background and purpose: epilepsy is a disease frequently seen among school children. teachers may be distressed by children having seizures as they do not receive specific training about this condition during their education. moreover, teachers can feel overwhelmed if they do not know how to handle the situation. after cerebral apoplexy, epilepsy is the second most common central nervous system...

accidents are one of the mortality reasons and most important agents of disability in primary school children. in this research, educational needs of 10-12 years old children who studied in fourth and fifth class in governmental primary schools of tehran city about accident prevention are assessed by questionnaire. results showed that majority of children had correct performance and had low edu...

introduction diabetes is one of the chronic diseases. it is not curable but it can be controlled. the study aimed to determine the effect of family centered empowerment model on the treatment regime of school age children. materials and methods a clinical trial study was carried out on the school age diabetes children and their families. considering ethical matter a total of 50 diabetics patien...

conclusions based on our study, the prevalence of myopia is more than other types of refractive error, which is similar to that reported in previous studies on other school-age populations in some asian countries. the high prevalence of refractive error among school-age children indicated that untreated refractive error is one of the most common public health problems. patients and methods in t...

background and aim: pediatric obesity and overweight have become worldwide epidemics. iran is not an exemption in this regard. in the last decade, numerous studies have been conducted in iran in relation to obesity in children, and an increasing rate of obesity has been reported in the iranian context. some of these studies have included an extensive domain covering several provinces, while oth...

Through The Rehabilitation Act, the Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act (The Tech Act), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, the federal government broadened the states' roles in increasing awareness and accessibility of assistive technology (AT) devices and services to children with disabi...

This article presents the results of a lexical decision experiment in which the base frequency (BF) effect is explored in reading disabled children and skilled readers. Three groups of participants were created. The first group was composed of children with reading disorders, the second group of skilled readers matched with the first group for chronological age and the third group of skilled re...

Children’s participation in everyday activities and routines in home and community settings is an important focus of services for infants and young children with disabilities. Data indicate that assistive technology (AT) is not widely used nor do early intervention service providers report frequent use of AT devices with infant-toddlers. Adaptation interventions combine environmental accommodat...

Recent research has shown that reading disabled children find it unusually difficult to detect flickering or moving visual stimuli, consistent with impaired processing in the magnocellular visual stream. Yet, it remains controversial to suggest that reduced visual sensitivity of this kind might affect children's reading. Here we suggest that when children read, impaired magnocellular function m...

Almost 300,000 children in the United States from birth to 3 years of age are affected by a developmental disability. Disabilities have a lasting effect on a child’s development and, in turn, may have a psychosocial impact on the child’s family. In addition, the limitations of a child with a disability are often related to family members’ stress, depression, and feelings of helplessness. Accord...