1. List the percentage of children who drop out of school and have undetected disabilities or known environmental risk factors. 2. Describe the ways in which early intervention is effective. 3. Delineate methods of detecting disabilities and development delays. 4. Describe the percentage of children in whom assessment tools can detect disabilities correctly. 5. Determine how often children shou...

Forty consecutive children with Down syndrome were included as the Study Group (SG). The Control Group (CG) consisted of forty children attending the immunization clinic in pediatric OPD. Behavior Screening Questionnaire (BSQ) was used to screen the study groups as well as their siblings and control group for behavioral problems. The assessment of parental attitudes was done on Attitude Screeni...

introduction: despite achievements in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) in children, its burden on the psychosocial status of patients is not well defined yet. this study aims to determine the impact of childhood all on emotional and behavioral pattern of the patients compared to healthy peers as assessed by the child behavior checklist (cbcl). methods: we studied 100 children with al...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex progressive brain degenerative disorder that has effects on multiple cerebral systems. In addition to cognitive and functional decline, diverse behavioral changes manifest with increasing severity over time, presenting significant management challenges for caregivers and health care professionals. Almost all patients with AD are affected by neuropsychiatric...

PURPOSE In this study differences in behavioral problems between children at risk for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and normally developing children were identified. Further, relationships between parental stress, depression, and child behavioral problems according to ADHD symptoms were explored. METHODS Participants were 222 elementary school children and their parents. The A...

OBJECTIVE Childhood trauma impacts multiple domains of functioning including behavior. Traumatized children commonly have behavioral problems that therapists must effectively evaluate and manage in the context of providing trauma-focused treatment. This manuscript describes practical strategies for managing behavior problems in the context of trauma-focused evidence-based treatment (EBT) using ...