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Potterton, Joanne; Stewart, Aimee; Cooper, Peter; Becker, Pieter – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aims: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) potentially causes a significant encephalopathy and resultant developmental delay in infected children. The aim of this study was to determine whether a home-based intervention programme could have an impact on the neurodevelopmental status of children infected with HIV. Method: A longitudinal,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Experimental Groups, Stimulation, Early Intervention
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Leguire, L. E.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This study evaluated the Columbus (Ohio) Children's Hospital vision stimulation program, involving in-home intervention with 15 visually impaired infants. Comparison with controls indicated benefits of appropriate vision stimulation in increasing the neural foundation for vision and visual-motor function in visually impaired infants. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Home Programs, Infants, Neurology
Yahraes, Herbert – 1977
Described is a project in which poor Black and White parents were trained by paraprofessional visitors to use simple stimulation activites with their infants. Results of Stanford-Binet Scores at age 6 are said to indicate that four of the seven experimental groups scored significantly higher than control groups; and followup at grade 3 indicated…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Exceptional Child Research
Widerstrom, Anne H.; Goodwin, Laura D. – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1987
Follow-up study of 4- to 14-year-old children (N=42) who had participated in a home-based infant stimulation program indicated that approximately 66 percent of subjects (most of whom had serious developmental disabilities) were in special education programs full-time, 20 percent were mainstreamed, and 15 percent were in regular classrooms…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Followup Studies, Home Programs
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Sullivan, Margaret Wolan; Lewis, Michael – Journal of Early Intervention, 1990
A home-based, computer-monitored contingency intervention program was developed to provide a source of cognitive and motivational stimulation to infants with handicaps. Equipment includes a computer, contingency interface, software, adaptive toys, switches, and a mounting panel. Learning was exhibited by 19 of 20 infants, and parental response was…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Cognitive Development, Contingency Management, Disabilities