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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Social Difficulties"”.
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Pupil voice-exploring the education journeys experienced by pupils labelled with behaviour, emotional and social difficulties (BESD)
… who have received the Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD) label. As such the study sought to locate the pupil at the heart of the data collection and to examine how specific turning points can impact upon the educational experiences of young people labelled with BESD. The study …
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Psycho-social difficulties experienced by first-entering students with their academic progress at higher education institutions: case study of a rural-based university
Psycho-social difficulties may significantly influence the day-to-day learning experiences and academic performance of first-year students in higher education institutions. It is widely acknowledged that the transition from secondary to tertiary education presents numerous challenges, particularly …
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What does it mean to young people to be part of a care farm? An evaluation of a care farm intervention for young people with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.
… of a care farm aiming to improve the mental and social health of disadvantaged young people with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESDs) from low-socioeconomic backgrounds who are at risk of becoming NEET (Not in Employment, Education and Training) at sixteen years of age. It …
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Genetic and Parental Influences on the Development of Emotion Recognition Skills in Children
… children's emotion recognition (ER) skills and social difficulties (bullying and victimization). An additional goal was to examine the relation between parent ER skills, child ER skills, and child social difficulties. It was expected that genetic and environmental influences would account for a …
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Primary school initiatives for pupils with personal and social development needs
… highlighted the important role of personal and social development in primary education to promote the social inclusion of children who have poor life experiences (Scottish Office, 1999a). HMIE reports however suggest that there are few opportunities in primary schools in Scotland for pupils with …
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Co-Occurring Social Anxiety and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Symptoms in Emerging Adults: Links with Working Memory and Social Functioning
… disorder (ADHD) and social anxiety symptoms often display poorer social skills and overall social functioning when compared to individuals with elevations on just ADHD or social anxiety symptoms. That is, co-occurring elevations on ADHD and social anxiety appear to …
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Harnessing Technology: Art Therapy as Early Intervention in School-Based Counseling for Latino Adolescents with Low SES
… which provides strategies for skill building, social skills, coping mechanisms and problem solving. The goal of this program is to foster an interest in participating in therapy via a combination of Art Therapy with digital technology. The interventions of this program seek to reduce negative …
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The social construction of academic success of learning disabled college students
… college students with learning disabilities have difficulties in college that are unique. They not only have academic difficulties, they also have social difficulties and they lack the support systems necessary to succeed. Many of the subjects did not have enriching academic experiences as …
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Recognition of Facial Expressions of Six Emotions by Children with Specific Language Impairment
… with language impairment often have increased social difficulties. The purpose of this study was to take a closer look at the relationship between language ability and emotion understanding by examining the recognition of facial expressions in children with specific language impairment (SLI) …
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Development and Validation of the Children's Social Competence Scale
<p>Few scales exist that assess social competence in children with Asperger's and high functioning autism (AS/HFA). Due to the nature of the disorder, the current social competence measures that do exist are not designed to assess the social difficulties that many children with AS/HFA encounter. To …
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An investigation into the discourses of secondary aged girls’ emotions and emotional difficulties
… to investigate how the emotions and emotional difficulties of secondary aged girls are constructed by teachers and the girls themselves, through the investigation of the discourses surrounding girls’ emotions. The rationale for choosing this topic was the difference in the numbers of girls and …
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Social housing as heritage : case study : Langa hostels : whose values and what significance?
… in an environment of material, economic and social difficulties; and, if so, to what degree the inhabitants of the hostels’ sense of value correspond to that articulated in the “official statement of significance” of 2004. This study questions the validity of nominating migrant labour hostels …
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Measures of Executive Functioning and Their Relation to Functional Outcomes in a Sample of Youth with Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder (add)
… with functional outcomes (academic achievement, social functioning) was examined to establish their ecological and incremental validity.</p><p>A three-factor model for the TEA-Ch and a two-factor model with modifications for the BRIEF emerged as the best fitting models for each measure. Regarding …
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Mathematical Models of the Representation of Faces in Humans
… of the human CNS, as demonstrated by the severe social difficulties experienced when people lack this ability (prosopagnosia). However, the precise way in which faces are represented and differentiated from one another is not well understood. This work addresses two substantial issues. Firstly, …
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Eye-Gaze Analyis of Facial Emotion Expression in Adolescents with ASD
… these differences may contribute to observed social impairment. This study extends prior research in this area with an integrated examination of both expression and recognition of emotion, and evaluation of spontaneous generation of emotional expression in response to another person's emotion, …
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Effect of Sleep Quality on Theory of Mind in Children with ADHD
… has suggested that ToM may explain some of the social difficulties for children with ADHD. A sample of 46 children between the ages of 8 and 12 years were included, 21 of which had a diagnosis of ADHD. The Reading the Mind in the Eyes test (Child version) was used to assess ToM and the …
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Le strategie di gestione del personale nel caso "dell'espatrio" dei dirigenti
… with “expatriate” executives, their cultural and social difficulties are addressed, as well as issues related to the adaptation to the new reality is the manager, both in the case of family members being transferred with his family. Another local point os this study is the analysis of company …
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Exploring the effectiveness of inclusion: is a sense of school belonging the key factor in understanding outcomes?
… for pupils with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) based on social, affective and behavioural outcomes. It investigated the association between these outcomes and aimed to test the role of belonging in mediating the relation between school placement and outcomes for pupils …
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Predictive Perception in Autism
… and neurotype differences influences social perception in autism. It explores how these mechanisms contribute to social difficulties faced by autistic people, through the lens of the double empathy problem and second-person neuroscience.<br/>Chapter 2 examined how spoken intentions and …
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Does Social Competence in Preschoolers Predict Psychopathology Symptoms in Childhood and Adolescence?
… early psychopathology symptoms predict continued social difficulties into adolescence; however, few studies have examined whether early social competence predict which children will develop and maintain psychopathology symptoms across childhood and adolescence. Utilizing the National Institute of …
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