The nature and prevalence of fears in developmentally disabled children and adolescents: A preliminary investigation

1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenora G. Knapp ◽  
Rowland P. Barrett ◽  
Gerald Groden ◽  
June Groden
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Developmentally Disabled ◽  
Disabled Children

A Community Survey of Self-Injurious Behavior Among Developmentally Disabled Children and Adolescents

1987 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 959-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Griffin ◽  
Robert W. Ricketts ◽  
Don E. Williams ◽  
Bill J. Locke ◽  
Bernd K. Altmeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Developmentally Disabled ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
Disabled Children

Assessment of Developmentally Disabled Children

1985 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan B. Chase
Keyword(s):  
Developmentally Disabled ◽  
Disabled Children

Birth Seasonality in Developmentally Disabled Children

1989 ◽  
Vol 64 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1213-1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Atlas
Keyword(s):  
Developmentally Disabled ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Autistic Children ◽  
Birth Seasonality ◽  
Childhood Schizophrenia ◽  
Negative Syndrome

26 children with diagnoses of autism and 22 children with diagnoses of childhood schizophrenia or a variant thereof were compared on the variable of winter birth. Analyses showed that autistic children had a higher proportion of winter births than schizophrenic children. These findings are related to other research linking winter birth to negative-syndrome adult schizophrenia.

Family burden and quality of life of mothers of children and adolescents with mental retardation or borderline mental capacity

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S192-S192
Author(s):  
L. Utas Akhan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
World Health ◽  
Family Burden ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Family

IntroductionStudies have found that the cognitive function levels of intellectually challenged children add a burden to the family and affect quality of life.ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to determine the family burden felt by mothers of children, ages 6–16, whose mental capacity evaluation indicates an IQ of 35–79 to explore the mother's quality of life and discover the factors that yield an impact in this context.AimsThe main objective of this study therefore was to ascertain the family burden and quality of life experienced by the parents of children with mentally retarded or borderline mental capacity.MethodsThe WISC-R test was used in the research to determine the intellectual capacity of children, 6–16 years of age. The sample comprised 131 children and adolescents between the ages 6–16 with IQs in the interval of 35–79 and their mothers. The parents accompanying their children were assessed using the Family Burden Assessment Scale, the World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument and a sociodemographic questionnaire that was filled out during face-to-face interviews.ResultsThe quality of life of the mothers was found to be average. At the same time, as the IQ level of the children went up, the less the mothers felt they were under a family burden. It was seen that the mothers experienced the most difficulty in the domains of “perception of inadequacy” and “emotional burden.”ConclusionMothers with intellectually disabled children need psychosocial support. Providing all members of the family with counseling services to help them cope with the issues and responsibilities involved in the care of disabled children may make a significant difference in quality of life.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his/her declaration of competing interest.

Behavioral treatment of food refusal and selectivity in developmentally disabled children

1980 ◽  
Vol 1 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 95-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary M Riordan ◽  
Brian A Iwata ◽  
Marianne K Wohl ◽  
Jack W Finney
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Treatment ◽  
Developmentally Disabled ◽  
Food Refusal ◽  
Disabled Children

Medical-Legal Partnerships Benefit Families of Developmentally Disabled Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Salathiel Kendrick Allwood ◽  
Susan Mc Laren ◽  
Robert Pettignano
Keyword(s):  
Developmentally Disabled ◽  
Disabled Children
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