PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to determine if parent responsiveness to their children with complex communication needs (CCN) during naturalistic play changed over an 18-month period and determine if any such changes were influenced by the child's overall level of receptive and expressive language development, motor development or differing play contexts. This longitudinal information...

Observation is recommended in motor rehabilitation. For this reason, the aim of this study was to experimentally test the feasibility and benefit of including mirror feedback in vision-based rehabilitation systems: we projected the user on the screen. We conducted a user study by using a previously evaluated system that improved the balance and postural control of adults with cerebral palsy. We...

Enhancing participation in age-related activities is a key goal in the education and rehabilitation of children with diverse disabilities. The aim of this study was to explore a multidimensional and ecological model of participation for young children. Seventy eight children with mild developmental disabilities (MDD, such as motor and visual-motor difficulties), and 110 children without disabil...

223 Aged rodents, like aged humans, exhibit a decline in sensory and motor functions, learning and memory /1/. The altered dopaminergic transmission in the nigrostriatal system is implicated in movement disorders and sensorimotor coordination disabilities associated with aging /2/.

The fine motor skills of children with intellectual disabilities vary and are influenced by several factors including parents’ contributions. This study was set to determine the children's role parents in disabilities. subjects this were 47 aged 7-8 years their parents. Fine obtained through assessment using instruments Meanwhile, data on gathered a questionnaire. results showed that group most...

The authors conducted 2 studies to develop and test measures that assess beliefs about what constitutes a disability, affective reactions to working with individuals with disabilities, and beliefs about the reasonableness of workplace accommodations, in general and within the context of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The results of these 2 studies showed substantial differences in w...

The results of our empirical research clearly show that the social, emotional, and motivational integration of pupils with learning disabilities who attend regular primary schools is lower in comparison to that of the pupils from schools with special education programs. The achievements of pupils with learning disabilities in regular primary schools were also lower, whereas the structure of per...

Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) (50 < IQ < 79) show impaired motor and postural control, these impairments are highly related to falls and injuries. Recent studies demonstrated these impairments are related with fine and gross motor development, which are more strongly associated with cognition, and consequently language for individuals with ID than for without ID. Despite these...

OBJECTIVE Follow-up studies in very preterm children usually present outcome for separate developmental domains. Presence of disabilities in more than one developmental domain will show a more serious outcome picture for extreme preterm infants and may be related to a different degree of perinatal problems. METHODS At 5.5 years corrected age, outcome in the neurological, motor, cognitive, and...