A method for recording verbal behavior in free-play settings

The present study attempted to test the reliability of a new method of recording verbal behavior in a free-play preschool setting. Six children, three normal and three speech impaired, served as subjects. Videotaped records of verbal behavior were scored by two experimentally naive observers. The results suggest that the system provides a means of obtaining reliable records of both normal and impaired speech, even when the subjects exhibit nonverbal behaviors (such as hyperactivity) that interfere with direct observation techniques

School Investigating the Effects of Depression and Bipolar Disorder on Social

Stigmatization, and Family Burden. ” I have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partia

Acceptance for the Council:

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Promoting autistic children's peer interaction in an integrated early childhood setting using affection activities.

Group affection activities were used to increase the interaction of three autistic children with their nonhandicapped peers in an integrated early childhood setting. Peer interaction increased during free play when the affection activities were conducted, but not when similar activities without the affection component were used. This interaction included initiations by both the autistic and nonhandicapped children, with reciprocal interactions occurring more frequently with nonhandicapped peers who had participated in the affection activities