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Tuija Aro; Reeta Neittaanmäki; Elisa Korhonen; Heli Riihimäki; Minna Torppa – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
The present study examined whether learning disabilities (LD) in reading and/or math (i.e., reading disability [RD], math disability [MD], and RD+MD) co-occur with other diagnoses. The data comprised a clinical sample (n = 430) with LD identified in childhood and a sample of matched controls (n = 2,140). Their medical diagnoses (according to the…
Descriptors: Comorbidity, Learning Disabilities, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Mental Disorders
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Delobel-Ayoub, M.; Saemundsen, E.; Gissler, M.; Ego, A.; Moilanen, I.; Ebeling, H.; Rafnsson, V.; Klapouszczak, D.; Thorsteinsson, E.; Arnaldsdóttir, K. M.; Roge, B.; Arnaud, C.; Schendel, D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
We estimated autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence in 7-9 year-old children in 2015 using data from three nationwide health registry systems (Denmark, Finland, Iceland) and two French population-based regional registries. Prevalence ranged from 0.48% in South-East France to 3.13% in Iceland (South-West France: 0.73%, Finland: 0.77%, Denmark:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Incidence
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Honkasilta, Juho; Vehkakoski, Tanja – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2019
This study presents co-narrated school experiences of a young Finnish girl diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and those of her parents. The discourse analysis of the family interview focused on the discrepant ways family members gave meanings to and mobilised the ADHD categorisation while narrating their broken school…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Students with Disabilities, Student Experience, Parents
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Özerk, Kamil – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2018
The prevalence of autism/autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been increasing across the world. Previous studies in Norway reported, that the prevalence rate for 0-10-year-old children is 1 in 166, and in the case of 11-year-old children it is 1 in 125. Moreover, another nationwide study discovered that 1 in 192 males and 1 in 695 females between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Incidence
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Saar, Virpi; Levänen, Sari; Komulainen, Erkki – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the verbal and nonverbal cognitive profiles of children with specific language impairment (SLI) with problems predominantly in expressive (SLI-E) or receptive (SLI-R) language skills. These diagnostic subgroups have not been compared before in psychological studies. Method: Participants were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Expressive Language, Receptive Language
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Mandy, William; Charman, Tony; Puura, Kaija; Skuse, David – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
The recent "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition" ("DSM-5") reformulation of autism spectrum disorder has received empirical support from North American and UK samples. Autism spectrum disorder is an increasingly global diagnosis, and research is needed to discover how well it generalises beyond…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Models
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Lahti, Tuuli; Halme, Jukka; Pankakoski, Maiju; Sinclair, David; Alho, Hannu – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2013
This article describes the socio-demographic characteristics and gambling behavior of 39 pathological gamblers who participated in our treatment study in 2009. The inclusion criteria of the study were: score of five or more on both the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) and a pathological gambling screen based on the Diagnostic and Statistical…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Age, Mental Disorders, Suicide
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Walldén, Sari; Mäkinen, Erkki – Informatics in Education, 2014
This paper considers the use of log data provided by learning management systems when studying whether students obey the problem-based learning (PBL) method. Log analysis turns out to be a valuable tool in measuring the use of the learning material of interest. It gives reliable figures concerning not only the number of use sessions but also the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Data, Data Analysis, Longitudinal Studies
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Ikaheimo, Olli; Laukkanen, Matti; Hakko, Helina; Rasanen, Pirkko – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2013
The influence of family structure on criminality in adolescents is well acknowledged in population based studies of delinquents, but not regarding adolescent psychiatric inpatients. The association of family structure to criminality was examined among 508 adolescents receiving psychiatric inpatient treatment between 2001 and 2006. Family structure…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Parents, Mental Disorders
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Mattila, Marja-Leena; Jussila, Katja; Linna, Sirkka-Liisa; Kielinen, Marko; Bloigu, Risto; Kuusikko-Gauffin, Sanna; Joskitt, Leena; Ebeling, Hanna; Hurtig, Tuula; Moilanen, Irma – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
We assessed the validity and determined cut-off scores for the Finnish Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ). A population sample of 8-year-old children (n = 4,408) was rated via the ASSQ by parents and/or teachers, and a subgroup of 104 children was examined via structured interview, semi-structured observation, IQ measurement, school…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Autism, Observation, Structured Interviews
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Mattila, Marja-Leena; Kielinen, Marko; Linna, Sirkka-Liisa; Jussila, Katja; Ebeling, Hanna; Bloigu, Risto; Joseph, Robert M.; Moilanen, Irma – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: The latest definitions of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) were specified in "DSM-IV-TR" in 2000. "DSM-5" criteria are planned for 2013. Here, we estimated the prevalence of ASDs and autism according to "DSM-IV-TR," clarified confusion concerning diagnostic criteria, and evaluated "DSM-5" draft…
Descriptors: Observation, Incidence, Autism, Asperger Syndrome
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Sund, Reijo; Pukkala, E.; Patja, K. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: Fragile X syndrome is a common inheritable cause of intellectual disability (ID) and is characterised by a large number of CGG repeats at the gene "FMR1" located on the X-chromosome. It has been reported that this genetic mechanism may protect against malignant transformations. Methods: We extracted from the Finnish registry…
Descriptors: Incidence, Mental Retardation, Cancer, Foreign Countries
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Brunila, Kristiina – Education Inquiry, 2012
This article considers the rise of therapeutic education in Finland, a phenomenon already acknowledged in Europe, Canada and the United States. In Finland, the therapeutic ethos has been assimilated into educational policies and practices, but the shift to therapisation and especially its consequences have attracted little interest in critical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Youth, Resilience (Psychology), Therapy
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Mattila, Marja-Leena; Kielinen, Marko; Jussila, Katja; Linna, Sirkka-Liisa; Bloigu, Risto; Ebeling, Hanna; Moilanen, Irma – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: This study evaluated the diagnostic process and prevalence rates of Asperger syndrome (AS) according to the DSM-IV, ICD-10, and criteria developed by Gillberg and Gillberg and by Szatmari and colleagues and clarified confusion about AS. Method: An epidemiological study of 5,484 eight-year-old children in Finland, 4,422 (80.6%) of whom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Observation, Incidence, Criteria
Simila, Seppo; Kokkonen, Jourma – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
Three Finnish patients with Down syndrome and celiac disease are described. The incidence of celiac disease among patients with Down syndrome was calculated to be 20 times greater than in children without Down syndrome, indicating that it should be kept in mind when patients suffer from recurrent diarrhea and/or delayed puberty. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Chronic Illness, Clinical Diagnosis
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