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van 't Hof, Maarten; van Nieuwenhuyzen, Annemyn D. Y.; van Berckelaer-Onnes, Ina; Deen, Mathijs; Hoek, Hans W.; Ester, Wietske A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
We investigated the effect of a live online educational program in 93 Dutch Youth and Family Center (YFC) physicians who were screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the general child population. The educational program raised the physicians' level of specific ASD knowledge and it remained higher at six months follow-up (p < 0.01).…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Knowledge Level, Self Efficacy
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Visser-Bochane, Margot I.; Gerrits, Ellen; van der Schans, Cees P.; Reijneveld, Sijmen A.; Luinge, Margreet R. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2017
Background: Atypical speech and language development is one of the most common developmental difficulties in young children. However, which clinical signs characterize atypical speech-language development at what age is not clear. Aim: To achieve a national and valid consensus on clinical signs and red flags (i.e. most urgent clinical signs) for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developmental Disabilities, Speech Language Pathology, Clinical Diagnosis
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Blom, Elma; Boerma, Tessel – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Many children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have weaknesses in executive functioning (EF), specifically in tasks testing interference control and working memory. It is unknown how EF develops in children with DLD, if EF abilities are related to DLD severity and persistence, and if EF weaknesses expand to selective attention.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Interference (Learning)
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Tibosch, Marijke – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2008
The study investigated the relationship between family stress and child characteristics in families with motor impaired toddlers. Families of 20 children between 2 1/2 and 5 years old with motor impairments, who visit a therapeutic toddler class in a rehabilitation centre, participated. The study was carried out in the Netherlands. Family stress…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Toddlers, Foreign Countries, Physical Disabilities
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Tick, Nouchka T.; Van Der Ende, Jan; Koot, Hans M.; Verhulst, Frank C. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: The societal changes experienced by Western societies in recent decades have raised concerns about increases in the level of children's mental health problems. Although studies of secular changes in the prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses have indeed shown increases, their results may have been influenced by methodological problems,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Medical Research, Emotional Disturbances, Hyperactivity
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Thoonen, G.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1994
This study attempted to quantify diagnostic characteristics related to consonant production of developmental verbal dyspraxia (DVD) in 11 Dutch children (ages 6 and 7). The study was able to quantify diagnostic characteristics but found very few qualitative differences in error patterns between children with DVD and 11 age-matched children with…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Consonants, Error Analysis (Language), Expressive Language
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Maassen, Ben; Pasman, Jaco; Nijland, Lian; Rotteveel, Jan – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2006
It has long been recognized that from the first months of life auditory perception plays a crucial role in speech and language development. Only in recent years, however, is the precise mechanism of auditory development and its interaction with the acquisition of speech and language beginning to be systematically revealed. This paper presents the…
Descriptors: Neuropsychology, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Clinical Diagnosis