objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the impact of early family-centered psychological and educational interventions on adaptive behaviors in children with down syndrome (ds). method: utilizing an experimental pretest-posttest control group design, parents of 36 children with ds were selected in isfahan. vineland adaptive behavior scale was used to assess adaptive behavior. resul...

Many intervention studies lack an investigation of the extent to which the intervention was implemented as intended, which makes outcome measures difficult to interpret. The aim of the present study was to gain insight into the implementation process of snoezelen in 24-h dementia care. The intervention in each of six experimental wards comprised training sessions in 'snoezelen for caregivers', ...

OBJECTIVE This article presents an overview of the results of intervention studies in various emotion-oriented approaches in the care for people suffering from dementia. Recommendations are made with regard to clinical practice and future research. DATA SOURCES We searched for references (1990-99) in several bibliographical databases, i.e. Medline, PsycLit, Embase, Sociofile and Current Conte...

Background: Cerebrovascular accident (Stroke) incidence is rapidly increasing and considered to be one of the leading causes death physical impairment on a global level. These impairments aren’t limited motor weakness but can also include in somatosensory functions essential for producing accurate specific actions. Aim study: To determine efficacy lower limb sensory training postural stability ...

Background and Objective: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impaired verbal non-verbal communication in addition to repetitive stereotypical behaviour. The Art therapy intervention performance based that used as treatment for vast categories mental health problems. spectrum disorder (ASD) refers any one with an onset typically occurring during ...

This study compared the effects of occupational therapy, using a sensory integration (SI) approach and a control intervention of tabletop activities, on the frequency of self-stimulating behaviors in seven children 8-19 years of age with pervasive developmental delay and mental retardation. Daily 15-min videotape segments of the subjects were recorded before, immediately after, and 1 hour after...

Therapists who use sensory integration therapy may recommend that children wear weighted vests as an intervention strategy that they claim may assist in remediating problems such as inattentiveness, hyperactivity, stereotypic behaviors and clumsiness. Seven studies examining weighted vests are reviewed. While there is only a limited body of research and a number of methodological weaknesses, on...

Motor control can be achieved in the absence of awareness, even when performed intentionally. The aim of this study was to understand the mechanisms of the sudden awareness of our own movement. This was studied in locomotion because it is an automatic behavior which can be intentionally modulated. Subjects walked continuously with the instruction to maintain either a constant walking speed (com...