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Initiating and Responding to Joint Attention Bids in Children with Autism: A Review of the Literature
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Meindl, James N.; Cannella-Malone, Helen I. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Joint attention is a skill that involves coordinating the attention of at least two individuals towards an object or event. Although it is seen as a critical skill in early child development, it is frequently absent in children with autism and has been linked to poorer language outcomes for those children. As a result, multiple interventions have…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Researchers, Child Development
How Much Change Is True Change? The Smallest Detectable Difference of the Preschool Imitation and Praxis Scale (PIPS) in Preschoolers with Intellectual Disabilities of Heterogeneous Aetiology
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Vanvuchelen, M.; Vochten, C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The teaching of imitation skills is often the first step in interventions for young learners with intellectual disabilities. The main goal of this study was to determine the smallest detectable difference (SDD) at 95% confidence of the Preschool Imitation and Praxis Scale (PIPS) in preschoolers with intellectual disabilities. Two raters…
Descriptors: Autism, Imitation, Down Syndrome, Interrater Reliability
The Relationship between Gross Motor Skills and Academic Achievement in Children with Learning Disabilities
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Westendorp, Marieke; Hartman, Esther; Houwen, Suzanne; Smith, Joanne; Visscher, Chris – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The present study compared the gross motor skills of 7- to 12-year-old children with learning disabilities (n = 104) with those of age-matched typically developing children (n = 104) using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2. Additionally, the specific relationships between subsets of gross motor skills and academic performance in reading,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Academic Ability
A Review of Behavioral Interventions for the Treatment of Aggression in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
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Brosnan, Julie; Healy, Olive – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Aggression can present as a significant problem behavior in individuals with a diagnosis of developmental disability. Much research has focused on the prevalence of aggression in individuals with varying degrees of severity of intellectual disability (AD), autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and co-morbidity of ID and ASD. Research has also focused on…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Autism, Aggression
Treatment of Challenging Behavior Exhibited by Children with Prenatal Drug Exposure
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Kurtz, Patricia F.; Chin, Michelle D.; Rush, Karena S.; Dixon, Dennis R. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
A large body of literature exists describing the harmful effects of prenatal drug exposure on infant and child development. However, there is a paucity of research examining strategies to ameliorate sequelae such as externalizing behavior problems. In the present study, functional analysis procedures were used to assess challenging behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Prenatal Influences
The Effects of Relationship Focused Intervention on Korean Parents and Their Young Children with Disabilities
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Kim, Jeong Mee; Mahoney, Gerald – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
This study was conducted to examine the impact of Relationship Focused Intervention (RFI) on a sample of Korean mothers and their preschool-aged children with disabilities. Subjects were 18 mothers of children with developmental problems (ages 3-8 years). Ten of these mothers were assigned to an RFI Treatment group and eight to a No RFI Control…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Young Children, Foreign Countries