There are 25 million displaced children worldwide, and those receiving schooling are often educated in overcrowded classrooms. Montessori is a child-centred educational method that provides an alternative model to traditional educational approaches. In this model, students are able to direct their own learning and develop at their own pace, working with materials rather than in supervised group...

AIM Screening for cognitive impairment, developmental delay, and neuropsychiatric problems is not always performed in children with epilepsy. The aim of this study was to assess the value of this screening and its validity for determining previously unidentified ('actionable') problems in children with epilepsy. METHOD New and existing patients with epilepsy were recruited from a hospital-bas...

Los corticoides prenatales disminuyen la mortalidad y el distrés respiratorio (SDR) en recién nacidos prematuros (RNPT). Estos beneficios decrecen tras semana de su administración, recomendándose un rescate si existe una nueva amenaza parto prematuro. La repetición puede tener efectos deletéreos sus son controvertidos retraso del crecimiento intra- uterino (RCIU). Objetivo: comprobar los con be...

Objectives To examine associations between referral concerns, screening results, and diagnostic outcomes for young children evaluated across a statewide primary care network early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Study design The Early Autism Evaluation Hub system was developed to increase developmental improve access timely ASD evaluations in local communities. In 2019, 858 (ages 1...

OBJECTIVE To study if severe hyperbilirubinemia in infants with no or minor neurologic symptoms in the neonatal period affects children's development at the age of 1 to 5 years. METHODS Controlled descriptive follow-up study of a national cohort of Danish children. The exposed group consisted of all live-born infants in Denmark from 2004 to 2007 with a gestational age ≥ 35 weeks and severe hy...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate concurrent validity between the Korean-Ages and Stages Questionnaires (K-ASQ) and the Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DDST II), and to evaluate the validity of the K-ASQ as a screening tool for detecting developmental delay of Korean children. METHOD A retrospective chart review was done to examine concurrent validity of the screening potentials for developmental...

PURPOSE The primary objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of late language emergence (LLE) and to investigate the predictive status of maternal, family, and child variables. METHOD This is a prospective cohort study of 1,766 epidemiologically ascertained 24-month-old singleton children. The framework was an ecological model of child development encompassing a wide range of...

The purpose of this study was to identify in the EPIRMEX cohort correlations between MRI brain metrics, including diffuse excessive high signal intensities (DEHSI) obtained with an automated quantitative method and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years. A total 390 very preterm infants (gestational age birth ≤ 32 weeks) who underwent term equivalent 1.5T (n = 338) or 3T 52) were prospectively ...