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Prenatal, Perinatal and Postnatal Risk Factors Associated with Fine Motor Function Delay in Pre-School Children in Neiva, Colombia
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Lerma Castaño, Piedad Rocio; Montealegre Suarez, Diana Paola; Mantilla Toloza, Sonia Carolina; Jaimes Guerrero, Carlos Alberto; Romaña Cabrera, Luisa Fernanda; Lozano Mañosca, Daiana Stefanny – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The assessment of fine motor skills in preschoolers becomes a determining indicator of a child's health conditions. The objective of the present study was to determine the prenatal, perinatal and postnatal risk factors of children with delayed development of fine motor skills. The participants were 240 boys and girls from 2 to 5 years old from the…
Descriptors: Prenatal Influences, Perinatal Influences, Risk, Child Development
What Stimulation That Parents Can Provide to Their Child for His/Her Holistic Development from the Time of Conception till Birth?
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Khowaja, Hina Amin – Online Submission, 2017
This paper is an attempt to highlight the ways through which expected parents can support their children for their development from the time of conception till birth. This paper shares ideas to the parents about stimulation, which children are required for their development. This paper is divided into three categories: First trimester, second…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Parent Child Relationship, Child Development, Holistic Approach
Communication Profile of Primary School-Aged Children with Foetal Growth Restriction
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Partanen, Lea Aulikki; Olsén, Päivi; Mäkikallio, Kaarin; Korkalainen, Noora; Heikkinen, Hanna; Heikkinen, Minna; Yliherva, Anneli – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
Foetal growth restriction is associated with problems in neurocognitive development. In the present study, prospectively collected cohorts of foetal growth restricted (FGR) and appropriate for gestational age grown (AGA) children were examined at early school-age by using the Children's Communication Checklist-2 (CCC-2) to test the hypothesis that…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Prenatal Influences, Cognitive Development, Child Development
Sex Differences in the Association between Foetal Growth and Child Attention at Age Four: Specific Vulnerability of Girls
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Murray, Elizabeth; Matijasevich, Alicia; Santos, Iná S.; Barros, Aluísio J. D.; Anselmi, Luciana; Barros, Fernando C.; Stein, Alan – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2015
Background: Recent evidence suggests that impaired foetal growth may provide an early indication of increased risk of child attention problems. However, despite both foetal growth and child attention problems differing by sex, few studies have examined sex differences in this association. Furthermore, no studies have been conducted in low- and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Correlation, Child Behavior, Check Lists
Childhood Brain Insult: Can Age at Insult Help Us Predict Outcome?
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Anderson, Vicki; Spencer-Smith, Megan; Leventer, Rick; Coleman, Lee; Anderson, Peter; Williams, Jackie; Greenham, Mardee; Jacobs, Rani – Brain, 2009
Until recently, the impact of early brain insult (EBI) has been considered to be less significant than for later brain injuries, consistent with the notion that the young brain is more flexible and able to reorganize in the context of brain insult. This study aimed to evaluate this notion by comparing cognitive and behavioural outcomes for…
Descriptors: Injuries, Pregnancy, Children, Brain
Could There Be a Medical Basis for the Declining SAT Scores?
Arnold, Charles B. – 1977
The scores of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) have been declining since 1963. While this decline has occurred, scores on achievement tests administered to students in grades 3 to 11 have been stable. An alalysis of the medical and epidemiological literature was conducted to determine whether there could be a health factor that might have caused…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth, Child Development, College Bound Students