scholarly journals Functional Skills in Self-Care, Mobility, and Communication in 211 School Aged Children with Down Syndrome in Western Australia

1999 ◽  
Vol 45 (4, Part 2 of 2) ◽  
pp. 15A-15A
Author(s):  
Seonaid Leonard ◽  
Michael E Msall ◽  
Carol Bower ◽  
Helen Leonard ◽  
Michelle R Tremont ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Functional Skills ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
School Aged Children

Overview of Health Issues in School-aged Children with Down Syndrome

2010 ◽  
pp. 67-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Thomas ◽  
Sonya Girdler ◽  
Jenny Bourke ◽  
Aditya Deshpande ◽  
Katherine Bathgate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
School Aged Children

scholarly journals Evaluation of functional capabilities in children with Down Syndrome

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desirée F. Scapinelli ◽  
Érica Martinho Salvador Laraia ◽  
Albert Schiaveto de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Motor Delay ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Development Control ◽  
Functional Capabilities

Abstract Introduction: Down Syndrome (DS) is a chromosomal abnormality characterized by mental retardation of varying degrees and is one of the most commonly found chromosomal aberrations, presenting motor delay such as muscular hypotonic, balance disorders, motor coordination and gait changes. Objective: To evaluate the functional capabilities in children with Down syndrome through the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI). Methods: 20 children of both sexes, 10 with normal motor development (Control group) and 10 with Down syndrome. The functional capabilities were evaluated by PEDI (part I: functional capabilities, part II and III: caregiver assistance and change in environment) through interviews with caregivers. Results: Significant differences were observed in Part I, regarding functional capabilities in self-care (p = 0.0007), mobility (p = 0.0007) and social function (p = 0.0002), and in Part II, regarding caregiver assistance, the domains of self-care and mobility had p <0.0001 and p = 0.001. In Part III, changes in environment were more frequent when related to Down group. Conclusion: The Down syndrome group has lower functional performance in both functional capabilities and caregiver assistance, when compared to control group. However, it is clear that this questionnaire provides subsidies to make an early stimulation treatment in order to perform daily skills with the least possible help from their caregivers.

Personal narrative skills of school-aged children with Down syndrome

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Katherine van Bysterveldt ◽  
Marleen Frederike Westerveld ◽  
Gail Gillon ◽  
Susan Foster-Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Personal Narrative ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Narrative Skills

scholarly journals Leisure participation for school-aged children with Down syndrome

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (19-20) ◽  
pp. 1880-1889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alinta Oates ◽  
Ami Bebbington ◽  
Jenny Bourke ◽  
Sonya Girdler ◽  
Helen Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Leisure Participation ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
School Aged Children

Attainment of Motor Proficiency in School-Aged Children with Down Syndrome

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Jobling
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Motor Proficiency ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Mental Age ◽  
Limb Coordination ◽  
Visual Motor

This longitudinal research examined the development of motor proficiency in 99 children with Down syndrome born in Brisbane from 1973 to 1984. The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP) was used to assess motor proficiency, and the Stanford-Binet L-M was used to obtain a measure of general intelligence. Although significant progress on the BOTMP subtest scores occurred with age for most subtests, this was related to mental age (MA) rather than chronological age (CA). Progress related to CA was associated with upper limb coordination and upper limb speed and dexterity subtests from CA 10 to 12 years, not from 12 to 16 years. There were considerable inter- and intraindividual differences on subtest items. A cluster analysis of 263 assessments revealed no one profile of strengths and weaknesses. Two distinct profiles were found with high scores in either the visual–motor or the running speed and agility subtests, with balance scores at a low level of proficiency in both clusters. Across the study groupings, sex differences were also evident.

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