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ERIC Number: EJ589591
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-1214
Typically Developing Children's Interactions with Peers with Disabilities: Relationships between Mothers' Comments and Children's Ideas about Disabilities.
Innes, Fiona K.; Diamond, Karen E.
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v19 n2 p103-11 Sum 1999
A study involving 40 typical preschoolers and their mothers found they talked more about children with physical disabilities than those with Down syndrome during a storytelling task, and that children's comments about children with physical disabilities were positively related to teachers' ratings of children's interactions with classmates with disabilities. (CR)
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Downs Syndrome, Interpersonal Communication, Mothers, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship, Physical Disabilities, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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