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Home-Based EEG Hyperscanning for Infant-Caregiver Social Interactions
Published on: May 31, 2024
Informing early intervention through an occupational science description of infant-toddler interactions with home
Doris Pierce1, Veronique Munier, Christine Teeters Myers
1Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Avenue, 103 Dizney, Richmond, KY 40475, USA. doris.pierce@eku.edu
Objective:
The study provides a substantive description of infant and toddler play with everyday objects and independent negotiation of home space.
Method:
A grounded theory approach was used to study 18 typically developing children longitudinally from ages 1 to 18 months. Data from 133 home visits included videotaped self-directed play sessions with usual objects, maternal interviews, and observation records.
Results:
Infant Space Theory is a substantive theory of infant-toddler interactions with the spaces and objects of the home. This contextualized view of the infant-toddler describes progressions in gaze and visual play, in mapping and ranging home space, in stationary object play, and in the little-described development of mobile object play.
Conclusion:
Therapists providing early intervention services within the home environment may benefit from the theory in their creation and modeling of naturalistic interventions with infants and families.
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