Compared during the first year of life was the development of 40 postterm, postmature infants and 40 normal control infants. (CL)

The article describes medical care services of the Developmental Disabilities Center in Morristown (New Jersey), which provides evaluations, primary care, specialty services, inpatient care, health education to community programs, consultation to the state agency, and hospital staff training. Needs in cardiac, endocrine, infectious disease,…

The University of California, Irvine University Affiliated Program has developed a model for prevention of developmental disabilities which is interdisciplinary, promotes reasoned cooperative efforts, and provides a basis for evaluation and research. The model is composed of five major and functional approaches to prevention with a central core…

The article reviews comparative studies of normal and developmentally disabled or at-risk infants in interaction with their mothers, relates these studies to the literature on optimal parent-child interaction, and draws implications for early intervention programs. (DB)

Two specific purpose, special education programs serving severely developmentally disabled children and youth in Australia are examined in light of three evaluation studies. The paper concludes that such specifically targeted funds can result in a systems impact beyond what could be predicted from the relatively modest fund allocation. (Author/DB)

Forty children with Verbal-Performance intelligence quotient discrepancies were studied in regard to clinical findings on psychological, educational, speech-language, and medical evaluations. Significant delays in the development of verbal skills were observed. The verbal deficits were mostly developmental in nature, and benefitted from…

Success in competitive employment placement of a demonstration project serving 53 persons with developmental disabilities is associated with three factors: (1) training approach and methodology; (2) program management; and (3) trainee characteristics. (CL)

A program combining classroom and community training in bus-riding skills to developmentaly disabled adults featured slide presentations, role playing, and performance in the natural environment. Test trials showed that all Ss learned necessary bus-riding skills and maintained their performance throughout the follow-up period of at least one year.…

The Denver Developmental Screening Tests (DDST) was administered to 25 Southeast Asian children (one to five years old) and scores of 150 other DDSTs performed on Southeast Asian children were reviewed. Findings suggested that scores may reflect differences in social and cultural experiences between these children and the standardization sample.…

Interviews with 24 families of deinstitutionalized developmentally disabled children revealed that 83 percent expressed high-level need for care and 67 percent were coping at a low level. Inner-city families most often expressed high-intensity needs and decreased coping ability, as did families of patients of younger age groups. (CL)

Data about the availability, accessibility, and organization of Information and Referral services from 133 public and private service providers for people with developmental disabilities showed that Information and Referral was a widely available service although there were problems in service provisions incuding lack of awareness about services…

Planning a monthly social event for developmentally disabled adults is described in terms of such concerns as facilities/insurance, transportation, staffing/volunteer coordination, entertainment, rules and regulations, finances, toileting and incontinent participants, medical needs, refreshments, alternatives to dancing, and dance theme variation.…

Twelve preschoolers who had Down's Syndrome, hydrocephalus, or brain damage of unknown etiology and who functioned at early and late linguistic Stage I were asked to respond to commands in simple, complete adult forms and in incomplete, telegraphic child forms. Late Stage I Ss were superior in comprehension of all forms. (CL)

A behavior education program for teaching mothers to develop toy play in their developmentally delayed children was evaluated. After training, mothers displayed target skills and children showed increased rates of appropriate play. Mothers and infants were generally more responsive to each other's behavior and children self-initiated more…

The communicative interactions of 32 mildly delayed and normally developing preschoolers were recorded during free play in a mainstreamed program. Analyses of syntactic complexity, semantic diversity, functional aspects of speech, and the use of selected discourse devices indicated that mildly delayed children adjusted important characteristics of…