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SUMMARYThe Mary Sheridan Centre serves the needs of two health districts with a population of over half a million. The assessment of the handicapped child is combined with a Day Nursery and Observation Unit which provides therapeutic, educational and supportive guidance. During the year May 1973–74, 207 children were referred for assessment of whom only 11 were found to have no handicap. One‐third of these referrals were from the hospital follow‐up baby clinic and two‐thirds came from community and general practitioner sources. The average age of referral was two years for girls and two and a half years for boys. Ofthe 196 handicapped children, 33 had neurological disorders, 30 congenital anomalies and 50 an adverse perinatal history. Social factors were thought to contribute significantly in 72; 35 children came from single parent families. Behaviour problems were noticed in a high proportion (68).Forty‐four children regularly attend the Centre's day nursery whose staff include preschool teacher, occupational therapists and trained nurses for play, speech stimulation and specific therapy; 48 attend for speech therapy and 19 for physiotherapy. The prime aim is to help the parents continue with the therapy and care of their child in their

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1975.tb00224.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

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SUMMARYChildren who had attended a unit for disturbed preschool children were followed up and compared to a group of children whose families had turned down the offer of a place at the unit. Measures of home and school behaviour and of social stress factors operating on the family were collected. Although treated and control children were comparable on severity of symptoms on referral, treated children showed a greater reduction in reported problem behaviour at home than did controls by the time of the follow‐up interview. Attendance at the unit had a limited effect on behaviour at school, however. It is suggested that if a treatment for preschool children is to have broad goals including increased competence at school as well as a reduction in problem behaviour at home, then various treatment strategies should be devised to meet these different goal

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1975.tb00225.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

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SUMMARYIn an epidemiological survey of a total population of three‐year‐old children living in a London borough, information was obtained on the behaviour, development, and social characteristics of 828 children. Details were extracted from the registers of 27 preschool facilities in the borough (a residential nursery, day nurseries, play groups and nursery schools and classes) on all children attending over an 18‐month period. The patterns of attendance and factors influencing attendance of about 3000 children are discussed. The comparison of children attending facilities in the original sample of 828 with the total sample shows that those children most in need are not over‐represented in these preschool

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1975.tb00226.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1975.tb00227.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

SUMMARYThis study is concerned with a group of normal children. It reports a correlation between the condition of a baby at birth, as recorded by a modified Apgar scale, and a future history of accidental injury before age three. Various other behavioural characteristics were also associated with having scored relatively poorly on the Apgar type scale; in addition, there was some evidence that the pregnancies and previous obstetric histories of the mothers of poor birth status babies had been different. Possible connections between the behavioural characteristics and a liability to accidental injury are discussed, as is the part played by the relatively poor status at birth.

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1975.tb00228.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY