Relationship focused intervention (RFI): Enhancing the role of parents in children's developmental intervention

International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-94

  Mahoney, Gerald ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental delays and disabilities; Parents; Relationship focused intervention; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860309536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13085581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Beckwith, L., & Cohen, S.E. (1989). Maternal responsiveness with preterm infants and later competency. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Maternal responsiveness: Characteristics and consequences. New Directions for Child Development, 43, 75-87.
2. Beckwith, L., Rodning, C., & Cohen, S. (1992). Preterm children at early adolescence and continuity and discontinuity in maternal responsiveness from infancy. Child Development, 63(5), 1198-1208.
3. Biringen, Z., & Robinson, J. (1991) Emotional availability in mother-child interactions: A reconceptualization for research. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 61(2), 258-271.
4. Bornstein, M.H., Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., & Haynes, O.M. (1999) First words in the second year: Continuity, stability, and models of concurrent and predictive correspondence in vocabulary and verbal responsiveness across age and context. Infant Behavior and Development, 22(1), 65-85.
5. Brooks-Gunn, J., McCarton, C. M., Casey, P.H., McCormick, M. C., Bauer, C. R., Bernbaum, J. C., Tyson, J., Swanson, M., Bennett, F. C., Scott, D.T., Tonascia, I., & Meinert, C. L. (1994). Early intervention in low birthweight, premature infants. Journal of the American Medical Association, 272, 1257-1262.
6. Crockenberg, S., & Litman, C. (1990). Autonomy as competence in two -year-olds: Maternal correlates of child compliance, defiance and self-assertion. Developmental Psychology, 26, 961-971.
7. Fewell, R.R., Casal, S.G., Glick, M.P., Wheeden, C.A., & Spiker, D. (1996) Maternal education and maternal responsiveness as predictors of play competence in low birth weight, premature infants: A preliminary report. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 17(2), 100-104.
8. Fewell, R. & Wheeden, C. A. (1998). A pilot study of intervention with adolescent mothers and their children: A preliminary examination of child outcomes. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 17(4), 18-25.
9. Greenspan, S. & Wieder, S. (1998). The child with special needs. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
10. Goodman, J.F. (1992). When slow is fast enough: Educating the delayed preschool child Guilford Press, New York, NY.
11. Hoff-Ginsberg, E., & Shatz, M. (1982). Linguistic input and the child=s acquisition of language. Psychological Bulletin, 92, 3-26.
12. Isabella, R.A. (1993) Origins of attachment: Maternal interactive behavior across the first year. Child Development, 64, 605-621.
13. Kochanska, G., Forman, D.R., & Coy, K.C. (1999). Implications of the mother-child relationship in infancy for socialization in the second year of life. Infant Behavior and Development, 22(2), 249-265.
14. Landry, S. H., Smith, K. E., Miller Loncar, C. L., & Swank, P. R. (1997). Predicting cognitive-language and social growth curves from early maternal behaviors in children at varying degrees of biological risk. Developmental Psychology, 33(6), 1040-1053.
15. Landry, S. H., Smith, K. E., & Swank, P. R. (2003). The importance of parenting during early childhood for school-age development. Developmental Neuropsychology, 24(2-3), 559-591.
16. Landry, S. H., Smith, K. E., & Swank, P. R. (2006). Responsive parenting: Establishing early foundations for social, communication, and independent problem-solving skills. Developmental Psychology, 42(4), 627-642.
17. Mahoney, G. (1992). The Maternal Behavior Rating Scale-Revised. Available form the author, Family Child Learning Center, 143 Northwest Ave (Bldg A), Tallmadge, Ohio. 44278.
18. Mahoney, G. & Bella, J. (1998). The effects of family-centered early intervention on child and family outcomes. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. 18(2), 83-94.
19. Mahoney, G., Boyce, G., Fewell, R., Spiker, D., Wheeden, C.A. (1998). The relationship of parent-child interaction to the effectiveness of early intervention services for at-risk children and children with disabilities. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education 18(1), 5-17.
20. Mahoney, G. and MacDonald, J. (2007) Autism and developmental delays in young children: The Responsive Teaching curriculum for parents and professionals. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
21. Mahoney, G & Perales, F. (2005). A comparison of the impact of relationship-focused intervention on young children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders and other disabilities. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 26 (2).
22. Mahoney, G., Wheeden, C.A. & Perales, F. (2004). Relationship of preschool special education outcomes to instructional practices and parent-child interaction. Research in Developmental Disabilities.25 (6), 493-595.
23. Masur, E.F., & Turner, M. (2001). Stability and consistency in mothers' and infants' interactive style. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 47(1), 100-120.
24. McCollum, J.A. (1984). Social interaction between parents and babies: variation of intervention procedure. Child Care, Health, and Development, 10, 301-315.
25. McCollum, J. A., & Hemmeter, M. L. (1997). Parent-child interaction intervention when children have disabilities. In M. J. Guralnick (Ed.), The effectiveness of early intervention (pp. 549-576). Baltimore: Brookes.
26. Nelson, K. (1973). Structure and strategy in learning to talk. Monograph of the Society for Research in Child Development, 38.
27. Sussman, F. (1999). More than words: The Hanen program for children with autism. Toronto, CA: The Hanen Centre.
28. Trivette, C. (2003). Influence of caregiver responsiveness on the development of children with or at-risk for developmental disabilities. Bridges, 1(6), 1-13.
29. Van den Boom, D.C. (1994) The influence of temperament and mothering on attachment and exploration: An experimental manipulation of sensitive responsiveness among lower-class mothers with irritable infants. Child Development, 65, 1457-1477.
30. Vereijken, C.M.J.L., Ricksen-Walraven, M., & Kondo-Ikemura, K. (1997) Maternal sensitivity and infant attachment security in Japan: A longitudinal study. The International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, 21, (1), 35-49.
31. Weiss, R.S. (1981). INREAL intervention for language handicapped and bilingual children. Journal for the Division of Early Childhood, 4, 40-52.
32. White, K. R., & Boyce, G. C. (Eds.) (1993). Comparative evaluations of early intervention alternatives [Special issue]. Early Education and Development, 4(4).