The developmental domain of play is critical to early intervention efforts. It often may be one
of the few areas that can be reliably and validly observed in infants, toddlers, and young …

Purpose To investigate a model of language development for nonverbal preschool-age
children learning to communicate with augmentative or alternative communication. Method …

Children with hearing loss, with early and appropriate amplification and intervention,
demonstrate gains in speech, language, and literacy skills. Despite these improvements …

Many fields of study are concerned with children's development or with the built
environment. Only early childhood education, however, has focused attention on both of …

The notions of'function','feature'and'functional feature'are associated with relatively new
developments and insights in several areas of cognition. This book brings together different …

This edited volume picks up where Psychological Perspectives on Deafness, Volume 1
ended. Composed of review chapters that reflect cutting-edge views from well-known …

RESEARCH ON THE development of play behavior over the first 3 years of life in normal
infants has addressed the following issues: the relationship of early play behavior to later …

This study examined topic discourse skills in 30 pre-operational level children interacting
with their mothers in a free play situation. For each interaction, topic initiations/shadings …

This study represents an attempt to empirically support clinical intuition regarding the effects
of physical context variables on pragmatic performance. Specifically, the effects of different …

Children with histories of early corrective heart surgery (ECHS) are at risk for language,
cognitive, and motor delays. This study examined parent–child play in 30 4-year-old children …