Mothers’ Interpretations of the Behavior of Their Infants with Visual and Other Impairments during Interactions

Abstract

<jats:p> In this study, seven mothers of infants with visual and other impairments identified behaviors that they considered meaningful and interpreted these behaviors. The mothers identified 14 of 22 subcategories of behaviors that a previous study of mothers with sighted infants had identified. Not only was the range of behaviors they interpreted limited, but over 65 percent of their interpretations fell into only two of the 16 subcategories previously identified (attention preference and intentional behavior: desire). The implications for early intervention and future research are discussed. </jats:p>

A Systematic Review of the Literature on Parenting of Young Children with Visual Impairments and the Adaptions for Video-Feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting (VIPP)

“…The visual impairment is hypothesized to influence the nature of signs given by the child, although personal strengths and weaknesses of the child are also deemed important (Recchia 1998 ). Nonverbal signals of the child The majority of studies on children with visual impairments describe a limited repertoire of social behavior, limited facial expressions (Baird et al 1997 ; Kekelis and Prinz 1996 ; Parr et al 2010 ; Skellenger et al 1997 ; Tröster and Brambring 1992 ; Wills 1979 ), less or no initiation of affectionate games and less or no reaching out to the mother as an initiative gesture to be picked up (Fraiberg 1975 ). Only one study mentioned a higher proportion of nonverbal turns in a child with blindness in dialogue (Conti-Ramsden and Perez-Pereira 1999 ).…”

“…Research has shown that dyads in which both parent and child are visually impaired, can engage in sophisticated communicative exchanges prior to infants’ acquisition of language (de Medeiros and Salomão 2012 ; Rattray and Zeedyk 2005 ). However, most studies report that caregivers’ interpretation of the child’s behavior is limited (Baird et al 1997 ; Mallineni et al 2006 ; Preisler 1991 ; Tröster and Brambring 1992 ). Subtle signals from children are not always noticed and if behavior is registered by parents (e.g.…”

Teacher Responses to the Communicative Attempts of Children With Autism

“…That is, 63% of the time the teachers either acknowledged the act verbally or responded teachers does not appear to be different from that of parents of typically developing children (Baird et al, 1997;Hart & Risley, 1995;Haynes, 1998). However, the optimal rate of attention to these behaviors has not been empirically verified.…”

“…Several studies have examined adult responsiveness to prelinguistic communicative behaviors in typically developing children and in children with autism and related developmental disabilities (Baird, Mayfield, & Baker, 1997;Hart & Risley, 1995;Haynes, 1998;Kasari, Sigman, Mundy, & Yirmiya, 1988;Watson, 1998). In general, these studies have reported some differences in the way caregivers of children with autism respond to the communicative attempts of their children when compared to caregivers of typically developing children and children with an intellectual disability.…”

A Comparison of Mother-Child Interactions in Children with Visual Impairments and Typically Developing Children

“…Alanyazında bazı araştırmacılar AGY olan çocukların annelerinin, çocuklarına ait ipuçlarını okumada güçlükler yaşadıklarını, daha az yanıtlayıcı (etkileşimsel) ve daha fazla yönlendirici olduklarını ifade etmişlerdir (Baird, Mayfield ve Baker, 1997). Behl ve diğerleri (1995) AGY olan çocuklar ile NGG'li çocukların annelerinin etkileşim davranışlarını karşılaştırmışlardır.…”