anxiety is one of the most common reactions that parents show while understanding their children's intellectual disability due to down syndrome. anxiety leads parents not to develop appropriate relations with their children, subsequently their psychological health are at risk. the present study was aimed to determine the effect of problem-focused coping strategy training on psychological sympto...

we report three cases of asymptomatic celiac disease identified in children with down syndrome after being screened at around twenty-four months of age.  these cases raise the question as to what age is screening for celiac disease indicated in a child with down syndrome and no symptoms.

We report three cases of asymptomatic celiac disease identified in children with Down syndrome after being screened at around twenty-four months of age.  These cases raise the question as to what age is screening for celiac disease indicated in a child with Down syndrome and no symptoms.

child with down's syndrome is an individual who is suitable and eligible to receive early intervention services. this study aimed to measure the family outcome among parents of down syndrome children, on the impact of receiving early intervention and identify the factors influencing it.a cross sectional was conducted from april 2009 until january 2010 with a total of 125 parents of children wit...

The current issue of the Iranian Rehabilitation Journal contains original research evaluating the efficacy of addiction rehabilitation an evaluation of a child rehabilitation system for community based research, reading program for children with down syndrome, auditory stream segregation in auditory processing disorder, speech and language disorders, quality of life of adolescents with hearing ...

AIM The purpose of this study was to describe qualitatively the experience of parenting for mothers of a child with Down syndrome and to explore what if any was the role of spirituality and organized religion in this experience. METHOD A homogenous sample of eight mothers of children between 7 and 12 years of age with Down syndrome was recruited through a population-based source of families o...

Home visits by public health nurses with knowledge of accident prevention strategies can reduce hazards to children. Several areas in Australia are developing "safe communities" in response to a WHO project. In several towns the public health nurse delivers age-related safety information to families during routine contacts. Health visitor education in the UK is falling to respond to the challen...

Down syndrome is the leading cause of inherited intellectual disability; it is characterized by mental retardation associated to physical growth delay and certain physical traits or features. It is caused by the presence of a third copy of chromosome 21, being this trisomy the most common chromosomal aneuploidy. Women with Down syndrome are less fertile, and pregnancy in these women is rare, al...