introduction: congenital hypothyroidism (ch) is one of the most common preventable causes of mental retardation. its worldwide incidence is estimated to be one in 2500-5500 births. assessment of thyroid gland in neonates is critical. the aims of this study were to demonstrate the incidence of ch in neonates born in yazd province, iran in 1389 (2010) and compare the results with other reported s...

objective: the aim of the current research was to investigate the effectiveness of precision teaching on reading ability of students with learning disability. method: the research method was semi- experimental with pretest – posttest design. statistical population consisted of all the 3 rd grade elementary girl students with learning disability in city of isfahan during 1389-1390 academic years...

abstract   introduction: self-esteem play essential roles in all of life aspects of peoples, particularly adolescents with intellectual disablity. therefore, emphasized on instruction of programs that led to improvement of self-esteem. this study was aimed to investigate of the effctiveness of social skills training on self-esteem of adolescents with intellectual disability in mazandaran provin...

objectives: one of the issues that have consistently been the concern for the health affair specialists and cure and massive social governors in health fields is the rate of disorders prevalence, diseases and the related subjects to epidemiology. purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of mathematic disability amongst primary schools of karaj. methods: totally 432 students were sel...

background: frozen shoulder is resulting in limb disability and reduction of quality of life but the factors associated with patients’ disability and quality of life is not clear. to assess pain, disability, the quality of life and factors associated with them in patients suffering from frozen shoulder.  methods: we enrolled 120 patients (37 men and 83 women) with phase-ii idiopathic frozen sho...

objective: to compare sexual and behavioral puberty problems between intellectually disabled (id) and normal boys in yazd, iran. methods: in the present study, 65 intellectually disabled and 65 normal boys were included. the child behavior check list (cbcl) was used to investigate behavioral problems. in order to study sexual problems, a questionnaire that was designed by the researchers was ap...

aim and background: one of the most important learning disabilities is spelling learning disability which is accompanied by memory problems and social skills. the main aim of present research was to review the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral play therapy on memory and social skills of children with spelling learning disability. methods and materials: the research method of present study w...

objective: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the matson evaluation of social skills with youngsters-ii (messy-ii) in a community population in iran. methods: the iranian version of the messy-ii was administered by interviewing care staff of all children and adolescents (n=355) with administratively defined intellectual disabilities ...

introduction: multiple sclerosis (ms) is one of the most common disabling diseases in young adults. common manifestations include fatigue, bladder and bowel disorders, pain, mobility problems, and cognitive impairment. these symptoms seriously affect the activity of daily living (adl) of people with ms. the purpose of this study to investigate relationship between disability severity and adl in...