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Relationship-Focused Early Intervention With Children With Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Other Disabilities: A Comparative Study
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This study compares the effects of relationship-focused early intervention on toddlers and preschool-age children who were classified as having either pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) (N = 20) or developmental disabilities (DDs) (N = 30). The intervention was conducted over a 1-year period through weekly individual parent-child sessions. It focused on helping parents use responsive teaching strategies to encourage their children to acquire and use pivotal developmental behaviors that addressed their individualized developmental needs. Before and after comparisons indicated significant increases in parents' responsiveness and children's pivotal behavior. Both groups of children made significant improvements in their cognitive, communication, and socioemotional functioning. However, children with PDDs made statistically greater improvements on the developmental measures than children with DDs. On several developmental measures, children's improvements were related to increases in both their parents' responsiveness and their own pivotal behavior.
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- Authors
- MAHONEY, G., & PERALES, F.
- Affiliations
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- ORCID
- MAHONEY, GERALD
- Venue
- Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
- Published
- 2005-04
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 77-85
- ISSN
- 0196-206X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2015164726
- Cited by
- 217
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 4.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Keywords
- pervasive developmental disorders, developmental disabilities, parent-child intervention, parental responsiveness, responsive teaching, toddlers, preschool children, cognitive development, communication development, social-emotional development
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Child Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Child Health Services, Child, Preschool, Humans, Infant, Models, Theoretical, Parent-Child Relations, Regression Analysis, Socioeconomic Factors, Reproducibility of Results, Multivariate Analysis, Logistic Models
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