OBJECTIVES To describe the developmental trajectories of mobility performance and daily activities in children and young adults with cerebral palsy (CP). To explore the influence of gross motor function and intellectual disability on these trajectories. METHODS Four hundred and twenty-four Dutch participants with CP (aged 1-20 years at study onset) were followed yearly over a period of 2 to 4...

This study aims to describe the stages of speech therapy application development process. research produces an android product that can be used in early intervention for children with intellectual disabilities. is based on method Gall, et al. (2007), and only carried out up five stages, namely: 1) Research information collecting (searching data), 2) Planning, 3) Develop preliminary form product...

Six types of antisocial and delinquent behaviors (e.g., property destruction and authority avoidance) were assessed in 526 youths (11 to 24 years of age) with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities and 1,030 11- to 18-year-olds without intellectual disabilities. Overall, 10% to 20% of youths with intellectual disabilities exhibited some type of antisocial and delinquent behavior, which we...

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Dr John Hurst’s approach to the treatment of people with intellectual disabilities was ahead of its time. In the early 1970s, John, who has died aged 79, developed the pre-discharge unit at South Ockenden Hospital, Essex, as a therapeutic community, as well as a number of community group homes. He also introduced one of the earliest community nursing services in intellectual disability there be...

The current investigation explored the diagnostic utility of reading fluency measures in the identification of children with reading disabilities. Participants were 50 children referred to a university-based clinic because of suspected reading problems and/or a prior diagnosis of dyslexia, where children completed a battery of standardized intellectual, reading achievement, and processing measu...

People with intellectual disabilities have a higher prevalence of health problems than the general public, and their health needs are often unrecognised and unmet. People with intellectual and other disabilities are also more likely to develop secondary health conditions. Improving the health of people with disabilities during their lives is a specific aim of the HealthyPeople2010 initiative in...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to determine whether there are differences in psychopharmacological practice for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents dependent on the presence or absence of associated intellectual disability; and if there are, whether the differences are influenced by factors such as age, gender, and living circumstances. ME...