Comparison of Two Brief Parent-Training Interventions for Child Distress During Parent-Administered Needle Procedures.

This randomized clinical trial employed a 2-group (general child behavior management training vs. distraction for pain management training) design across repeated parent-administered needle procedures. Forty-seven children with a chronic illness requiring recurrent injections were observed at baseline and 2 intervention sessions.

Interdisciplinary behavioral intervention for life-threatening obesity in an adolescent with Prader-Willi syndrome - a case report.

Objective: To demonstrate interdisciplinary behavioral rehabilitation for life-threatening obesity in an adolescent female with Prader-Willi syndrome.

Methods: Body Mass Index (BMI), supplemental oxygen requirement, mobility, and tantrums were documented. A 600 kcal per day diet, physical therapy, and exercise were implemented in an inpatient setting.

Social acceptance and facial behavior in children with oral clefts.

Objective: To examine and compare social acceptance, social behavior, and facial movements of children with and without oral clefts in an experimental setting.

Design: Two groups of children (with and without oral clefts) were videotaped in a structured social interaction with a peer confederate, when listening to emotional stories, and when told to pose specific facial expressions.

Participants: Twenty-four children and adolescents ages 7 to 16(1)/(2) years with oral clefts were group matched for gender, grade, and socioeconomic status with 25 noncleft controls.