This article is the product of a review of historical-critical literature that analyzes the global historical events during the 20th century that made the emergence and consolidation of the medical rehabilitation professions possible and an examination of the ways in which these professions approach childhood. The analysis of and reflections upon the reviewed documents are outlined below accord...

AIM To assess a possible therapeutic effect in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy of a habilitation programme in a warm sunny climate. METHODS Fifty-seven children and adolescents with cerebral palsy, all integrated with normal functioning children through mainstream schooling, received an individualized four-week habilitation programme at a habilitation centre in Lanzarote in the C...

The diagnosis and early management of hearing loss in infancy requires a team approach that involves the audiologist, otolaryngologist, habilitation specialists, the pediatrician or family physician, and the active participation of parents and other family members. The program described in this chapter is based in an academic medical center where a team of pediatric audiologists, otolaryngologi...

OF HABILITATION THESIS University of Agriculture, Cracow, Poland MORPHOLOGY AND SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PHYTOPHTHORA CACTORUM (LEBERT ET COHN) SCHRÖTER AND PHYTOPHTHORA CITRICOLA SAWADA OCCURRING IN FOREST NURSERIES IN SOUTHERN POLAND

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the effectiveness of neurocognitive habilitation, a group therapy intervention for foster and adoptive caregivers and their children who were prenatally exposed to alcohol. METHOD Participants were recruited from clients seeking evaluation for fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND) and were randomly assigned to treatm...

Hospital records and data on the treatment/habilitation status of 187 children with autism aged 3-18 years were gathered from Northern Finland. The treatment programs and therapies varied, depending on the trained staff available. One-hundred and fifty-two (82.9%) children and adolescents with autism received more than one therapeutic intervention or specific training program. The most common t...

While scholars have attended to disability as a new normal that is increasingly present category and experience in public spheres, this essay argues technologies such cochlear implants accompanying therapeutics make it possible for children “become normal.” Parents come expect, rather than hope, interventions will work. An analysis of habilitating with India—and habilitation process practice ge...