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Prendergast, Susan G.; McCollum, Jeanette A. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1996
Sixteen dyads comprised either of deaf toddlers and their deaf mothers or deaf toddlers and their hearing mothers were compared on the use and success of various means for establishing mutual attention for communication. Results suggested the deaf-deaf dyads experienced significantly more episodes of mutual attention because the deaf mothers were…
Descriptors: Attention, Deafness, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication
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McCollum, Jeanette A.; Chen, Yu-Jun – Infants and Young Children, 2003
Analysis of transcripts of interviews with 16 Taiwanese mothers of babies with Down syndrome identified two themes. The first theme highlights ways in which mothers talked about the abilities and limitations of their babies; the second describes what appear to be two distinct frames of reference (pessimistic and optimistic) with respect to having…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Infants
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McCollum, Jeanette A.; Yates, T. J. – Infants and Young Children, 1994
This article presents a triadic interaction model that builds on and expands the strengths of the parent-infant dyad by providing contextual and interpersonal support for their interactions. The model gives explicit attention to the interactions among the three members of the early intervention triad: child, parent, and interventionist.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Infants
McCollum, Jeanette A. – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1986
The article describes and illustrates data collection methods useful in establishing social interaction objectives for improving the quantity and quality of parent social interactions with their handicapped infants. Among these are visual analysis of relationship patterns across intervention sessions, and the use of percentage for describing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research, Eye Contact
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McCollum, Jeanette A.; McBride, Susan L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1997
Examines the assumption that the same characteristics of interactions between infants and caregivers are meaningful and important across cultures, using literature from very different cultures to illustrate relationships among cultural values, views of good parenting, and parents' interactions with their infants. Findings have implications for the…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Cross Cultural Studies
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McCollum, Jeanette A. – Child Care, Health and Development, 1988
Game playing between a mother and father and their handicapped infant/toddler twin sons was studied over a three-year period. Findings included: (1) the parents spent almost 30 percent of their interaction time in games; and (2) the father's style was faster-paced, with more abrupt beginnings/endings than the mother's style. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Childrens Games, Fathers, Infants