Case study: Saturday cognitive habilitation program for children with prenatal alcohol exposure.
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Estimating the neurocognitive effects of an early intervention program for children with prenatal alcohol exposure.
BACKGROUND Animal studies suggest that early intervention in pups exposed heavily to ethanol in utero can mitigate their neurocognitive damage. No human studies on this promising mechanism exists. METHODS Breaking the Cycle is an early intervention program for drug-and alcohol addicted mothers and their young children. We compared BSID-III scores between infants heavily exposed to ethanol and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychology & Neuroscience
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1983-3288,1984-3054
DOI: 10.3922/j.psns.2014.02.02