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Showing 1 to 20 of 234 for “"school-aged children"”.
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Physical fitness in school-aged children
… monitoring and promotion of physical fitness in children is risen up to a public health issue. In relation to the evaluation of a child’s physical fitness over time (i.e., development) the use of longitudinally-based percentile values is of particular interest due to their underlined dedication …
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Sleep and neuropsychological functioning in school aged children
… functioning in healthy, typically developing children and children with cystic fibrosis (CF). Three research questions were examined in this thesis. The first examined whether sleep disturbance is associated with specific deficits in executive functions or an overall deficit in executive …
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Literacy Development in School-Aged Children With Simultaneous Bilateral Cochlear Implants
… study investigated the literacy development of school-aged children who were born deaf and received simultaneous bilateral cochlear implants at the age of 2 years old or younger. All participants lived in Ontario, Canada, and were identified with a hearing loss through UNHS or an Audiologist …
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Identifying School-Aged Children At-Risk to Develop an Eating Disorder
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Neuropsychological Predictors of Math Calculation and Reasoning in School-Aged Children
… presence of these three subtypes in a sample of school-aged children. The sample consisted of 60 participants (30 males, 30 females) ranging in age from 7 to 13. Participants were taken from the standardization sample of the NEPSY-II. Individuals with data on the NEPSY-II (Korkman, Kirk, & Kemp, …
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Relationship Between Sensory Integration and Occupational Participation for School-Aged Children
… the connection between sensory integration and children’s participation in daily occupations. Although there is a wide breadth of knowledge examining the impact of sensory integration intervention, there is currently a gap in the literature establishing the underlying relationship between …
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Internal displacement and the education of school-aged children in Colombia
… examines the educational situation of displaced children and studies the impact of various forces, including government policy, on the schooling of displaced children. The dissertation investigates the following questions: 1) What are the main factors determining the enrollment of internally …
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A tool to assess nutrition and physical intervention for school-aged children
… the incidence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents has reached epidemic proportions in both developed and developing nations. Reducing the incidence of childhood overweight and obesity is of particular importance in countries undergoing social and cultural transitions, such …
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Self statement utilization and social skills training with elementary school-aged children
… social skills in fourth grade elementary school children. The first investigation involved the examination of the use of inhibiting and facilitating self-statements (i.e., self-statements that would make it harder or easier to deliver on effective social response) by groups of withdrawn …
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A neuropsychological study of primary school-aged children with a history of maltreatment
… the cognitive functioning of a group of primary school-aged children with a history of maltreatment. Neuroimaging research has documented changes in the structure and function of the developing brain in children exposed to early trauma. There is also some evidence that these neural changes are …
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Audiovisual Integration During Novel Word Learning Among School-Aged Children with Cochlear Implants
… move as they speak boosts speech perception for children with cochlear implants (CIs). Thus, children with CIs are often instructed to orient themselves toward the person they are listening to, to gain access to visual speech cues. Children with CIs who are better “audiovisual integrators,” or …
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Zinc status and functional correlates in preschool and school-aged children in Egypt
Zinc status of Egyptian children 18-30 months and 6-10 years of age was characterized in relation to morbidity, growth, and socioeconomic variables. In a pilot study of children whose general nutrition ranged from adequately nourished to moderately malnourished, mean hair zinc was 135 ug/g (63-230 …
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Stuttering Behavior and Physiological Stress Profiles: A Preliminary Investigation of School -Aged Children
… to published references established for normal children, children with a history of stuttering exhibited mean cortisol and alpha-amylase levels that were significantly lower. Though cortisol and alpha-amylase levels were within normal limits, daily circadian rhythms were generally disrupted for …
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Facilitating transfer and maintenance in school-aged children who stutter : a guidebook for clinicians
… b) explore the unique challenges that face the school-aged population, c) examine research outside of the field that may be of benefit for school-aged stuttering clients, and d) provide the clinician with examples and activities that will facilitate the transfer and maintenance of stuttering …
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Exploring Relationships Between School-based Health Clinics and Academic Performance in Elementary School-aged Children
<p>School based health clinics provide medical services and healthcare to students within the school setting. Research suggests that students who use school based health clinic services perform better academically in school by improving their attendance, health status, and addressing their medical …
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