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SummaryThe parents of 68 young children with learning disabilities were interviewed to assess the number and type of behaviour problems that their child exhibited. Parents’ perceptions of their ability to cope with the behaviours were sought. The average number of behaviour problems was 7·4 per child, with poor concentration and sleep problems occurring most frequently. Fifty‐seven per cent of parents who reported that their child hurt themself felt unable to cope with those behaviours. Scores of parents’ perceived coping skills and malaise were associated with the number of behaviour problems. Parents who reported that their child hurt themself, hurt others or had a sleep problem were likely to have a higher malaise

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1993.tb00722.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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SummaryTo establish the reliability of school nurses given training in height measurement we conducted an intra‐ and inter‐individual reliability study under field conditions. The measurements of 7 school nurses were compared with those of a trained auxologist. The pooled standard deviation of the differences between repeat measurements for the school nurses (0·32 cm) compared favourably with that of the auxologist (0·35 cm). Height measurements made by school nurses were accurate within the range of ‐0·53 cm to +0·64 cm when compared with the auxologist. We conclude that a single, accurate height measurement made by a school nurse would be sufficiently reliable for use in routine screening for shor

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1993.tb00723.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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SummarySeventy‐one first‐born infants who had been nursed in prone position since birth, were referred for motor assessment at 3 months, 5 months and 9 months. All infants were administered the same checklist of motor items, based on the Amiel‐Tison Infant Neurological Evaluation and on the Brunet‐Lézine Developmental Psychomotor Scale. Abnormalities in muscular shortening and delay in motor skills were found. These findings are critical as regards environmental influences on postural development, continuities in motor development and issues of early primary prevention. Early identification and follow‐up programmes, including frequent changes in posture, are suggested in order to avoid abnormalities of motor behaviour and subsequently in postura

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1993.tb00724.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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SummaryAn update of the work of the Liverpool Visual Assessment Team. This is a multi‐disciplinary team for the assessment, remediation and management of severely visually impaired children in Liverpool and the surrounding regio

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1993.tb00725.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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SummaryThe management of apparent sleep problems is often not straight‐forward because of a proportion of clients attending with a ‘hidden agenda’, requiring more in‐depth long‐term treatment for psychological problems. This paper looks at a sample of 100 consecutive referrals to a community sleep clinic in the East End of London and attempts to address the question of who comes to the sleep clinic and why. A proportion of clients responded to brief intervention of a behavioural nature but 19% were referred on to other services for psycho‐thera

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1993.tb00726.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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SummaryIn this study we have ascertained the views of 40 parents of 4‐year‐old children with motor disabilities, on the health and education services, social service and the availability of respite care. The children with moderate or severe motor disability who were born in 1985, were identified from the Oxford Regional Register of Early Childhood Impairment.Thirty‐three (83%) completed a questionnaire taken to the home by the health visitor. Although most parents had access to a range of services, lack of information in the early years, fragmentation of services and limited choices were identified as problems. Parents regarded the breadth of care provided by the pre‐school teacher counsellor and the nursery school as very useful, whereas the health service and social services were perceived as less appropriate.This small study suggests that for some families, the objectives of community care as identified in the Griffiths Report (Griffiths 1988) and reiterated in the Children Act (1989) are not yet be

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1993.tb00727.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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SummaryIn order to make adequate provision for staffing and staff training inleagane(long‐term residential care institutions for preschool age children in Romania) a postal survey was conducted in the autumn of 1991 to ascertain the demographic characteristics, job titles and educational attainment of directors and staff, staffing needs and the kinds of positions currently filled, the numbers of directors and staff exposed to continuing education programmes within the last 2 years, and the opinions of directors and staff regarding their most important continuing educational needs.The bulk of the direct care workforce was less than 50 years old. Thirty‐four per cent of the direct care staff had less than a high‐school education. Sixty‐seven per cent of the staff were health professionals or health care workers. There were few psychologists, physical therapists, teachers or social workers.In the last 2 years, directors and other physicians had been mostly exposed to courses in the areas of psycho‐social care/management and paediatric medical care. Nurses had attended professional development courses.Infirmiera(nursing assistants) had also attended professional development courses such as those offered by foreign non‐governmental organizations on the care of institutionalized children. Educators (teaching assistants) had attended courses in child development and rehabilitation. Directors and staff expressed clear opinions regarding their needs and preferences for additio

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1993.tb00728.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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Book review in This Article:Working with young people — legal responsibility and liability, 3rd edn. by The Children's Legal Centre.Royal College of Nursing Manual of Family Health — everyday care in the homeby the Royal College of Nursing.Unplanned Pregnancy: making the right choicefor youby Klein D.&Kaufman T Penguin, HarmondsworthCerebral palsy — the child and young personedited by Lesley Cogher, Elizabeth Savage&Michael F.

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1993.tb00729.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY