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Article: Deprivation and Sensory Processing in Institutionalized and Postinstitutionalized Children: Part I
- Article from:
- Sensory Integration Special Interest Section Quarterly / American Occupational Therapy Association
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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The damaging effects of institutionalization in young children have been known for many years (Bowlby, 1951; Casier, 1961; Goldfarb, 1945; Provence & Lipton, 1962). Literature has described cognitive and developmental concerns as well as emotional and behavioral issues in children who have experienced institutionalization (Beckett et al., 2007; Colvert et al., 2008; Gunnar, van Dülmen, & the International Adoption Project Team, 2007; Johnson, Browne, & Hamilton-Giachritsis, 2006). Most studies report that children who have experienced greater lengths of institutionalization have a higher prevalence and degree of developmental delays and emotional and behavioral concerns than ...