Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Applying the developmental perspective to individuals with Down syndrome; 2. An organizational approach to the study of Down syndrome: contributions to an integrative theory of development; 3. Temperament and Down syndrome; 4. Interactions between parents and their infants with Down syndrome; 5. Attention, memory, and perception in infants with Down syndrome: a review and commentary; 6. Sensorimotor development of infants with Down syndrome; 7. The growth of self-monitoring among young children with Down syndrome; 8. Early conceptual development of children with Down syndrome; 9. Language abilities in children with Down syndrome: evidence for a specific delay; 10. Beyond sensorimotor functioning: early communicative and play development of children with Down Syndrome; 11. Peer relations of children with Down syndrome; 12. Families of children with Down syndrome: ecological contexts and characteristics; 13. Early intervention from a developmental perspective; Name index; Subject index.

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A review of what is known about children with Down syndrome from a developmental perspective.

Reviews

"...it is absolutely fascinating...this is a book that will be of value and interest to everybody concerned with this group of people." Janet Carr, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry "...this excellent and comprehensive compilation of research, much of it basic research, will be of great value to those who wish to advance a developmental perspective for children with Down Syndrome." John E. Rynders and J. Sophie Thayer, Mental Retardation