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Miller, Ann C.; Rumaldo, Nancy; Soplapuco, Guadalupe; Condeso, Alicia; Kammerer, Betsy; Lundy, Shannon; Faiffer, Fabiola; Montañez, Andy; Ramos, Karen; Rojas, Naysha; Contreras, Carmen; Muñoz, Maribel; Valdivia, Hilda; Vilca, Daojing; Córdova, Nandy; Hilario, Patricia; Vibbert, Martha; Lecca, Leonid; Shin, Sonya – Child Development, 2021
This study is a randomized controlled trial of a 12-week community-based group parenting intervention ("CASITA") in Lima, Peru. CASITA improved neurodevelopment in a pilot study of 60 Peruvian children and subsequently scaled to 3,000 households throughout the district. The objective of this study was to assess intervention effectiveness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Infants, Intervention
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Krakow, Joanne B.; Kopp, Claire B. – Child Development, 1983
Tests the hypothesis that developmentally delayed children differ from normal children on tasks involving discernment of nuances, balancing competing stimuli, or acquiring and retaining selected information. Attention deployment behaviors in a free-play situation were examined for three groups: normally developing, Down syndrome, and…
Descriptors: Attention, Developmental Disabilities, Downs Syndrome, Infant Behavior
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Moxley-Haegert, Linda; Serbin, Lisa A. – Child Development, 1983
Comparing developmental education for parents, parent education in child management, and a control situation, this study assessed treatment effectiveness in motivating parents to participate in home programs for developmentally delayed infants. Results indicated the superiority of the developmental program in terms of parent participation and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Disabilities, Home Programs
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Stahlecker, James E.; Cohen, Marlene Cresci – Child Development, 1985
Examines 24 mother/impaired infant dyads to study the quality of interaction using the Ainsworth-Wittig attachment paradigm. Measures of general development and degree of child impairment significantly differentiated "classifiability" of attachment in the Ainsworth scheme. Infants rated higher on a social responsiveness measure were more…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Developmental Disabilities, Exceptional Persons, Infants
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Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Lewis, Michael – Child Development, 1984
Investigates the influence of chronological age, mental age, and handicapping condition on mothers' interactions with their handicapped young children. A total of 111 handicapped children ranging in age from 3 to 36 months and their mothers participated. Infants' general functioning and handicapping conditions were related to maternal…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Chronological Age, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
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Brinker, Richard P.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Investigated interactions among 18 African American mother-infant pairs participating in an early intervention program for infants with developmental delays or at risk for developmental disabilities. The hypothesis that mothers would become less responsive to infants over time as a function of drug addiction, poverty, or serious developmental…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Black Mothers, Blacks, Developmental Delays