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Maternal Speech to Verbal and Higher Functioning versus Nonverbal and Lower Functioning Autistic Children.
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Konstantareas, M. Mary; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1988
Comparison of mother child interactions between two groups of mother child pairs--10 higher functioning verbal autistic children and their mothers and 10 lower functioning nonverbal autistic children and mothers--found that mothers tended to be quite responsive to their children's relative capabilities. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Acquisition
Facilitating Storybook Interactions between Mothers and Their Preschoolers with Language Impairment.
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Crowe, Linda K.; Norris, Janet A.; Hoffman, Paul R. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2000
Three children with language impairment (ages 38 to 41 months) and their mothers participated in a study evaluating a storybook reading process for facilitating mother-child interactions. The complete reading cycle (CRC) involved: (1) attentional vocative, (2) query, (3) response, and (4) feedback. Results indicated changes in mothers' storybook…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Expressive Language, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship
A Methodology for Observation of the Childbirth Environment.
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Anderson, Barbara J. – 1976
This paper describes the development of an instrument designed to obtain systematic data on the physical state, medical and social interactions of a woman in active labor. Observations were made of primiparous women who were accompanied in the labor room by the father. Women who had received childbirth training and those who had not were included…
Descriptors: Birth, Fathers, Hospital Personnel, Interaction Process Analysis
Behavior Transactions Between Disturbed Children and Their Mothers
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Kogan, Kate L.; Wimberger, Herbert C. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Discipline, Emotional Disturbances
Imitation in Early Infancy.
Smillie, D. – 1978
This paper briefly reviews studies pertaining to the imitation of facial gestures in early infancy. It is suggested that imitation provides for the initiation of a reciprocal exchange between mother and infant, but does not sustain such an interaction, since this requires a continually varied and changing pattern of gestures. Thus there is an…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Imitation, Infant Behavior, Interaction Process Analysis
An Investigation of Attention and Affect in Children with Autism and Down Syndrome.
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Joseph, Robert M.; Tager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1997
Longitudinal videotape recordings of six young children with autism and six age- and language-matched children with Down syndrome in structured play with their mothers were analyzed. Findings of reduced expression of positive affect by autistic subjects suggest that their known deficits in attention and affective responsiveness persisted even in…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Autism, Downs Syndrome, Emotional Development
Reciprocity, Responsiveness, and Timing in Interactions between Mothers and Deaf and Hearing Children.
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Waxman, Robyn P.; Spencer, Patricia E.; Poisson, Susan S. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1996
The Greenspan-Lieberman Observational System Revised was used to evaluate characteristics of dyadic interactions between 10 hearing mothers and hearing toddlers (HH), 10 deaf mothers and deaf toddlers (DD), and 10 hearing mothers and deaf toddlers (HD). Findings suggest that assessment instruments require some modifications and results must be…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Caregiver Speech, Deafness, Interaction Process Analysis