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Adkins, Patricia G. – 1973
Described are 20 pieces of therapeutic playground equipment constructed by volunteers and fathers of children in the Early Learning Center for Exceptional Children (El Paso, Texas). It is noted that discarded and readily available materials (such as old tires) were used, and that no commercial playground equipment was purchased. Information on the…
Descriptors: Equipment, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Motor Development
Mates, Barbara – Day Care and Early Education, 1978
Provides information about the origin and development of visual problems in infants and includes suggestions for helping such visually impaired infants. (CM)
Descriptors: Blindness, Handicapped Children, Infants, Learning Activities
Penn, Nolan E.; and others – Child Develop, 1969
Study partially supported by the University of Wisconsin Graduate School Research Committee, project 66-67600.
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children
ASCARELLI, ANNA; GARRY, RALPH – 1959
THIS RESEARCH ATTEMPTED TO ESTABLISH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS OF CONGENITALLY TOTALLY BLIND CHILDREN AND TO TEST THE POSSIBILITY OF MEETING THESE PROBLEMS WITH A SPECIAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENERAL ORIENTATION AND SPACE PERCEPTION. A SAMPLE OF 60 CHILDREN WAS SELECTED FOR THE EXPERIMENT. THESE SUBJECTS WERE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL…
Descriptors: Blindness, Group Instruction, Handicapped Children, Learning Experience
Gardner, Thomas D.; Barnard, James W. – 1968
Person perception is used in this study to refer to the behavioral domain which is also called interpersonal or social perception. This domain typically consists of judgments of other persons' actions, expressions, or intentions. Three groups of 10 children differing on IQ and CA comprised the subject population. One group was gifted, one average,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Exceptional Persons
Spitz, Herman H.; And Others – Develop Psychol, 1970
Contrary to Piaget's predictions, adolescent retardates and 9-year-old normals were more susceptible to the Oppel-Kundt Illusion than high school sophomores and adults. No group differences were found on the Poggendorf Illusion. (MH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation

Grayson, John – Music Educators Journal, 1972
Childrens Playground of Musical Sculptures was conceived and developed by the author. It is a visually integrated and complete vibratory world created for the teaching of the deaf and consisting of unique acoustic instruments. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Audiovisual Aids, Color, Deafness
Smith, Donna K., Comp. – 1973
Presented is the M-A-P (motor, academic, and perceptual) skill development checklist, said to be designed to provide the teacher of young handicapped children with a behavior oriented evaluation of the child's skills leading to the provision of appropriate learning objectives. The checklist is designed to be completed as a result of teacher…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Education

Rileigh, Kathryn K.; Odom, Penelope B. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Study found that auditory experience has an indirect influence on rhythm perception, but auditory involvement during the task does not. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Deafness

Mandes, Evans; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Error Patterns
Youniss, James; Robertson, Anne De Shazo – Child Develop, 1970
Results supported Piaget's viewpoint that mental imagery and general symbolic functioning are dependent on the growth of intelligence with respect to the preadolescent period. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Deafness
Mordock, John B.; DeHaven, George E. – Rehabil Lit, 1969
Based in part on a presentation by J. Mordock as part of a panel on Educational Research with the Mentally Retared at the Region IX meeting of the American Association on Mental Defeciency (Huntington, W.Va., October 1967),
Descriptors: Aphasia, Behavior Development, Cerebral Palsy, Handicapped Children

Wilson, Lonny R. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Tucker, Jamie, Comp.; And Others – 1976
Presented are descriptions of 245 activities for use with young handicapped children. The activities, compiled by teachers in the Austin Early Childhood Special Education Program, are grouped according to the following 12 areas: pre-academic, language, science, perceptual, motor, games, music and creative expression, social-emotional, arts and…
Descriptors: Activities, Class Activities, Creative Expression, Early Childhood Education
ARIN Intermediate Unit 28, Indiana, PA. – 1973
The teaching guide for a circus unit to be used with handicapped children, 4 to 8 years of age, contains lists of instructional materials and lesson plans for 9 days. The unit described to be a culminating activity for the latter part of the year, is said to increase motor, academic, and perceptual skills of mentally, physically, emotionally…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children