Table 4.

Developmental means and standard deviations across special needs status and time

	Time 1				Time 2				Time 3
	SN		NS		SN		NS		SN		NS
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Communication	32.58	16.45	39.73	14.32	42.83	14.00	49.46	10.60	51.77	10.29	52.67	8.61
Fine-motor	44.22	13.86	48.04	11.15	44.68	11.83	46.55	11.98	46.94	12.89	47.97	11.60
Gross-motor	42.66	18.49	50.98	12.88	50.65	14.07	54.00	7.96	51.77	12.08	54.49	8.49
Personal-social	38.94	13.57	45.27	11.54	42.74	11.82	48.93	8.51	51.77	9.45	52.58	9.14
Problem-solving	39.55	17.16	45.56	13.66	42.83	13.44	48.93	9.66	49.84	12.28	50.69	11.86

Note. Time 1 = 6 months post-adoption; Time 2 = 12 months post-adoption; Time 3 = 24 months post-adoption; SN = special needs NS = no special needs; M = mean; SD = standard deviation.