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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"developmental disorder"”.
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Physical Activity and Fitness in Children with Developmental Disorder
Introduction: Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a prevalent condition characterized by poor motor proficiency that interferes with a child‟s activities of daily living. Children with DCD often experience compromised health-related fitness components such as cardiorespiratory fitness …
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Does the Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD) Scale distinguish between subtypes of pervasive developmental disorder?
… from 3 different subtypes of pervasive developmental disorder (PDD): (1) high functioning autism (HFA), (2) Asperger syndrome (AS) and (3) pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). This was done in order to investigate recent findings that the NLD …
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Siblings of children with ADHD, chronic illness and developmental disorder : psychological impact and interventions
… siblings of children with chronic illness and developmental disorder is reviewed. Siblings of children with such conditions have not been extensively studied within research and the review aimed to identify what interventions exist to support siblings in this area, to provide an overview of how …
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Factors that infuence age of identification of children with autism and pervasive developmental disorder nos
Early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is crucial because early identification can lead to early intervention, which has been shown to improve the outcome of children diagnosed with ASD. This study explored the current mean age of diagnosis of Autism and Pervasive Developmental …
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A comparison of parental stress and marital/couple satisfaction as reported by parents raising children diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder: An online mixed methods study
… a child that has been diagnosed with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder experience and investigate the way these stressors impact both parenting and marital/couple satisfaction. The demographic variables explored in this study included parent level of education, parent age, parent relationship …
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The Effects of Parent Training on the Amount and Variety of Food Consumed By a Child with Autism.
… participant was a 5-year-old boy with Pervasive Developmental Disorder and limited food consumption. A changing criterion design across two variables, variety of food and quantity of food, was used. Results were that the parent who used the manual, with limited assistance from the experimenter, …
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An experimental analysis of opportunity and communication response form in a child with autism and hearing impairments.
… language, selection for a child with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified, profound hearing loss, and cochlear implants. The child had a limited pool of high preference items and very few functional skills. Key factors for this child included a structured environment that …
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Psychopathology in person with and without co-morbid autism
… the risk for co-occurring Axis I psychiatric disorders. This study utilized multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) to determine whether mean differences exist across three diagnostic groups: ID only, ID and autism, and ID and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified …
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The lived experience of mothering a child with autism: a hermeneutic phenomenological understanding
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a complex developmental disorder with increasing prevalence. Despite the significant role of mothers, often seen as primary caregivers, there is limited understanding of this experience. The purpose of this study was to explore the everyday experience of mothers with …
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Methamphetamine and cocaine effects on dopamine neurons in a rat model of developmental stress and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental disorder characterised by age-inappropriate levels of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity and is theorised to be caused by dopaminergic dysregulation. Developmental stress interrupts vulnerable periods of neural developmental …
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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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Skill-based treatment embedded in enhanced choice model for a child with developmental disabilities and impaired verbal skills in a school setting
… behaviour in children with and without Developmental Disorders (DD). However, there is currently limited research on this treatment package applied to individuals with impaired verbal skills. Therefore, this study aimed to expand on this line of research by investigating the effects of …
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A contribuição do método TEACCH para o atendimento psicopedagógico
Whereas autism is defined as a pervasive developmental disorder and presenting commitments in three major areas of human development: communication, socialization and imagination, which result in learning difficulties, this study has aimed to analyze, under the prospect of a Psychopedagogic look, …
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Developing an interactive social-emotional toolkit for autism spectrum disorders
… for persons diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) including Autistic Disorder (AD) and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), the target groups for the intervention, as well as for persons with Asperger's Syndrome (AS). The iSET intervention was tested …
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Early intensive behavioral intervention for autism: Is it actually more "intensive" than a typical child's day?
<p>Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by deficits in social interaction, communication, and excessive ritualistic and repetitive behavior. Numerous treatments for autism devised over the last half-century have proven ineffective, or have never been …
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Functional genomics of developmental disorders
… as a diagnostic biomarker for children with rare developmental disorders in chromatin-modifying genes. I show that DNA methylation signatures are a general property of these genes, that they have substantial clinical and diagnostic utility, and that they can be used to resolve variants of …
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The Wakefield Phenomenon: A Rhetorical Examination of the Resurgence of the Anti-Vaccination Movement in the 20th & 21st Century
… and children exhibiting the onset of developmental disorders, with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) garnering the most public attention. With increasing numbers of parents delaying or forbidding their children from receiving vaccinations, along with the re-emergence of previously …
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Effects of shared personality types of parents and children with high functioning autism spectrum disorders on parental stress
… with high functioning autism, Asperger's Disorder or Pervasive Developmental Disorder report more stress than parents of children without a diagnosis. Additional comparisons were made with the combined autism group and the matched comparison group to investigate if there are differences …
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Conhecer e interagir: transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade e transtorno do espectro autista
… between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder, guidingeducation professionals in a synthetic form. ADHD is a behavioral disorder, a pattern of restless, inattentive and impulsive behavior; the child cannot sit still or pay attention for a long period of …
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role Of Ethnicity And Culture In Parent Interpretation And Service Utilization
Prevalence rates for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) suggest rates continue to increase, with recent data indicating 1 in 68 children diagnosed with the disorder. Interventions may prove beneficial for both the core symptoms of the disorder and related deficits, although data indicate that effects …
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