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Wieder, Serena – Infants and Young Children, 1996
An approach to the diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorders is presented that considers the difficulties in relationships and communication secondary to sensory and motor processing deficits. These difficulties are conceptualized as Multisystem Developmental Disorder (MSDD), and case vignettes illustrate typical patterns of MSDD and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes
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Trad, Paul V.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1993
Evaluation of 26 children (ages 24-55 months) with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) while interacting with either the mother, a familiar female teacher, and an unfamiliar male doctor. PDD subjects were most severely impaired during the mother episode. During the teacher episode, PDD subjects were twice as variable in interpersonal response…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Behavior Patterns, Emotional Adjustment
Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1992
This newsletter issue presents five articles addressing intervention with infants and toddlers having pervasive developmental disabilities. The first article is by Stanley I. Greenspan and is titled "Reconsidering the Diagnosis and Treatment of Very Young Children with Autistic Spectrum or Pervasive Developmental Disorder." This article…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis