Europe Needs Special Measures

SpECIAL NEEDS FOR SpECIAL pOpULATIONS

susceptibility to diabetes may have begun in the womb, while others may develop diabetes as a result of another disease or condition. Prevention and treatment strategies need to take into account the diverse needs of people with or at risk for diabetes. (Photo credits: Top row, left im age: ©iStockphoto.com/Yuri_Arcurs. Top row, middle image: Ian Hooton / Photo Researchers, Inc. Bottom row, lef...

Virtual Reality and Special Needs

The use of virtual environments for special needs is as diverse as the field of Special Education itself and the individuals it serves. Individuals with special needs often face challenges with attention, language, spatial abilities, memory, higher reasoning and knowledge acquisition. Research in the use of Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) targets both cognition and behavior (Rizzo, et.al, 2...

Children with special educational needs.

Sir, It was good to see Dr Ni Brolchain's interesting study of children with special educational needs (February Journal, p.56). They form a small but important subgroup of a practice child population. I suspect these children and their families may well have higher consultation rates than a control group without special educational needs. I trained for general practice (including nine months i...

Standard drink measures in Europe

Early Identification of Skill Needs in Europe

The strive for identifying future training needs has a history dating at least 50 years. During this period, a variety of models have been used with more failure than success. The presentation is divided in three parts: Lessons from the experience of forecasting training needs, recent research findings in the economics of training, and a discussion of possible training paths for an enlarged Eur...