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SummaryThis study examined the current practices of sensory motor programming with developmentally delayed infants and young children. A survey was conducted of facilities listed as serving this population group. There were 625 facilities which responded (response rate 84%). The responses of these facilities showed that each modal facility served between 21–50 children in day settings, and that 95% of the facilities offered individualized sensory motor programmes. Responses indicated that the way sensory motor programming was developed, the activities used, and the expected benefits had a high degree of similarity. Differences, however, were reported in the professional background of the programme directors, in their theoretical orientation, and in the assessment instruments used for developing and evaluating sensory motor programmes. There are implications for future stud

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1984.tb00191.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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SummaryOne hundred and fourteen preschool school children and their 30 mothers from three selected villages in Ile‐Ife, Nigeria were assessed for nutritional status using selected and sensitive anthropometric techniques. The mothers' dietary patterns, their perceptions as to components of a good quality of life, infants' immunization status and major cause of infant death were also examined. Approximately 56% of the children and 80% of the women were identified to be suffering from mild to moderate malnutrition. The major cause of infant death as reported by the mothers was high fever and convulsion. Practically all the children under 3 years had not received any form of immunization. Ability to have plenty of children, good health and money, were highly perceived as measures of essential components of quality of life by all the mothers, while 20% listed good feeding, housing, clothing, and only 7% listed potable water. The need for effective health services, regular home visits, supplementary feeding programmes for school children and an effective health education campaign on the importance of immunization and nutrition for rural people are discussed. The training of agricultural extension workers in the use of simple anthropometric techniques to identify covert malnutrition is also highlighte

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1984.tb00192.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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SummaryMost evaluations of programme effectiveness are based on process data (the data generated by the programme) and used for internal monitoring and service development. Context (the ecology of therapeutic systems), input (the identification of what is in fact different between two therapeutic systems) and product (the consequence of different inputs, taking account of context) evaluations are rarely, if ever, produced. In this paper (using input and product evaluations) the progress of twelve Down's syndrome and twelve multiply‐handicapped children attending, over a period of 18 months, two different therapeutic systems operated by the New Zealand Society for the Intellectually Handicapped (Auckland Branch/outside Auckland Branches) is assessed. The progress of the Auckland children is significantly better in a number of areas than for those outside Auckland. This improvement in progress can be attributed to input differences that reflect the Auckland Branch's policy of service development. The most important determinants of a successful programme are not staff/student ratios, time in class or specialist assistance, all of which favour the outside Auckland groups, but the degree of structure, detail of programmes and assessments, and quality of parent contact in which Auckland seems superior. The results for the Down's syndrome group compare favourably with those from other Down's syndrome programme

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1984.tb00193.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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SummaryFour hundred and twenty‐five normal children in the age range 18 months to 4½ years have been studied to determine the percentage of children according to age who can be expected to cooperate in a letter‐matching vision test using a key card; to see whether the use of plastic letters to replace the key card lowers the age at which a letter‐matching test can be achieved, and to show that children in this age range can do a vision test at 20ft (6m). Acceptance of occlusion using a patch occludcr was also examined. The study shows that children effectively begin to cooperate in letter‐matching vision tests using a key card from 33 months of age. Replacement of the key card with plastic letters lowers the age to 30 months and thereafter there is a gain of some 25% of children up to 39 months. All children were successfully tested at 20ft (6m). The most difficult age for occlusion was in the age group around the second

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1984.tb00194.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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SummaryA review of the literature on twins is provided regarding bonding, parent preference, temperament and personality, the separation‐individuation process, cognitive development, and child abuse. Practical suggestions are given for successfully parenting twins toward optimal growth and developmen

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1984.tb00195.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this article:Children. A Hand Book for Children's Doctorsedited by Peter Gray&Forester Cockburn.Child Development and Social Policy ‐ the Life and Work of Jack Tizardedited by A. D. B. Clarke&B. Tizard.The Day‐Care Dilemma: Women and Children Firstby Marian Blum.Lecture Notes on the Infectious Diseasesby B, K. Mandal&R. T. Mayon‐White.Daily Living with a Handicapped Childby Diana M. MillardGuidelines to Drug Usageby G. Upunda, J. Yudkin&G. V. Brown.Coping with young childrenby Jo Douglas and Naomi Richman.My chitd won't sleepby Jo Douglas and Naomi Richman.Children's Psychological Testing ‐ A Guide for Non‐Psychologistsby David L

ISSN:0305-1862    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2214.1984.tb00196.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY