The Importance of Early Interactions
© 2016
Contributors
- Amelia Bachleda, PhD
- Naja Ferjan Ramirez, PhD
- Jane Hu, PhD
- Lindsay Klarman, MNPL, NIC-A
- Gina Lebedeva, PhD, SLP-CF
- Hannah Lidman, MPA
- Sarah Roseberry Lytle, PhD
- Lily Shafer
- Elizabeth Zack, PhD
- Patricia K. Kuhl, PhD
- Andrew N. Meltzoff, PhD
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- Back-and-forth or contingent interactions
- exchanges in which a caregiver times her responses to a child’s behavior
- Imitation
- observing then reproducing, or copying, a behavior
- Infant-directed speech
- a special tone and style of speech used to talk to young children. It’s also called parentese.
- Scaffolding
- the support a caregiver provides a child to help her achieve more than she would be able to accomplish on her own