Publications by authors named "Luciene Stivanin"

Purpose: the purpose of this study was to describe a language stimulation program, including teacher training and practical activities in the classroom, and investigate the effectiveness of this action on the social functioning and behavioral problems of elementary school children.

Methods: 136 children from six classrooms of a public school and their teachers participated in this research. Of these, half were given the language stimulation program: 16 hours of training for teachers and 9 meetings in the classroom with activities for students.

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Objective: To study the co-occurrence of psychiatric disorders (PD) and communication disorders (CD) and their relationship with global functioning in maltreated children and adolescents.

Methods: The sample comprised 143 maltreated children and adolescents (55.8% male).

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Introduction: Abused children and adolescents are exposed to factors that can trigger vocal changes.

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of vocal changes in abused children and adolescents, through auditory-perceptual analysis of voice and the study of the association between vocal changes, communication disorders, psychiatric disorders, and global functioning.

Methods: This was an observational and transversal study of 136 children and adolescents (mean age 10.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to explore auditory processing issues in children and adolescents living in social vulnerability by comparing them to a control group using behavioral tests and brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) tests.
  • Most tests indicated that the vulnerable group performed significantly worse than the control group, with only one abnormal result in the BAEP test, suggesting intact auditory pathway integrity.
  • The findings suggest that despite normal auditory pathways, children and adolescents in social vulnerability face challenges in behavioral auditory processing.
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Background: [corrected] The relation between picture naming and the short and long term memories.

Aim: to verify the ability of picture naming based on phonological and semantic queues, relating it to memory.

Method: 80 pictures selected from a set of 400 (Cycowicz et al.

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