OBJECTIVE To examine social support and peer and family involvement in relation to diabetes management within a developmental context. METHODS Sixty-eight youths ages 8 to 17 diagnosed with type 1 diabetes participated. This study represents the phase 1 data from a multisystemic, home-based intervention. Data included parent and youth report of disease management and conflict, youth-reported ...

Artificial neural networks have been used to model developmental deficits in cognitive and language development, most often by including sub-optimal inputoutput representations or computational parameters in these learning systems. The next step is to simulate intervention to alleviate developmental impairments, to inform the mechanistic basis of remediation. Here we used a sample model of atyp...

BACKGROUND High risk newborns are most vulnerable to develop neuro-developmental delay (NDD). Early detection of delay in this group and identification of associated perinatal factors and their prevention can prevent disability in later life. DESIGN AND METHODS Observational cohort study. Field based tracking and neuro-developmental screening of high risk newborns discharged between January 2...

Over time, developmental theories and empirical studies have gradually started to adopt a bidirectional viewpoint. The area of intervention research is, however, lagging behind in this respect. This longitudinal study examined whether bidirectional associations between (changes in) parenting and (changes in) aggressive child behavior over time differed in three conditions: a child intervention ...

BACKGROUND Preterm-born children are at increased risk of adverse developmental outcomes, and their parents may experience increased stress levels. The Mother-Infant Transaction Program (MITP) is an early intervention that aims to enhance the parent-infant relationship and child development. The present study investigated differences in parents' experience of stress and concerns about caring fo...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Parenting style Children with or at risk of developmental delay Parenting stress Parenting style is regarded as one of the most significant factors for children's development, especially for children with or at risk of developmental delay. Due to the importance of parenting style, this study explored factors that affect the parenting style in families with childr...

This article presents a framework for future research and program development designed to support children's peer-related social competence. Intervention research is examined within a historical perspective culminating with a discussion of contemporary translational approaches capable of integrating models of normative development, developmental models of risk and disability, and intervention s...

The effectiveness of comprehensive programmes providing early intervention services to children with clearly documented handicaps has been evaluated extensively over the past 2 decades (see Guralnick & Bennett, 1987). From the outset, it has been apparent that numerous methodological and practical problems have made this evaluation effort a particularly difficult one. The diversity of subject p...

Background Development disorders and delays are recognised as a public health priority and included in the WHO mental health gap action programme (mhGAP). Parents Skills Training (PST) is recommended as a key intervention for such conditions under the WHO mhGAP intervention guide. However, sustainable and scalable delivery of such evidence based interventions remains a challenge. This study aim...

Placement of children in alternative care is supposed to be a temporary and not permanent arrangement. In the absence family reunification model South Africa, most stay for longer periods than necessary. This article concludes that services should holistic order effective, which possible framework developmental approach. Keywords: care, child protection, reunification, services, intervention re...