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Percy, Alan – 1986
Presentations from speakers at a conference on Rett Syndrome are summarized. The presentations focused on Rett Syndrome's genetic basis and identification as a clinical syndrome, involving, among other things, mental subnormality, epilepsy, infantile spasms, hand stereotypes, and poor hand use. Also discussed were: Rett Syndrome's predictive…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Congenital Impairments, Epidemiology, Epilepsy
Rochester School for the Deaf, NY. – 1976
Summarized are the presentation of M. Vernon and the Comments of primary panelists from a seminar on Usher's Syndrome, a genetic disease involving congenital deafness and progressive loss of vision due to retinitis pigmentosa. The following topics are addressed: genetics today, nature of Usher's Syndrome, symptoms, prevalence, lay diagnosis for…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Conference Reports, Deaf Blind, Etiology
Brown, Catherine Caldwell, Ed. – 1983
The booklet summarizes proceedings from a conference on prenatal and perinatal factors associated with learning disabilities and neurological problems. Many of the papers report data from the Collaborative Perinatal Project of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, a longitudinal study of pregnancy…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Birth Weight, Clinical Diagnosis, Diseases
Blea, William A. – 1977
Provided is a collection of presentations from a conference for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and educators meeting to exchange their concerns and share knowledge on various types of sensory handicaps of deaf blind children. The conference is seen as an introduction to the needs of deaf blind children and to the importance of stating diagnostic…
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Conference Reports, Deaf Blind
Hagerman, Randi Jenssen, Ed.; McKenzie, Pamela, Ed. – 1992
This proceedings document presents the texts or summaries of 52 papers given at a 1992 conference on Fragile X syndrome. Preliminary information includes names and institutional affiliations of conference faculty, information about the National Fragile X Foundation, awards presented at the conference, and a list of resource centers (by state).…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Congenital Impairments, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Methods
Sykanda, A. M., Ed.; And Others – 1984
Twenty-five papers are presented from a May, 1983 interdisciplinary conference on the visually impaired child. The following papers are presented: "From Seeds to Fruit" (E. Scott); "Sources of Self-Esteem and the Adjusting Process" (D. Tuttle); "Electronic Travel Aids for Children: Advantages and Disadvantages" (J.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Clinical Diagnosis, Computers, Daily Living Skills
Capute, Arnold J., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This volume, the proceedings of a 1992 conference, presents 14 papers which take a neuropsychological approach to attention deficit disorder, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, and learning disabilities. Papers have the following titles and authors: "A New Conceptual Model for Dyslexia" (Sally E. Shaywitz et al.);…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology)
