摘要:

Recently clinicians and researchers have directed attention to a group of infants described as “regulatory disordered,” but more commonly characterized as “fussy” or “difficult” infants. Regulatory disordered infants typically display difficulties in sensory processing, attentional skills, and emotion regulation and have been found to develop later perceptual, language, sensory integration, and emotional problems in the preschool years. Traditional models of assessment often are not sensitive enough to identify infants with regulatory disorders; therefore, an expanded model of evaluation is proposed that assesses both parent and child characteristics. The symptomatology of regulatory disordered infants is described, and a model of neurobehavioral organization is proposed that may be useful in differential diagnosis of the various types of regulatory disorders.

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1991

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Issues in treatment of infants with regulatory disorders are addressed. An integrated treatment model is presented that uses a family-centered therapy approach. Parent guidance, child-centered activity, and sensory integrativc therapy techniques are described in their application to infants with emotional lability, poor state regulation, sensory processing dysfunction, and attentional deficits.

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1991

数据来源: OVID

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There are three high-risk categories of premature infants—IUGR, BPD, and IVH—commonly seen in neonatal intensive care units that are known to place the infant at an increased biologic risk. However, social factors can also mediate outcome. Increasingly, data indicate that a complex interaction of biologic and environmental factors determines to a large extent which high-risk infants have an optimal outcome and which infants have a less optimal outcome. The neurodevelopmcntal outcome of these three high-risk groups relative to both biologic risk and environmental risk is discussed.

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1991

数据来源: OVID

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Fccding an infant is a two-person process in which parent and infant coordinate their behaviors to accomplish a basic and essential activity of daily living. The experience of feeding and being fed may contribute to the development of both the infant and parent and shape the parent-infant relationship. When an infant has problems eating, the subsequent difficulty has implications for the developing relationship. Direct and indirect consequences of feeding problems for the parent-infant relationship arc- explored through a review of the literature. The need to take a holistic view of feeding problems and to include an interaction-based approach to early intervention services is discussed.

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1991

数据来源: OVID

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This article defines neuroplascicity broadly and describes its functional and structural bases in normal development and development after injury. Examples of neuroplasticity in experimental animals and human disease are presented. Review of possible mechanisms of brain damage and dysfunction points to potential therapies that promise gratifying future developments in treatment of children with neurologic dysfunction.

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1991

数据来源: OVID

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Personnel standards are needed for professionals involved with infants and toddlers and their families, and innovative, high-quality training must be designed to meet those standards. Current training opportunities in North Carolina were designed with two important questions in mind: What arc some training alternatives that allow professionals to grow in their current role? What are some practical methods of evaluating trainee progress? This article discusses the components of standards that are used to fit trainee needs into an adult learning framework, and a description of quality training practices based on adult learning theory and practice is included.

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1991

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Early childhood professionals increasingly find themselves working with parents who cannot read well enough to function for their own advantage on a daily basis. Although these professionals' mandated clients are generally the children, they can be more effective by assisting the parents with some of their needs as well. An understanding of illiteracy (or nonliteracy) and its implications for parenting affords the early childhood professional a better position from which to operate. This article offers both information and specific advice for effectively helping families in this situation.

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1991

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1991

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

An approach for identifying potential threats to development in hospitalized infants and toddlers is described. The approach utilizes two matrices for systematically organizing knowledge about patient- environment transactions in the hospital that may be detrimental to infants' and toddlers' development. One matrix identifies developmental threats according to threats in the hospital environment for different areas of development. The second matrix suggests “cues” for planning individualized interventions for eliminating, minimizing, or counteracting environmental threats. The initial work on this approach is briefly described to generate discussion regarding its potential usefulness.

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1991

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0896-3746    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1991

数据来源: OVID