BACKGROUND Anaphylaxis can occur anywhere. Many young children with a history of allergic reactions or anaphylaxis spend considerable time in child care centers. However, little is known about the centers' knowledge of, experience with, and capability to manage anaphylaxis. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the ability of child care centers to recognize, evaluate, and treat anaphylactic episodes in child...

Introduction My interest is in handicapped children. However, the specific focus of this paper concerns itself with the preparation of regular classroom teachers, supervisors, administrators, and other educational personnel to meet the needs of the handicapped in these regular or model programs. After three-quarters of a century represented by enormous difficulties and rather modest accom­ plis...

A microanalysis was conducted of the behaviors of examiners and handicapped children during videotaped testing sessions in which handicapped students performed better with familiar than with unfamiliar examiners. The children spoke significantly more often and longer when tested by familiar examiners. Familiar examiners (a) exercised more frequent and longer intervals of silence than unfamiliar...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Three-fourths of US preschool-age children are in child care centers. Children are primarily sedentary in these settings, and are not meeting recommended levels of physical activity. Our objective was to identify potential barriers to children's physical activity in child care centers. METHODS Nine focus groups with 49 child care providers (55% African American) were...

Several studies state that there might be a difference in the physical development and the motor performance of the mentally non-handicapped children and those with intellectual and development disabilities. The aim of our research was to compare the two groups from these aspects. The study included the assessment of the physical development and motor performance of altogether 225 primary schoo...

Cerebral palsy is a nonspecific term which involves abnormalities such as weakness, changes in tone, ataxia and involuntary movements. It is a non-progressive condition, and several different disorders can lead to it. It is also an increasing health problem worldwide as a result of the medical technology used in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. Mortality rates decreased, but morbidi...

OBJECTIVE To study the incidence of accidents and the environment around the building of child care centers of the local government organizations under the Health Promoting Center 6. MATERIAL AND METHOD This was a descriptive study carried out among 1,871 child care centers of the local government organizations under the Health Promoting Center 6 within eight Northeastern provinces. The self ...

THE ADOPTION OF BLACK CHILDREN D UR NG the past quarter century, many changes have occurred in adoption practice in this country.’ Unfortunately, the placement of children of minority groups, racially mixed children, or seriously handicapped children-the so-called “hard to place”-has failed to keep up with this trend. This lack of placement is particularly true of black infants and children. It...