Developmental disabilities are a set of heterogeneous disorders characterized by difficulties in one or more domains, including but not limited to, learning, behavior, and self-care. This report provides the latest prevalence estimates for diagnosed autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and other developmental delay among children aged 3–17 years from the 2014–2016 National Health ...

OBJECTIVE The goal was to examine the current abilities and future potential of electronic health record (EHR) systems to measure childhood developmental screening and follow-up rates in primary care settings. METHODS A group of pediatric clinicians and health informatics experts was convened to develop quality indicators reflecting different aspects of the developmental screening process. Th...

Placement of children in alternative care is supposed to be a temporary and not permanent arrangement. In the absence family reunification model South Africa, most stay for longer periods than necessary. This article concludes that services should holistic order effective, which possible framework developmental approach. Keywords: care, child protection, reunification, services, intervention re...

Background: Survival rate of premature neonates has increased due to the technological advances in medical care. Developmental care interventions may help preterm cope better with environment Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and provide healthy developmental outcomes.The study was aimed: evaluate effect supportive training program on nurses’ practice regarding behavioral response neonates.Subjects ...

objective assessment of risk predictors for adverse neurodevelopmental outcome at 1 year of age in term and near-term infants. material & methods this case-control study was a representative sample of infants from different health-care centers of north and east of tehran. the association between risk factors and delayed motor development (developmental quotient below 70 indicating a significant...

background: to determine whether using mechanical ventilation in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) influences motor development of low birth weight (lbw) infants and to compare their motor development with normal birth weight (nbw) infants at the age of 8 to 12 months using peabody developmental motor scale 2 (pdms-2). methods: this cross sectional study was conducted on 70 lbw infants in two...

Delivering developmental care to premature infants requires a particular state of mind on the part of the entire health care team. When Heidelise Als originally developed the Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program, (NIDCAP) her goal was to create a NICU environment in which nurses and other caregivers observed the behavior of premature infants to determine how to make...

Kaehr, E., Abele, P., & Little, M. (2016). Utility of the Easy-Care Standard 2010 in the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of Adults Aging with Developmental Disabilities. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17(12), 1159–1160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2016.08.024 Utility of the Easy-Care Standard 2010 in the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of Adults Aging with Deve...

Controversy regarding the optimal design for neonatal intensive care has existed for more than 20 years. Recent evidence confirms that in comparison with the traditional open-bay design, the single-room facility provides for improved control of excessive noise and light, improved staff and parental satisfaction with care and equal, or possibly reduced, cost of care. Single-room care was not ass...

Developmental care is the use of a range of medical and nursing interventions to decrease the stress of preterm neonates in neonatal intensive care units. This article reviews the theory underlying such interventions and research based data in different scientific fields, including neuroscience, developmental and family psychology, medicine, and nursing. The conclusion is that more research is ...