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A Comparison of the Characteristics of Self-Stimulatory Behaviors in "Normal" Children and Children with Developmental Delays.
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Smith, Erin Arlene; Van Houten, Ron – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
This study compared the occurrence and characteristics of self-stimulatory behaviors of 5 children with developmental delays and 10 nondisabled children (matched for either mental or chronological age). Few differences were found between groups in percentage of time spent in self-stimulatory behavior, the variety of such behaviors, the speed at…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Children, Developmental Delays
The Development of Rocking among Children Who Are Blind.
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McHugh, Elaine; Pyfer, Jean – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1999
This qualitative study of rocking in four congenitally blind children, ages 10 to 13, used in-depth interviews, observations, psychomotor assessments, and reviews of school and other records. Findings revealed similarities in the children's early medical histories, delays in motor development, constraints on vigorous movement, and limited peer…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blindness, Case Studies, Children
The Ability to Negotiate the Environment: An Aspect of Infant Competence as Related to Quality of Attachment.
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Cassidy, Jude – Child Development, 1986
Explores the relation between the infant's ability to negotiate the environment and the quality of the infant-mother attachment relationship. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns