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ERIC Number: EJ361461
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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An Organizational Approach to Symbolic Development in Children with Down Syndrome.
Beeghly, Marjorie; Cicchetti, Dante
New Directions for Child Development, n36 p5-29 Sum 1987
Offers an organizational perspective designed to illuminate processes of symbolic development in both normal and abnormal populations. Focuses on the symbolic system of Down Syndrome children. Data support the claim that the symbolic system of these children is intact. (RWB)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Downs Syndrome, Language Acquisition, Play, Research Methodology, Symbolic Language, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Organizational Perspective; Piagetian Research; Symbolic Development