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Peer reviewedSnyder, Lynn S. – New Directions for Child Development, 1987
Discusses research results that demonstrate that nonlinguistic symbolic deficits of language-impaired children may actually reflect resource allocation constraints and cross-modality deficits. Discusses implications of studies that contrast symbolic action development in normally developing children with that in children with specific language…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedBeeghly, Marjorie; Cicchetti, Dante – New Directions for Child Development, 1987
Offers an organizational perspective designed to illuminate processes of symbolic development in both normal and abnormal populations. Focuses on the symbolic system of Down Syndrome children. Data support the claim that the symbolic system of these children is intact. (RWB)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Child Language
Peer reviewedCicchetti, Dante; Beeghly, Marjorie – New Directions for Child Development, 1987
This study, which uses the organizational perspective, synthesizes major contributions to the examination of symbolic development in abused children. Focuses on the interrelationship between and the impact of maltreatment on children's cognitive, socioemotional, and linguistic development. (RWB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Infants
