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Jordan, Staci; Miller, Gloria L.; Riley, Karen – Young Exceptional Children, 2011
Dialogic Reading (DR) is a highly developed and well-documented shared-reading approach designed specifically to increase adult and child verbal exchanges while promoting language development, early literacy skills, and long-term academic functioning in children with and without language delays. This article provides ideas and concrete strategies…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Young Children, Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition
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Sanz, Maria Teresa; Menendez, Javier – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
This article reviews studies evaluating the effectiveness of two types of early intervention programmes for babies with Down's syndrome (DS). Evaluation of self-help early intervention programmes was done with two types of training with the parents: in the first the parents learned the training programme from observing the clinician, and in the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Down Syndrome, Parent Education, Daily Living Skills
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Ryba, Ken; Selby, Linda; Brown, Roy – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2004
This study was undertaken to explore the use of a digital camera for mental imagery training of a vocational task with two young adult men with Down syndrome. The results indicate that these particular men benefited from the use of a collaborative training process that involved mental imagery for learning a series of photocopying operations. An…
Descriptors: Photography, Imagery, Down Syndrome, Adult Vocational Education
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Mahoney, Gerald; Perales, Frida; Wiggers, Bridgette; Herman, Bob – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2006
Responsive Teaching is an early intervention curriculum designed to address the cognitive, language, and social emotional needs of young children with developmental problems. This innovative intervention model was derived from research conducted primarily with children with Down syndrome and their mothers. Results from these studies indicated that…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Down Syndrome, Young Children, Teaching Methods
Johnson, Marilyn J.; Scruggs, Thomas E. – 1981
The two part presentation presents information on specific conditions of developmental delay and suggests intervention approaches. Three causes of mental retardation (Down's syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and cerebral palsy) are identified and described in terms of definition, incidence, characteristics, and educational implications. Part II is…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cerebral Palsy, Cognitive Development, Definitions
Langley, M. Beth – 1980
The report examines, from a cognitive developmental view, research on the teachable moment or critical learning period in handicapped infants. The author explains that developmental gaps are produced by a mismatch between the infant's readiness and opportunity to learn. Characteristics and educational implications of specific handicapping…
Descriptors: Autism, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy, Child Development