scholarly journals Physical development of primary school-age orphan boys with mental retardation

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Elizaveta S. Ovcharenko ◽  
Vera V. Fefelova ◽  
Edward V. Kasparov ◽  
Tatyana P. Koloskova ◽  
Olga V. Smirnova ◽  
...  

Mental retardation is considered one of the most common pathologies of children's mental development. Parameters of physical development are actively used as informative markers of health status, social and hygienic well-being both in norm and in various pathologies. At the same time, not enough attention is given to orphans with intellectual disabilities in this context. Aim. To study the parameters of physical development in primary school-age boys with mental retardation brought up in a specialized orphanage. Materials and Methods. 34 Boys (7-11 years old) were examined. Of these, 20 children with a diagnosis of moderate mental retardation (F71) were brought up in a specialized children's home for mentally retarded children (without parental care). The control group included 14 intellectually healthy boys of the same age who were brought up in an orphanage of a physiological type. Anthropometric parameters (body length, body weight, chest and head circumference, cross-section diameter of the chest), sthenia index, level of physical development, and Quetelet II index were studied. Results. The data obtained indicate a sharp decrease in parameters that characterize physical development of orphan boys with mental retardation in comparison with intellectually healthy orphan boys. Since children were in the same social and hygienic conditions, the identified features may be due to the combined influence of the presence of deviations in the intellectual deve-lopment of children and upbringing in a residential home. Conclusion. The results obtained determine the need for closer medical and hygienic support for orphans with mental retardation.

2020 ◽  
pp. 178-185
Author(s):  
G. Yu. Taskina ◽  
I. A. Taskina

An urgent issue of modern education – the issue of psychological and pedagogical support for the family with a child with health disabilities has been considered. It has been specified, that particularly specially organized work can help parents and members of family with a child with health disabilities to cope with the difficulties of raising child and carry out his socialization. In particular, the results of a study of the personality of the parents of a child of primary school age with a mental retardation, their chosen style of child upbringing, the nature of interaction with the child have been presented. In addition, the effectiveness of the compiled and tested program of psychological and pedagogical support for the family with a child with a mental retardation, changes in the behavior of parents and children before and after testing the program have been analysed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (87) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Viala ◽  
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Olena Denysiuk ◽  

The article explores the problems of motivating a healthy lifestyle of primary school children. The issue of a healthy lifestyle will always be relevant because it plays a key role in maintaining and promoting health. It is especially relevant for the younger generation, because it is our future. The work presents scientists who analyzed the theoretical and methodological principles of forming a healthy lifestyle for children, the formation of a healthy lifestyle from the standpoint of medicine, as well as psychological and pedagogical aspects of educating a healthy lifestyle for children. Selection of previously unsolved parts of the overall problem. The main material of the article states that a healthy lifestyle of children should start with a healthy example of parents and teachers, because they are the ones who lay the foundation for the children lifestyle. The ideological principles of a healthy lifestyle are described, namely: the idea of the priority of the value of health, the perception of health not only as the absence of disease, understanding of health in its four areas - mental, physical, social and spiritual. The criteria for forming a positive motivation for a healthy lifestyle in students are indicated, namely: at the level of physical health, at the level of mental health, at the level of spiritual health and at the level of social well-being. It is necessary to pay special attention when choosing a strategy for the formation of a healthy lifestyle in primary school age, to: psychological and psychophysical characteristics and rely on the area of actual development of the child to work on the formation of a healthy lifestyle was successful. To be more effective in creating motivation for a healthy lifestyle, parents and educators must remember that there must be a systematic approach that includes methods that are comprehensively aimed at implementing a healthy lifestyle. The article presents the most common methods of forming motivation for a healthy lifestyle both in school and in distance learning. The most effective methods in working with primary school children are active methods, as younger students are very active and like to move a lot.


Author(s):  
Ekaterina V. Usenkova ◽  
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Alina S. Yakovleva ◽  

The relevance of the chosen topic is due to the fact that currently writing disorders are one of the most common speech pathologies in children, especially in children with mental retardation. The leading activity in primary school age in children with mental retardation is play, so interactive play can become a leading method in the prevention of dysgraphy. Prevention of dysgraphy is an important link for determining the content of speech therapy work to prepare children of this category to learn to read and write.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 164-186
Author(s):  
O. A. Denisova ◽  
T. V. Gudina ◽  
I. A. Bukina ◽  
O. L. Lekhanova ◽  
A. V. Selina

Introduction. Over the past decades, Russian society has seen an increase in humanistic trends related to a more attentive and more careful attitude towards the qualitative diversity of society than before. In particular, there are significant changes in the education and upbringing of children with mental development problems (deviations or disorders). Creating the conditions for the full and dignified existence of such children is impossible without their inclusion in social relations, without the support of the process of formation of their individuality, which is particularly significant at the early stages of ontogenesis, when the foundations are laid down and cultural and social norms of behaviour are learned.The aims of the present publication are the following: to describe diagnostic tools for identifying the level of formation of the adaptation and integration potential of children with mental retardation of primary school age; to demonstrate the ways of this potential development by means of artistic and creative activities.Methodology and research methods. The research was based on the principles of individualisation and differentiation of correctional and pedagogical process; the capacities, characteristics of development and needs of each child; systemacity of training with close cooperation of all its participants; compliance of requirements, methods, techniques and educational conditions with individual and age characteristics of students. In the course of the experiment, a complex of diagnostic and correctional-developing methods was used: “Finish the Story” (G. A. Uruntayeva, Yu. A. Afon’kin), “Story Pictures” (R. R. Kinina), “Rukavichki” (G. A. Zuckermann), etc. The obtained data were processed through a mathematical method of assessing the significance of differences using the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.Results and scientific novelty. The research presents the developed and tested methodology of diagnostics of adaptive and integrative potential of children of primary school age with mental retardation. This methodology was developed in educational establishments, including children’s art schools. The criteria and qualitative characteristics of the levels of formation of this potential are highlighted. Three of its structural components – cognitive, emotional and behavioural – are identified, which are proposed to be developed through artistic and creative activities with close cooperation of specialists of the school support service, parents and teachers of additional education. Such activities are considered as a specially organised process with personal-oriented goals, in which art acts as a determinant of the socio-cultural formation of a child’s personality and contributes to his or her successful inclusion in the school community of peers and further socialisation. The idea and concept of improving correctional and pedagogical work with children with special educational needs through artistic creativity are based on: the predisposition of any child to it, regardless of the presence/absence of any nosology; the accessibility for everyone of this way of learning the world around.Practical significance. The research materials can be used in the practice of special psychologists, rehabilitators, defectologists, teachers of children additional education, as well as in the system of training, advanced training and retraining of pedagogical personnel.


10.12737/7382 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Русанова ◽  
T. Rusanova ◽  
Юденкова ◽  
S. Yudenkova ◽  
Куралесина ◽  
...  

The purpose of research: development and evaluation of the effectiveness of methods for assessing and forecasting risk of occurrence and development of dental caries in children of primary school age in the rural municipality. Materials and methods: In accordance with the purpose and tasks we undertook a study of the prevalence and intensity of caries in children of primary school age in the rural municipality. Conclusions: the study of the question of forecasting and assessing the risk of caries in children is a problem, because on the basis of these data, you can define the means-tested child population in the therapeutic and prophylactic activities, calculate the necessary amount of dental care, evaluate the effectiveness of preventive and treatment activities. Effectiveness of screening (prediction) programs can be demonstrated by conducting a randomized studies that have evaluated all available results. The value of screening also depends on adequate screening tests, the accuracy of the test is determined by its sensitivity and specificity. The introduction of prevention programmes leads to a sharp decrease in the intensity of dental caries and periodontal diseases, significant reduction of cases of tooth loss at a young age and increase of the number of children and adolescents from intact teeth.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 775-790
Author(s):  
I. Ju. Murashova ◽  
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V. I. Nodelman ◽  

Introduction: The search for ways to improve the effectiveness of correctional work in the context of inclusion through the development of polymodal perception is relevant in special psychology and pedagogy. Most often, inclusive education covers students with severe speech disorders (SSD) and mental retardation (MR). The disadvantages of the polymodal perception in these categories of children are noted by various researchers, whose recommendations relate mainly to differentiated special education. The paper aims to analyze and generalize scientific ideas about the problem of developing polymodal perception in 6-11-year-old children with SSD and MR and offer adequate approaches to solving it in terms of inclusion. Materials and methods: The research relies on scientific publications made by the author as well as the studies by other scientists covering experimental studies of the sensory-perceptual sphere of a person in various age ranges. General scientific and comparative-historical methods were used to fulfill the objectives set. Results of the study: The negative characteristics of the individual structure of polymodal perception in children with disabilities with preserved intelligence of senior preschool and primary school age, which were identified in various studies, are analyzed and generalized. The findings reveal a general pattern, which lies in the fact that students with SSD and MR in an age range of 6-11 years often show shortcomings of polymodal (joint, interconnected) perception, despite conventionally healthy visual, auditory, and tactile-kinesthetic (sensory-motor) analyzers, when medical and other individual examinations do not find significant pathologies in their functioning. These shortcomings cause inadequate processing of received information and reduce the quality of the educational process. A multisensory method of providing educational information is proposed, which most fully implements the principle of maximum reliance on polymodal afferentations, which facilitates the perception of program content and at the same time contributes to its improvement in children with disabilities. The paper shows the possibilities of using this method in the inclusive educational process. Conclusion: This paper can be useful to special psychologists, speech therapists, speech pathologists, and other teachers who work with children of senior preschool and primary school age with SSD and MR. Keywords: Polymodal perception, severe speech disorders (SSD), mental retardation (MR), multisensory method of information delivery, systemic speech disorders, speech therapy conclusion.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-67
Author(s):  
I.V. Zapesotskaya ◽  
Z.V. Chuikova

The article presents results of the research of relations between executive functions and prospective memory in primary school-age children with symptoms of subthreshold attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome (ADHD). The ADHD Assessment Scale ― ICD-10 criteria (Sukhotina, 2008) and Observation Form for Recording ADHD Behaviors During Academic Performance in the Clinic or in School) (Carter, 1994) were used to assess the symptoms of ADHD. Cognitive functions were assessed using the Wisconsin Sorting Card Test (Grant & Berg, 1948), Сanum (Gutierrez-Martinez, 2018), Вlock span (Isaacs, Vargha-Khadem, 1989), Digit span-backward (Wechsler, 1997), and measurement by Ana B. Cejudo (Cejudo, 2019). 51 children were recruited, 27 subjects were 6–7 years old and 24 subjects were 10 years old. All participants were divided into 2 control groups (children with typical development) and 2 experimental groups (children with symptoms of subthreshold ADHD). Overall, it was found that children in the group of 6–7 years old with symptoms of subthreshold ADHD have no significant differences with children from the control group in basal components of executive function: working memory, cognitive flexibility and executive attention. However, they show a decrease in learning abilities, self-regulation and an increase of non-perseverative errors along with the fall of event-based prospective memory. Children in the group of 10 years old with symptoms of subthreshold ADHD also showed the fall of learning abilities and prospective memory. The results of correlation analysis show that subjects with symptoms of subthreshold ADHD have changes in the systemic ― functional level which appear as a decreasing amount of links between executive functions and features of prospective memory.


Author(s):  
Katharina Grau ◽  
Paul L. Plener ◽  
Sarah Hohmann ◽  
Jörg M. Fegert ◽  
Elmar Brähler ◽  
...  

Abstract. Objective: According to DSM-5, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) is characterized by chronic temper outbursts and irritable moods. So far, little is known about its prevalence rate, course and influence on individual well-being. We assessed the prevalence rates of DMDD symptoms during adulthood and primary school age – the latter retrospectively – and studied their relationship with psychiatric disorders and socioeconomic variables. Methods: A total of 2,413 subjects, aged 18–94 years, participated in this population-based, representative study based on self-reports. Results: 12 (0.50 %) subjects reported elevated DMDD symptoms during adulthood, and 19 (0.79 %) reported elevated DMDD symptoms during primary school age. DMDD symptoms were associated with higher rates of depression and anxiety symptoms. Those reporting elevated DMDD symptoms during adulthood were more often single or divorced, and those reporting elevated DMDD symptoms during primary school age were more often childless and unemployed during adulthood compared to subjects without DMDD symptoms. Conclusions: DMDD symptoms seem to show a chronic course and go hand in hand with elevated psychiatric symptoms and impaired socioeconomic and demographic status.


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