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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Karaaslan, Ozcan; Mahoney, Gerald – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
A randomized control study was conducted to evaluate Responsive Teaching (RT) with a sample of 15 Turkish preschool aged children with Down syndrome (DS) and their mothers over a six-month period of time. RT is an early intervention curriculum that attempts to promote children's development by encouraging parents to engage in highly…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Down Syndrome, Preschool Children, Mothers
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Anders, Thomas; Iosif, Ana-Maria; Schwichtenberg, A. J.; Tang, Karen; Goodlin-Jones, Beth – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
This study examined sleep, sleepiness, and daytime performance in 68 children with autism, 57 children with intellectual disability (ID), and 69 typically developing preschool children. Children in the autism and ID groups had poorer daytime performance and behaviors than the typically developing children. Children in the ID group also were…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Sleep, Autism, Mental Retardation
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van der Aalsvoort, G. M.; Gosse, G. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2007
Effects of an intervention and video interaction counseling with teachers of 78 children from school and centers were investigated. The study involved a quasi-experimental pretest-intervention-posttest control group design. In Condition 1 teachers received the counseling for 12 weeks, followed by withdrawal of this intervention for weeks. In…
Descriptors: Intervention, Interaction, Control Groups, Social Support Groups
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Oelofsen, Natius; Richardson, Phil – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2006
Background: Few previous studies have examined Antonovsky's (1979, 1987) "sense of coherence" (SOC) in parents of young children with developmental disability (DD). This study explored relationships between parental stress, SOC, social support, and health in parents of preschool children with and without DD. A secondary aim was to explore the…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Preschool Children, Stress Variables, Mothers
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Tomanik, Stacey; Harris, Gerald E.; Hawkins, Jacqueline – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2004
The present study investigated the relationship between behaviours exhibited by children with pervasive developmental disorders, particularly autism, and maternal stress levels. Participants consisted of 60 mothers who had a child diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder by an independent practitioner using DSM-IV criteria. Children were…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism, Child Behavior, Parent Child Relationship