Speech is the primary means of human communication. Speech production starts in early ages and matures as children grow. People with intellectual or learning disabilities have deficit in speech production and faces difficulties in communication. These people need tailor-made therapies or trainings for rehabilitation to lead their lives independently. To provide these special trainings , it is i...

Aim: Analyze the oral health and challenges faced by children with special needs to educate them about benefits ways of maintaining good hygiene. Material Methods: 100 participants were divided into two groups: intellectually disabled physically disabled. Oral examination was done clinical parameters like plaque index (PI), hygiene index-simplified (OHI-S) organoleptic assessment done. Parents ...

BACKGROUND Intellectual disability may impact on an individual's capacity to parent a child effectively. Research suggests that the number of intellectually disabled people with children is increasing. Children of parents with intellectual disabilities may be at increased risk of neglectful care which could lead to health, developmental and behavioural problems, or increased risk of intellectua...

This study aimed to investigate two aspects of sustained attention in intellectually gifted children: first, the differences to intellectually average children; second, the differences between receiving standard education and enrichment education. Study 1 compared sustained attention between 24 intellectually gifted and 26 intellectually average children. The results showed that intellectually ...

Although sex offender risk assessment has progressed greatly over the past decade and a half since most states implemented the sexually violent predator/sexually dangerous person (SVP/SDP) laws, there continues to be limited applicability of such models to intellectually disabled sex offenders because there has been no empirical validation. However, SVP/SDP civil commitment programs have report...

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the efficacy of the therapeutic use of play on improving the attention span of children with mild intellectual disability (MID) in elementary school. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest with a control group so that 30 girls with MID were selected from an exceptional school in Tehran City, Iran, via convenience sampling ...

This study aims to examine stress among caregivers of multiple disabled children and develop psychometrically assess an instrument measure the sources psychological caregivers. The author developed a 24-item scale with (6–18) years old intellectually physically children. Experts (n = 12) provided content validity before it was administered 209) both male female who are directly involved in dail...