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Skuse, David. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1984
In this description of an unusual family, accounts are given of the later development of two sisters who had suffered severe social and emotional deprivation in infancy. The development of a half brother who was raised elsewhere is recounted, and discrepancies in development are discussed.(RH)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Experience, Family Environment
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Skuse, David. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1984
Reviews five previously published and one novel case history of children who suffered extreme deprivation in early childhood. Aspects of cognitive, emotional, and social development are critically appraised, and three issues central to theories about the origins of developmental disorders are addressed.(RH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developmental Disabilities, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Experience