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Curran, Amy; Flynn, Catherine; Antonijevic-Elliott, Stanislava; Lyons, Rena – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: Non-attendance and inappropriate referrals affect the effective and efficient running of healthcare services. Non-engagement with speech and language therapy (SLT) services may lead to negative long-term consequences for children in need of SLT intervention. Currently there is a dearth of research on non-attendance and non-engagement…
Descriptors: Speech Therapy, Referral, Intervention, Attendance
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March, John S. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Objective: Given striking advances in translational developmental neuroscience and its convergence with developmental psychopathology and developmental epidemiology, it is now clear that mental illnesses are best thought of as neurodevelopmental disorders. This simple fact has enormous implications for the nature and organization of psychotherapy…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Psychopathology, Epidemiology, Adolescents
Apel, Laura, Comp. – Exceptional Parent, 2007
Horses have always been appreciated by humans for their strength, beauty, and gentle demeanor. Children, especially, have gravitated toward them and many experience their first horseback riding lesson at a young age. However, horses can play a very different role in the lives of children and adults with disabilities. Hippotherapy is physical,…
Descriptors: Therapy, Recreational Activities, Horses, Disabilities
Micheli, Lyle, Ed.; And Others – 1991
The information shared in this document represents a dialogue between the United States and the Soviet Union on the discipline of dance medicine, which involves the care of injured dancers as well as prevention of injuries. An introduction including a preface, opening remarks, and an overview of dance medicine comprises section 1. The second…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Dance, Dance Education
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Brice, Alejandro E. – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
It is estimated that 3.2% of Cuba's population of 11.4 million persons has a severe disability of some kind. Recent economic difficulties have, it may be assumed, had a negative impact on health service provision--which is free to all--and thus, on population health outcomes and nutritional levels. There is a traditional culture of family care for…
Descriptors: Health Services, Special Schools, Social Problems, Mental Retardation
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Snow, James B., Jr. – Volta Review, 1997
This article reviews current research that has located disease genes causing hearing impairments, discovered the ability of sensory cells of the inner ear to regenerate, developed vaccines to prevent otitis media, developed programmable hearing aids, improved cochlear implants, and demonstrated the positive effects of physical therapy with balance…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Cochlear Implants, Etiology