scholarly journals Masking for School-Age Children With Epilepsy: We Do Have Consensus!

2022 ◽  
pp. 088307382110636
Author(s):  
Anthony L. Fine ◽  
Lily C. Wong-Kisiel ◽  
Katherine C. Nickels ◽  
Elaine C. Wirrell
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Pediatric Epilepsy ◽  
School Age ◽  
Severe Intellectual Disability ◽  
Research Consortium ◽  
Patients With Epilepsy

Introduction This study was designed to assess current recommendations from child neurologists and epileptologists on masking for school-age children with epilepsy. Methods A 7-item survey was created and sent out to members of the Child Neurology Society and Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium in August of 2021 to assess current practice and provider recommendations on masking. Results One hundred four individuals participated with representation from all regions of the United States. Masking was recommended by 95.1%, with 63.4% (n = 66) noting exception of those with severe intellectual disability, autism, and behavioral problems. Of those who write exemption letters, 54% write these <5% of the time. Only 3% reported potential adverse events associated with masking. Conclusion Nearly all respondents recommended masking for school-age children with epilepsy. Potential risks of masking and adverse events were low. Improved guidance on masking is needed to ensure academic success of our patients with epilepsy.

scholarly journals Associations between maternal depressive symptoms, children’s behavioral problems and perceptions regarding family interactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Mazzer RODRIGUES-PALUCCI ◽  
Fernanda Aguiar PIZETA ◽  
Sonia Regina LOUREIRO
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Maternal Depressive Symptoms ◽  
School Age ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mothers And Children ◽  
Patient Health

Abstract The aim of this study was to verify possible associations between maternal depressive symptoms, children’s behavioral problems and perceptions regarding the family interactions, considering the reports of mothers and children. A total of 60 mothers and their school-age children were divided into two equal groups, according to the presence or absence of maternal depression indicators, and evaluated using the following instruments: Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and scales of family interaction (Escalas de Qualidade nas Interações Familiares). The results indicate that maternal depressive symptoms were associated with children’s behavioral problems and with family interactions reported by mothers and children. Maternal depression and positive family interactions reported by the mothers predicted behavioral problems in children. Positive family interactions reported by the mothers also mediated the association between maternal depression and children’s behavioral problems, highlighting the relevance of interventions with mothers with depression indicators that have school-age children.

Clinical correlates of laterality among school-age children in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 620-639
Author(s):  
Nancy Lu ◽  
Devyn C. Rigsby ◽  
Sarah A. Keim ◽  
Eli Rapoport ◽  
Andrew Adesman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Clinical Correlates

The significance of grit from social support and health determinants

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
Whitney Key ◽  
Jang Ho Park ◽  
Philip Young P Hong
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Health Determinants ◽  
School Age ◽  
Job Seeking ◽  
Employment Goals

Non-cognitive skills are known to be influenced by the environment, especially regarding health and social support. One emerging non-cognitive skill is grit that can be defined as a success measure among low-income adults. It has been studied mostly among school-age children as it relates to academic success however little attention has paid to grit in workforce development. This is important to recognize as two identifiers for workforce success are social support and health. This paper aims to investigate the effects of health and social support on grit. Regression analysis was completed on 520 low-income, job seeking adults. A series of multiple regression results indicate that social support and health—physical, emotional, and general—have statistically significant independently and combined effects on grit. This finding is important for workforce development practitioners to understand when working with job seeking clients who are having difficulty in demonstrating the necessary tenacity to continue the path to achieve employment goals. 

Expanding the Recommendations for Annual Influenza Vaccination to School-Age Children in the United States

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 129 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. S54-S62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony E. Fiore ◽  
Scott Epperson ◽  
Dennis Perrotta ◽  
Henry Bernstein ◽  
Kathleen Neuzil
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age

Bilingual lexical skills of school-age children with Chinese and Korean heritage languages in the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 350-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisela Jia ◽  
Jennifer Chen ◽  
HyeYoung Kim ◽  
Phoenix-Shan Chan ◽  
Changmo Jeung
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Primary Study ◽  
School Age ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Lexical Skills ◽  
At Home

This cross-sectional study investigated the bilingual lexical skills of 175 US school-age children (5 to18 years old) with Cantonese, Mandarin, or Korean as their heritage language (HL), and English as their dominant language. Primary study goals were to identify potential patterns of development in bilingual lexical skills over the elementary to high school time span and to examine the relation of environmental factors to lexical skills. HL and English productive lexical skills were assessed with a Picture Naming and a Verbal Fluency task. English receptive lexical skills were assessed with Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. A survey obtained information about participants’ language use in six environmental contexts. There were age-related significant increases in both HL and English skills. However, English proficiency already had a significant lead over HL proficiency at the youngest age. English receptive lexical skills reached monolingual expectations from age 8, whereas for HL, high school age participants on average only reached the level of early elementary school monolinguals. Although more English use at home at younger ages was associated with stronger English skills, the relation did not exist for older participants. Instead, among older participants, more English use at home was associated with weaker HL skills. Children’s attendance at HL programs and visits to home countries bore little relation to HL proficiency.

scholarly journals Shared Etiology of Phonological Memory and Vocabulary Deficits in School-Age Children

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 1249-1259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin L. Peterson ◽  
Bruce F. Pennington ◽  
Stefan Samuelsson ◽  
Brian Byrne ◽  
Richard K. Olson
Keyword(s):  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
Twin Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regression Method ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Phonological Memory ◽  
Overlapping Genes ◽  
Longitudinal Twin Study

Purpose The goal of this study was to investigate the etiologic basis for the association between deficits in phonological memory (PM) and vocabulary in school-age children. Method Children with deficits in PM or vocabulary were identified within the International Longitudinal Twin Study (ILTS; Samuelsson et al., 2005). The ILTS includes 1,045 twin pairs (between the ages of 5 and 8 years) from the United States, Australia, and Scandinavia. The authors applied the DeFries-Fulker (DeFries & Fulker, 1985, 1988) regression method to determine whether problems in PM and vocabulary tend to co-occur because of overlapping genes, overlapping environmental risk factors, or both. Results Among children with isolated PM deficits, the authors found significant bivariate heritability of PM and vocabulary weaknesses both within and across time. However, when probands were selected for a vocabulary deficit, there was no evidence for bivariate heritability. In this case, it appears that the PM–vocabulary relationship is caused by common shared environmental experiences. Conclusions The findings are consistent with previous research on the heritability of specific language impairment and suggest that there are etiologic subgroups of children with low vocabulary for different reasons, 1 being more influenced by genes and another being more influenced by environment.

Indicators of poorly controlled asthma and health-related quality of life among school-age children in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick W. Sullivan ◽  
Vahram Ghushchyan ◽  
Prakash Navaratnam ◽  
Howard S. Friedman ◽  
Abhishek Kavati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related
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