The significance of three mothers' speech for their infants' language development is considered in a continuing longitudinal study. The study began when the children (two females and one male) were 5 and 6 months of age and will continue until the subjects are 3 years old. In the speech data reported the children were from 6 to 18 months of age.…

This study examined individual patterns of the maturation of auditory evoked potential (AEP) in normal infants to determine whether longitudinal data show less variability than cross-sectional data, and to further assess the effect of stage of sleep on AEP. The AEPs for 10 children were examined by repeated testing between the ages of about two…

This selective bibliography cites references pertaining to early childhood education from "Research in Education" (RIE) and "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE). The bibliography is divided into three sections. The first two sections contain references from RIE and CIJE from spring 1967 through spring 1973; the last…

Described is an infant consultation service which provides preventive psychiatric intervention to the families of young children, training of professionals and paraprofessionals, and a research component. Reviewed are clinic experiences leading to the program and the underlying theory which stresses integration of familial and individual…

This thesis reviews infant learning literature, describes infant education programs, and discusses Piaget's theory of development. Also presented is a curriculum model which is Piagetian in perspective and includes: (1) information on some psychological foundations of infant education; (2) a planning component explaining appropriate settings,…

This booklet describes the kinds of child care arrangements parents can currently make for children under three years of age. Some of the essential features of these arrangements are discussed: continuity of care, safe environments, consistency in parent and caregiver child-rearing values, stimulation for the children, social play, and some…

This progress report describes the subjects, program and curriculum development, and collected psychological and medical data of the Carolina Abecedarian Project, an intervention program, begun in 1972. The purpose of this project is to bring together a multidisciplinary team of researchers to demonstrate that the developmental retardation of…

Ten normal white babies of middle class parents from the United States and 11 from Holland were observed for one 3-hour period every 2 weeks for the first 3 months of life. The observation form called for an observation about every 5 minutes, about 36 observations per visit. Although all the data on the American babies have not been completely…

A series of workshops for foster parents in Georgia was held, using the facilities of the counties' continuing education programs. Most of the attendants were foster mothers, primarily because the sessions were held during daytime hours. Films and readings were used to stimulate discussion of child care and development, and of particular problems…

To determine the relative effectiveness of different methods of preschool educational intervention for disadvantaged children, comparisons were made of five programs whose levels of structure ranged from the traditional nursery school to a highly structured preschool. Subjects were 79 4-year-olds representing a wide range of ability levels.…

As part of the training of group day care workers in Denmark, training programs have been developed for each of the seven different types of day care centers. The theoretical education for each program is provided in four seminariums; practicum experiences occur in an actual day care facility. Each seminarium trains students in the care of only…

Presented are papers from a 2 day conference in 1972 on screening and assessment of high risk children, 0 to 5 years of age, to detect developmental disabilities in physical, cognitive/intellectual, socio/emotional, and language areas. Briefly reviewed are legislation, reports, and programs which have concerned children's development in the last…

Described is the Marshalltown Behavioral Development Profile, developed for handicapped and culturally deprived children in the 0-6 year range, and designed to facilitate individualized prescriptive teaching of preschool children within the home setting. The profile check list is arranged under three categories of behavior: communication, motor,…

This document is a first year report on a project which examines the effectiveness of (1) teaching the mother versus teaching the infant, and (2) using a professional versus using a paraprofessional as the intervening agent. Also being studied is the relationship between the sex of the infant and the way he is taught and the effectiveness of…

Approximately 258 mothers and their children (aged 3 months to 3 years) participated in a home visit program using paraprofessionals as home visitors on a once-a-week basis in the first two years of life, combined with a small-group setting for four hours a week for children 2 to 3 years old. Findings indicate that such a Home Learning Center…