Application of Perceived Family Support Scale to Individuals with Special Needs

Scale Validation of the FFIS for Mothers with Children with Special Needs

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the features of the Family-Focused Intervention Scale (FFIS) for mothers of children with special needs. Materials & Methods: Descriptive-survey and validation research methods’ were applied for the survey. Participants were drawn from a sample of 200 mothers of/with children with special needs in were selected from the special schoo...

Application of eye tracking technology for screening and rehabilitation of children with special needs.

Eye tracking is a technology for measuring eye movements when looking at a point. The length of time to look at a particular situation, the sequence of observations, as well as points of attention are processed in the process of eye tracking and eye movements are identified by topics such as fixation, saccade, etc. Information about how the eyes move at a special moment has many potential appli...

Oral health evaluation in special needs individuals

Objective To identify the prevalence of the main oral problems present in special needs children and to relate the underlying conditions with the clinical and demographic variables. Methods The study was based on the physical examination of 47 students from the Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais diagnosed as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and intellectual deficit. For data collection...

Supporting Individuals with Special Needs through Intelligent Visual Schedules

Interventions to support individuals with cognitive disabilities surrounding the organization of time and activities often include what are known as visual schedules. These artifacts use words, images, and sometimes tangible objects to represent activities that will take place (or have taken place) arranged in temporal order to augment understanding of time, events, and places. Use of visual sc...

Discrepancies in health care funding for individuals with special needs.