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. 2010 Apr;23(2):73-83.
doi: 10.1097/IYC.0b013e3181d22e14.

Early Intervention Approaches to Enhance the Peer-Related Social Competence of Young Children With Developmental Delays: A Historical Perspective

Michael J Guralnick  1
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Early Intervention Approaches to Enhance the Peer-Related Social Competence of Young Children With Developmental Delays: A Historical Perspective

Michael J Guralnick. Infants Young Child. 2010 Apr.

Abstract

This article presents a framework for future research and program development designed to support children's peer-related social competence. Intervention research is examined within a historical perspective culminating with a discussion of contemporary translational approaches capable of integrating models of normative development, developmental models of risk and disability, and intervention science.

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Figure 1
Major milestones in the history of behavioral interventions to enhance children’s peer-related social competence.
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Figure 2
One contemporary model of peer competence identifying processes and their interrelationships within a social task framework. (Adapted and reprinted with permission from Guralnick, 1999a.)
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Figure 3
Model of family influence–peer competence linkages illustrating processes mediating that relationship.
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