The research concerning three major types of measures designed to identify young children at risk of experiencing school problems is reviewed. Teacher perception, test batteries, and single instruments are discussed in terms of general considerations for use, advantages, and disadvantages. (Author/DB)

The study examined the effect of increased teacher-wait-time in increasing frequency of responses of two developmentally delayed 2 1/2-year-olds. Teacher wait-time of 5 seconds was found to be superior to teacher wait-time of 1 second in both frequency of response and accuracy of response. (Author/DB)

This 102-item annotated bibliography lists studies from 1981-1985 published in seven journals on developmental disabilities-related treatment research. Selected entries focus on decelerating problem behaviors in the following general categories: aggression, self-injurious behavior, disruptive/destructive behavior, stereotypic behavior,…

Observations of direct-care staff behavior were made for 20 days at various locations in a large state-operated residential facility serving the developmentally disabled. Results demonstrated that five 15-minute weekday observations could provide reliable representative information concerning staff activities. (Author/DB)

Static and dynamic assessments conducted on 44 young handicapped children (mean age=68.75 months) demonstrated that dynamic assessment can provide information on a child's instructability. Graduated prompt assessment identified learning potential not identified by static tests. Mediation assessment identified learning potential not identified by…

Provides editorial perspective on the selection of papers chosen for publication in the March 1988 IJBD. Emphasizes the multi-cultural mix of the papers which deal with a range of issues related to human development and the importance of rigorous life-span perspective regarding developmental disabilities. (RWB)

The study examined whether 10 developmentally delayed children (3:3 to 5:4 years old) would demonstrate superior comprehension for restricted, syntactically incomplete as compared to reduced, syntactically complete forms. The five children functioning at late linguistic stage I demonstrated better comprehension than the early stage I children for…

Describes the Clinical Decision Support System which accesses information in six client related areas, subjects it to various statistical routines and provides this information to assist staff to develop effective and efficient interventions which improve client care and significantly reduce costs. Two applications of the system are presented with…

The evolution of federal government mental retardation financial assistance programs from the formation of the U.S. Public Health Service in 1798 through the appointment of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation in 1961 is reviewed. (Author/CL)

Results from the real-time analysis of the Child Success Through Parent Training project (a project stressing parent training for the birth-3 years developmentally delayed population) are reported for three service components: telephone screening, home screening, and initial developmental assessment. Advantages of the method are discussed, as are…

Performance on a battery of cognitive measures was analyzed in terms of hand preference for 62 children (5-17 years old) with Pervasive Developmental Disorders including autism. There was a clear (though nonsignificant) trend on all tests for left-handers to have higher scores than right-handers. Mixed-hand preference Ss demonstrated the lowest…

In a study involving 101 severely developmentally disabled children (1-16 years old), stereotyped behaviors without objects was positively correlated with self-manipulation and chronological age and was negatively correlated with complex object manipulation, developmental age, developmental quotient, and teacher attention. Stereotyped behavior…

In a study involving 20 Down's Syndrome children and 4 normal but language delayed preschoolers, standardized change score analyses revealed that the total communication group scored significantly higher on the Expressive scale and in the number of acquired signs. (Author/CL)

Analysis of free play interaction between 40 mothers and their mentally retarded, retarded cerebral palsied, and nonretarded infants revealed that mothers of both groups of developmentally disabled (DD) infants were more directive than mothers of nonretarded infants. DD infants were more compliant and demonstrated lower levels of behavior and less…

Four developmentally disordered, speech deficient children (11-16 years old), who were being taught sign language as an alternative to speech, were taught to use manual signs as mediators in a delayed auditory-picture matching-to-sample task. (Author/CL)