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Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
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Supporting New Parents Through Home Visits

Effects on Mother-Infant Interaction

Peter M. Dawson

University of Colorado

JoAnn L. Robinson

University of Colorado

Perry M. Butterfield

University of Colorado

William J. van Doorninck

University of Colorado

Theodore J. Gaensbauer

University of Colorado

Robert J. Harmon

University of Colorado

In a study of family support through home visiting, paraprofessionals provided informal social support to low income parents during pregnancy and for 1 year afterward. Most infants were normal, but cases involving neurologic disorders are described as examples of the helping role of paraprofessional home visitors. Mother-infant interaction was better at 4 months in home-visited families than in controls, especially with teen and Hispanic mothers and other subgroups. Paraprofessionals can help families with developmentally disabled children in a variety of ways.

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, Vol. 10, No. 4, 29-44 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/027112149101000404
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