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An Organizational Approach to Symbolic Development in Children with Down Syndrome.

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Beeghly, 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

The Effect of Variations in Quality and Type of Early Child Care on Development.

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Hunt, J. McVicker – New Directions for Child Development, 1986

Suggests that variations in the quality and type of infant care, in institutional and other settings in different cultures and social classes, can have influences on the long-term development of the child's rate, level, and type of cognitive development. (HOD)

Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences