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Mothers' Perceptions of Ability in Children with Intellectual Disability and Mother-Child Connectedness
<p>The mother-child relationship is important in the development of children, especially for children with intellectual disabilities who may have specific needs. Understanding the nuances, such as the closeness of the mother-child relationship for children with intellectual disabilities, is often …
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Pragmatic ability in children with early onset brain damage and children with pragmatic language impairnent
… was to study pragmatically related abilities in children with early-onset brain damage, i.e. children with cerebral palsy (CP) and children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus (SBH), and in a group of children with pragmatic language impairment (PLI). In study I and III children with CP, SBH …
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Analysing Relational Responding Skills and Verbal Ability in Children with Autism, and Typically-developing Children
Skinner’s (1957) pioneering behavioural account of language identified verbal behaviour as fundamentally functional. This account of language has been the basis for effective teaching programmes for children with developmental disabilities (Sundberg & Michael, 2001). However, despite the well …
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The effectiveness of a multisensory writing program in improving cursive writing ability in children with sensorimotor difficulties
It is estimated that five to ten percent of children experience sensory motor difficulties that result in various learnlng disabilitiies , among them. inabllity to output Information on paper in the appropriate manner (Ayres ,1985). The relationship between sensorimotorabillty and handwriting is …
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An Examination Of Executive Function And Reading Ability In Children With A Reading Disability And Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
<p>This study compared 56 children between the ages of 7 and 13 with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), children with a diagnosis of ADHD and a reading disability (ADHD/RD), children with only a reading disability (RD), and a control group on measures of cognition, reading, executive …
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A Study of the Influence of Logo on Locus of Control, Attitudes toward Mathematics, and Problem-Solving Ability in Children in Grades 4, 5, 6
This study was designed to determine the influence of the Logo computer environment on locus of control, attitudes toward mathematics, and problem-solving ability. An experimental design was employed to test whether students in grades 4, 5, 6 who studied Logo showed more positive attitudes toward …
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The effect of pretense on the creativity of storytelling in preschool and kindergarten-age children
<p>Previous research suggests a link between pretense and the creative behavior of children, such as associative fluency. Most results show that children who engaged in pretense prior to an associative fluency task gave more nonstandard uses for play objects than children who engaged in imitation …
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An assessment of the motor ability of learners in the foundation phase of primary school education
… of gross motor skills is a process of maturity in movement proficiency, which is fulfilled by the age of eight years. The purpose of this study was to examine the contributions of age, gender and physical activity on the levels of motor proficiency in learners. The subjects (N=366) aged seven …
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Investigating the association between motor proficiency and body satisfaction in grade 5 children
The inverse relationships between motor proficiency and overweight, and between overweight and body satisfaction have been well documented. However, the association between motor proficiency and body satisfaction has been largely neglected in the literature. Knowledge of the influence that low …
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Baroreflex sensitivity and developmental coordination disorder
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a motor coordination disorder that is characterized by impairment of motor skills which leads to challenges with performing activities of daily living. Children with DCD have been shown to be less physically active and have increased body fatness. This …
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The Effects of Birth Weight on Rates of Motor Development of Identical Twins
… problem. The problem of this study is to determine whether birth weight effects the rate of motor development of identical twins. Procedure. A questionnaire concerning rates of motor development was administered to mothers of identical twins. The questionnaires were returned, analyzed and …
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Left ventricular structure in children with developmental coordination disorder
Developmental coordination disorder (p-DCD) is a neuro-developmental disorder featuring impairment in developing motor coordination. This study examined left ventricular mass (LVM) in children with p-DCD (n=63) and controls (n=63). LVM was measured using echocardiography. Body composition was …
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Examining the Effectiveness of an Orthographic-Based Intervention for Children with Reading Disabilities
It has been well-documented that combined phonological awareness and word-identification training provide the most effective way of strengthening reading ability in children with Reading Disabilities (RDs). With that said, these findings are based on the assumption that all children with RDs …
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Structure-function relationships in human brain development
The integration of anatomical, functional, and developmental approaches in cognitive neuroscience is essential for generating mechanistic explanations of brain function. In this thesis, I first establish a proof-of-principle that neuroanatomical connectivity, as measured with diffusion weighted …
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Seeing the forest for the trees: Elementary STEM environments that nurture creativity and innovation
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