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This study examined the concurrent validity and inter-tester agreement on the Mayo early language screening test (MELST), and the concurrent validity of parental anxiety about speech and language development as a screening measure were investigated
Abstract:
The concurrent validity and inter-tester agreement on the Mayo early language screening test (MELST), and the concurrent validity of parental anxiety about speech and language development as a screening measure were investigated. 120 children (aged 18 mo to 5 yrs), referred to the Mayo speech and language therapy department and 80 controls were assessed on the MELST. Within a month each more...
International Classification:
Observer effectiveness in Mayo early language screening test
Categories:
Mayo early language screening test
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Child: Care, Health and Development,
Vol: 26 Page: 111-128 2000
C. McGinty
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This article discusses the relationship between object manipulation and language development in Broca's area
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Comments on the original article by P. M. Greenfield (see record 1992-26384-001) which proposed that early in a child's development Broca's area may serve the dual function of coordinating object assembly and organizing the production of structured utterances. As development progresses, the upper and lower regions of Broca's area become increasingly specialized for motor coordination more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
Vol: 25 Page: 145-155 2002
Ronan G. Reilly
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This study aimed to determine whether exemplar training would readily facilitate the transformation of function in accordance with symmetry
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Determined whether exemplar training would readily facilitate the transformation of function in accordance with symmetry. 16 children (aged 4-5 yrs) were employed across 4 experiments. In Exp 1, Ss were first trained to name 2 actions and 2 objects by demonstrating listening, echoic, and tacting behaviors. Ss were then trained in an action-object conditional discrimination using the more...
International Classification:
Other - function in accordance with symmetry
Categories:
function in accordance with symmetry
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Psychological Record,
Vol: 51 Page: 287-308 2001
Yvonne Barnes-Holmes; Dermot Barnes-Holmes; Bryan Roche; Paul M. Smeets
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This forward introduces the current issue of Child Care in Practice, containing papers on various dimensions of childhood, young adulthood and parenting.
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This forward introduces the current issue of Child Care in Practice, containing papers on various dimensions of childhood, young adulthood and parenting. The focus of this edition is the crucial inter-relationship between the unfolding self as it grows and matures and the influence of the social world. The papers in this issue discuss topics such as the lives and experiences of young more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Child Care in Practice,
Vol: 13 Page: 163-165 2007
Stan Houston
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This paper discusses the Relational frame theory: a post-Skinnerian account of human language and cognition
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Adv Child Dev Behav,
Vol: 28 Page: 101-38 2001
Y. Barnes-Holmes; S. C. Hayes; D. Barnes-Holmes; B. Roche
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This article discusses four potential complexities in the language development of children with severe congenital speech impairments, who use graphic symbols as a primary means of expression
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PURPOSE: This discussion paper focuses on four potential complexities in the language development of children with severe congenital speech impairments, who use graphic symbols as a primary means of expression. METHOD: Some of the literature in relation to language development in aided communication is reviewed. RESULTS: Four potentially significant connections are discussed, relating more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Disabil Rehabil,
Vol: 28 Page: 151-7 February 2006
M. Smith
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The aim of this study was to investigate further symbolic functioning and language in children with Down syndrome by exploring truly symbolic play as opposed to functional play, as well as the understanding of a graded set of novel symbols
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Understanding the relationship between preverbal skills and language development has important implications for identifying communication delay/disorders and for early childhood intervention. In the case of children with Down syndrome, it is well established that symbolic play is associated with the emergence of language. However, the exact nature of this relationship more...
International Classification:
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified - Down syndrome
Categories:
symbolic functioning; Down syndrome; symbolic play as opposed to functional play
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Int J Lang Commun Disord,
Vol: 41 Page: 155-71 2006 Mar-Apr
C. O'Toole; S. Chiat
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This article discusses a grammatical developmental analysis of the autobiographical narratives of 5-, 8-, and 12-yr olds (3 groups of 12 each)
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Presents a grammatical developmental analysis of the autobiographical narratives of of 5-, 8-, and 12-yr olds (3 groups of 12 each). The narratives were analyzed based on a form of variation analysis, which looks at both the grammatical and the discursive shape of the stories. The grammatical analysis explored linguistic indicators of the development and construction of subjectivity and more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Irish Journal of Psychology,
Vol: 21 Page: 171-180 2000
Jean Quigley
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The aim of the study was to examine the impact of social disadvantage on motor development in young children.
Abstract:
Empirical research suggests that social disadvantage has a negative effect on the development of language, and related cognitive skills such as reading. There is, however, no corresponding body of research on the impact of social disadvantage on motor development. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of social disadvantage on motor development in young more...
International Classification:
Growth and development
Categories:
motor development
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry,
Vol: 48 Page: 1214-1222 2007
Martin McPhillips; Julie-Anne Jordan-Black
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