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Peer reviewedSigman, Marian; Ungerer, Judy A. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Attempts to identify deficits in object knowledge specific to the autistic syndrome. Examines the correspondence between sensorimotor and play behaviors and language in mentally retarded and normal children. Determines whether these correspondences are different for autistic, mentally retarded, and normal children.(Author/AS)
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Disabilities
Download full textStockman, Ida J. – 1986
The paper describes an innovative treatment approach to severe learning disabilities in use in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The multisensory approach is based on the assumption that learning disabled children have perceptual cognitive deficits. Reality based problem-solvng events connected with tactile-kinesthetic input become the primary foci of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
