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Book SynopsisThe chapters in this volume are drawn from the presentations delivered at a symposium on Developmental Disabilities in the Preschool Child. This sym posium was held under the auspices of The Institute for Pediatric Service of Johnson and Johnson Baby Products. It was co-sponsored by The College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers Medical School, and The In stitute for the Study of Exceptional Children, Educational Testing Service. The symposium was held in the Fall of 1979 in Chicago, Illinois and the participants, including Ph. D . 's, Ed. D . 's, and M. D . 's, represented the interdisciplinary approach which characterized the meetings. The interdisciplinary set of speakers was matched by an equally diverse audience who represented almost every profes sional group concerned with the needs of disabled children and their families. Because of the successful information exchange that took place, a published volume of the proceedings was determined to be useful for others who were not able to attend. To all those who toil to help developmentally disabled children and their families we dedicate this volume. Michael Lewis Lawrence T. Taft vii CONTENTS Introduction xiii Part I-Sensory Development 1 / Handicapped Child - Facts of Life 3 Me"itt B. Low 2 / Theoretical Issues in the Early Development of Visual Perception 9 Joseph F. Fagan III and Patricia Ann Shepherd 3 / Clinical Appraisal of Vision 35 Richard N.
Table of ContentsI—Sensory Development.- 1 / Handicapped Child — Facts of Life.- 2 / Theoretical Issues in the Early Development of Visual Perception.- 3 / Clinical Appraisal of Vision.- 4 / Early Visual Impairment: Research and Assessment.- 5 / Intervention Strategies and the State of Education for the Visually Handicapped.- 6 / Theoretical Issues in the Development of Audition.- 7 / Appraisal of Auditory Function in Children.- 8 / Behavioral Assessment of Infants’ Hearing.- II—Motor Development.- 9 / Theoretical Issues in the Development of Motor Skills.- 10 / Neuromotor Assessment of Infants.- 11 / Intervention for Physically Handicapped Children.- III—Cognitive Development.- 12 / Issues in the Early Development of Intelligence and its Assessment.- 13 / Attention as a Measure of Cognitive Integrity.- 14 / Early Description and Prediction of Developmental Dysfunction in Preschool Children.- 15 / An Information Processing Approach to Infant Cognitive Assessment.- 16 / Effects of Educational Intervention Programs on the Cognitive Development of Young Children.- 17 / The Effects of Educational Intervention on Cognitive Development.- IV—Language Development.- 18 / Theoretical Bases of Language and Communication Development in Preschool Children.- 19 / Clinical Appraisal of Language Functions in the Preschool Child.- 20 / Early Language Intervention: When and How.- V—Affective/Temperament Development.- 21 / Theoretical Perspectives on Emotions in Developmental Disabilities.- 22 / Chnical Appraisal of Temperament.- 23 / Theoretical Issues in Temperament.- 24 / Developmental Disabilities: Intervention Strategies in the Affective Domain.- 25 / Using Our Emotions: Some Principles for Appraising Emotional Development and Intervention.
