Table 1. Parent and Child Characteristics at Pre-intervention by Diagnostic Group.
| Down syndrome (n = 29) |
Other developmental disabilities (n = 82) |
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| Variables | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Parent Agea | 39.80** | 4.28 | 36.70** | 5.97 |
| Parent Gender (% Female) | 89.70 | — | 90.20 | — |
| Parent Education (% College/Post-college) | 82.80 | — | 76.90 | — |
| Parent Race (% Caucasian) | 69.00 | — | 57.30 | — |
| Child Ageb | 28.66* | 3.65 | 31.28* | 5.74 |
| Child Gender (% Female) | 31.00 | — | 30.50 | — |
| Child Race (% Caucasian) | 62.10 | — | 54.90 | — |
| Child Adaptive Behavior Compositec | 69.03 | 6.79 | 66.83 | 8.92 |
| Child Mullen ELCd | 56.52 | 9.43 | 59.71 | 13.05 |
| SICD-R Receptive Language Ageb,e | 18.64 | 4.68 | 18 | 7.32 |
| SICD-R Expressive Language Ageb,e | 17.88 | 5.39 | 16.61 | 8.25 |
a
Parent age in years.
b
Child age in months.
c
As measured by the Vineland Scales of Adaptive Behavior.
d
As measured by the Mullen Scales of Early Learning.
e
SICD-R = Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development-Revised.
*
p<.05,
**
p < .01