Results of 3 experiments indicated that 13.5- and 16.5-month-old children recalled multiple sequences after a 1-week delay. Without cues, the recall of 16.5-month olds was facilitated by familiarity and by enabling relations; only enabling relations aided the 13.5-month olds' recall. With verbal cues, the recall of 13.5- and 16.5-month olds was…

Examined involvement of working-class Irish fathers in infant caretaking to end of first year of life. Also examined relationship between parental behavior and infant cognitive development. Results showed that fathers were substantially involved in infant caretaking over first year and that parental involvement in caretaking had independent effect…

Examines claims about the role of object-sharing in development by describing development of !Kung infants' interest in objects and their caregivers' actions toward them when they are engaged in object-related acts. (PCB)

A counselor describes feelings and attitudes of two young adults who see their marital problems as having begun with the birth of their severely disabled child. Counseling led to improved communication, better coping, and shared planning for the future. (DB)

As implemented in Boston, the federal Healthy Start Initiative aimed at reducing infant mortality revealed the following: (1) conflict is inherent in a federal program that also calls for community participation and control; (2) trust among community-based partners is essential; and (3) meaningful input from community members is necessary if…

Reviews social science writing on parental bereavement in Anglo-American history, concluding that parents as early as early seventeenth century have left records of their grief. Notes that emotional expressiveness following infant death was greatest during nineteenth century but decreased toward end of century and became taboo in twentieth…

Examined whether use of statistical properties of syllable sequences is uniquely tied to linguistic materials for adults and 8-month olds. Found that both groups were able to segment a continuous non-linguistic auditory sequence or tone stream, with performance indistinguishable from that obtained from syllable streams. Results suggests that the…

Service-utilization data for 133 infants and toddlers with developmental delays were gathered over four months. For each service encounter, the duration, location, and type of service, was recorded. Findings revealed that families received an average of 1.7 hours per week of services. Thirty-four percent of services occurred in community-based…

This study examined utilization rates of scheduled early-intervention services for 146 infants and toddlers with disabilities. Among findings were: (1) 69% of families used most of their services; (2) child and maternal characteristics were not significantly related to service utilization; and (3) providers who were younger and closer in age to…

Studied the factorial validity of scores on the Parent-Child Early Relational Assessment (R. Clark, 1985) for a normative population of approximately 359 mothers and their 12-month-old infants. All subscale scores demonstrate high levels of internal consistency, and evidence is found for convergent and discriminant validity. (SLD)

Describes a 20-year program of research on the Nurse Home Visitation Program, a model in which nurses visit mothers beginning at pregnancy and continuing through the children's second birthdays. Summarizes results of two randomized trials and concludes that the use of nurses as home visitors is key to program success. (SLD)

The fourth edition of the "Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM) recognizes that feeding problems of infants and children are not typically the same as eating problems of adolescents, thus the addition of a broad diagnostic category, "Feeding and Eating Disorders of Infancy or Early Childhood." Subtypes are…

This response to a paper (EC 624 771) on the early development of stereotyped and self-injurious behavior in infants and young children examines possible reasons why so little is known about these behaviors. These include questions about what behaviors would indicate the need for intervention, how to determine if a repetitive behavior is aberrant,…

Completed the Minnesota Infant Development Inventory (MIDI), a parental report instrument, for 168 infants of Hispanic migrant workers and performed factor analysis of the MIDI scores. Results suggest that the one-factor solution is best for infants from Hispanic migrant families until future research supports other practices. (SLD)

This article offers guidance for preparing parents of infants in a neonatal intensive care unit to manage their child at home. Topics covered include effective, formal discharge teaching, providing information about child development, continuity of care from the hospital to home (including linkages with professionals, agencies, and other…