The communicative skills of mentally handicapped children: a discussion of the educational implications

Baddeley, A. & Hitch, G.J. (1974). 'Working memory'. In G. H. Bower (ed.) The Psychology of Learning and Motivation (New York: Academic Press).

Beveridge, M.C. & Berry, P. (1977). 'Observing interactions in the severely mentally handicapped'. Research in Education, 17, 13-22.

Beveridge, M.C. & Evans, P. (1978). 'Classroom interaction: two studies of severely subnormal children'. Research in Education, 19, 39-48.

Beveridge, M.C. & Hurrell, P. (1980). 'Teachers' responses to ESN(S) children's initiations in the classroom'. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 21, 175-181.

Beveridge, M.C. & Mittler, P. (1977). 'Feedback, language and listener performance in severely retarded children'. British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 12(2), 149-157.

Beveridge, M.C. , Spencer, J. , & Mittler, P. (1978). 'Language and social behaviour in severely educationally subnormal children'. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 17, 75-83.

Beveridge, M.C. , Spencer, J. , & Mittler, P. (1979). 'Self blame and communication failure in retarded adolescents'. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 20, 129-138.

Bruner, J.S. (1974). 'From communication to language — a psychological perspective'. Cognition, 3, 225-287.

Conn, P. & Richardson, M. (1976). 'Approaches to the analysis of teacher language in the ESN(S) classroom'. In P. Berry (ed.), Language and Communication in the Mentally Handicapped (London: Arnold).

Donaldson, M. (1978). Children's Minds (London: Fontana).

Flavell, J. (1976). 'The development of metacommunication'. Paper presented at the symposium on language and cognition. 21st International Congress of Psychology, Paris.

Luria, A.R. (1963) (ed.). The Mentally Retarded Child ( Oxford: Pergamon).

Luria, A.R. (1974). The Working Brain: An Introduction to Neuropsychology (London: Penguin).

Mittler, P. (1974). 'Language and communication'. In A. Clarke & A. D. B. Clarke (eds.), Mental Deficiency: The Changing Outlook, 3rd Edition (London: Methuen).

Newson. J. (1977). 'The social origins of symbolic functioning'. In V. Varma & P. Williams (eds.), Piaget, Psychology and Education (London: Hodder and Stoughton).

Patterson, C.J. & Kister, M.C. (1978). Paper presented at the National Institute of Education Conference on Children's Oral Communication Skills. Madison : Wisconsin.

Patterson, C.J. & Massad, C.M. (1978). 'Children's referential communication: components of plans for effective listening'. Developmental Psychology , 14(4), 401-406.

Robinson, E.J. & Robinson, W.P. (1976). 'The young child's understanding of communication'. Developmental Psychology, 12, 328-333.

Robinson, E.J. & Robinson, W.P. (1977). 'Children's explanations of communication failure and the adequacy of the misunderstood message'. Developmental Psychology, 13, 156-161.

Robinson, E.J. & Robinson, W.P. (1978). 'Development of understanding about communication. Message, inadequacy and its role in causing communication failure'. Unpublished Manuscript. Macquairie University .

Shatz, M. (1978). 'On the development of communicative understanding: an early strategy for interpreting and responding to messages'. Cognitive Psychology, 10, 271-287.