Robab Teymouri

Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Comparison of Behavioral Problems and Skills of 7-12-Year-Old Students With a Physical/Motor Disability at Mainstream aewnd Special Schools

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the behavioral problems and abilities of 7-12-year-old students with a physical/motor disability at mainstream and special schools.  Methods: The data in this comparative (cross sectional-analytic) study were collected using total population sampling, A sample of 247 students with a physical/motor disability including 153 students (67 females an...

[ 2 ] - Relationship Between Using Television and Behavioral Problems of Pre-School Children

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between the use of television and behavioral problems in children.  Methods: This is a descriptive and correlational research. The statistical population of the study included 4- to 6-year-old pre-school children in Tehran who were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling. A sample of 150 children was selected. T...

[ 3 ] - The Effect of Neurofeedback on Brain Waves in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Objectives: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a group of neurodevelopment syndromes with impairments in social communications and restrictive or repetitive behaviors. Neurofeedback is a new method that may regulate neuro and metabolic function in brain. This study is semi-experimental, with pre and post test.  Methods: In 26 children with ASD, 40 sessions of Neurofeedback were done. Brain...

[ 4 ] - Perception Development of Complex Syntactic Construction in Children with Hearing Impairment

Objectives: Auditory perception or hearing ability is critical for children in acquisition of language and speech hence hearing loss has different effects on individuals’ linguistic perception, and also on their functions. It seems that deaf people suffer from language and speech impairments such as in perception of complex linguistic constructions. This research was aimed to study the pe...

[ 5 ] - Information Seeking and Reading Behavior in University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences

Objectives: The aim of this research was to study information seeking behavior and the pattern of reading behavior of faculty members of University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences in using printed and electronic resources. Methods: The descriptive research method was a survey method. The research was implemented by using an organized questionnaire which was distributed among the ...

[ 6 ] - Co-Morbidity of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome

Objectives: Tourette syndrome is a disease with vocal and motor tics. This disorder is co-morbid with many psychiatric disorders, among which obsessive-compulsive disorder is the most common. Methods: During a one-year period, 30 patients with Tourette disorder were studied at an adolescent psychiatry referral clinic. It was an analytical-descriptive study. Subjects were selected by convenie...

[ 7 ] - Form-based and Content-oriented Noun Definition in Persian Speaking Children With Cochlear Implant in Compare With Their Normal Peers

Objective One way to examine a child's ability to think about language is by word definition. Word definition is a meta-linguistic skill representing the aspect of the lexical knowledge of a person about the nature and function of language. The success of a person in defining the word is indicative of the fact that he is aware of the use of language as a symbolic system and a tool for transferr...

[ 8 ] - Development of Word Definition Skill in Persian-speaking 54-90-Month-Olds

Objectives: Word definition skill is a complex language ability in which meta-linguistic awareness and literacy skills play a critical role. The present study examined the development of word definition skills in Persian-speaking children aged 4.5 to 7.5 years, concerning content and form aspects. Methods: This was a cross-sectional and analytic-descriptive study. The study subjects were 107 c...

[ 9 ] - Are Communication Skills as effective factors on Sibling Relationships of Adolescents with Down Syndrome?

Objectives: Sibling relationships are often among the longest lasting relationships between people, and more than two-thirds of adolescents with siblings introduce their siblings as the most important people in their life. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of communication skills on sibling relationships among the adolescents with Down syndrome. Methods:  <a c...