The acquisition of reading is a complex neurobiologic process. Identifying the most effective instruction and remedial intervention methods for children at risk of developing reading problems and for those who are already struggling is equally complex. This article aims to provide the clinician with a review of more current findings on the prevention and remediation of reading problems in child...

In a population-based survey in a defined area in the parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, the prevalence of six types of childhood disabilities was sought. All children aged 2-9 years who screened positive for disability, with 8% of children screening negative (out of a total of 5,468 children), were assessed by a physician and a psychologist. Disabilities were categorised by types and levels of seve...

24 The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an eight-week surfing intervention 25 for 16 children with disabilities. The assessment procedure consisted of pre and post physical 26 fitness measures to determine the benefits of this intervention. Our results showed an overall 27 improvement in upper body strength (right: P = 0.024, left: P = 0.022), core strength (P = 0.002) 2...

3.1. As for any other group, education is critical to expanding the life prospects of people with disabilities. In addition, the socialization of children with disabilities (CWD) through education assumes an unusually important role in societies such as India where social exclusion of PWD is significant. Despite its importance, educational outcomes for children and adults with disabilities rema...

[Purpose] In this study, we examined problematic behaviors of independent-walking and non-independent-walking handicapped children in the infant, school child and adolescent development phases, using the Japanese version of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC-J) to determine if such behaviors relate to their gross motor abilities. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 86 handicapped childre...

OBJECTIVE There has been no study on the developmental stage of acquiring the skill of using chopsticks, which is a common eating tool of the Orientals. We aimed to obtain a developmental profile for achieving the skills of chopsticks manipulation in Chinese children and to assess the correlation between chopsticks manipulation and the level of achieving independence in 'eating' item in the Fun...

help parents who decide?or are compelled by lack of other provision?to look after their children at home. Dr. Jack Tizard and Dr. Jacqueline Grad have set out some of the problems faced by parents of retarded children, saying that 'for substantial numbers effective social intervention might have made hospital care unnecessary'. is perhaps some measure of the severe physical and emotional proble...

pick them up as they finished a leisurely cup of coffee. The difference is that I know that if I forgo that ward round and later discover that something is amiss I will have to spend the whole evening there sorting it out, instead of doing whatever I had planned for what we consultants laughingly call "off duty." The candidates also need to see some of the professional satisfaction and the hear...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This article explores the Chinese social context and provides insight into Taiwanese mothers' challenging experiences when a disabled child is born into their families. BACKGROUND International research indicates that barriers to maternal caregiving for a disabled child revolve around challenging relationships. Giving birth to a disabled child creates a huge challenge for ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the association between maternal disability as measured by the presence of a limiting longstanding illness (LLI) 9 months postpartum and subsequent child health at the age of 7 years. DESIGN Nationally representative prospective longitudinal study. SETTING England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. PARTICIPANTS Secondary analysis of data on 11 807 mother-child pai...