“Preventive Action” as Support for Children with Developmental Disabilities:

Early Intervention for Children with Developmental Disabilities

Social support is associated with blood pressure responses in parents caring for children with developmental disabilities.

The present study tested whether parents caring for children with developmental disabilities would have higher blood pressure compared to parents of typically developing children (controls). It also examined the psychosocial factors underlying this observation. Thirty-five parents of children with developmental disability and thirty controls completed standard measures of perceived stress, chil...

The Quality of Life of Siblings of Children With Severe Developmental Disabilities Children

Objectives: Having a disabled child can have profound effects on the living conditions and the mental health of their family. Siblings of the children with disabilities have an important role in supporting them. Their physical, mental and emotional health may be at risk, therefore, their condition and living should be concerned and improved. The current study aimed to investigate the quality of...

Nephrologic issues in children with developmental disabilities.

Children born with developmental disabilities (DD) are at risk for some common renal manifestations because of their underlying DD. These manifestations include renal stones, hypertension, and recurrent urinary tract infections. Children born with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at risk for DD because of a myriad of issues related to their CKD, including late identification, malnourishment, an...

Aac and Children with Developmental Disabilities

Children with developmental language or speech disorders frequently benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies. These children have severe expressive or receptive communication disorders or both which sometimes occur in isolation, or as part of a global developmental disability. Children with specific language impairment, pervasive developmental disorder, developme...