level was usually low and individuals were remarkably consistent in their social…
Descriptors: Adults, Articulation (Speech), Behavior, Children