Studies evaluating school readiness profiles and quality of early education are scarce and have produced inconsistent results. This study aimed to identify school readiness profiles, correlating them with the quality of education, in an epidemiological sample of 722 children (4 and 5 years old; 48.9% female).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To analyze the epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with developmental disabilities followed in a university clinic in Brazil.
Methods: Descriptive, retrospective study, based on medical records. Children aged zero to 18 years with developmental problems, firstly evaluated between 2009 and 2018, were included.
Objectives: To review the literature about the environmental impact on children's mental, behavior, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Sources Of Data: A nonsystematic review of papers published on MEDLINE-PubMed was carried out using the terms environment and mental health or psychiatric disorders or neurodevelopmental disorders.
Summary Of Findings: Psychopathology emerges at different developmental times as the outcome of complex interactions between nature and nurture and may impact each person in different ways throughout childhood and determine adult outcomes.
Objective: To evaluate sociodemographic and clinical aspects of children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and their behavioral characteristics.
Methods: Interview with parents of patients with SCD from four to ten years old, addressing socioeconomic aspects and other health conditions, and using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Clinical data were obtained from medical records.
Objective: To describe the care needs reported by caregivers of children with disabilities going through the school inclusion process using the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory.
Methods: Cross-sectional study with 181 children aged 7 to 10 years with physical or mental disabilities, undergoing the inclusion process in Elementary school in 2007.
Location: 31 schools of the Regional Education Board - District of Penha, East Side the city of São Paulo.
The scope of this article is to describe the disabilities of students in the process of inclusion by means of the PEDI - Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted. The population studied included 181 students (7-10 years old) from 31 public schools in São Paulo.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To review the literature on outpatient care of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities, focusing on prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, outcomes and rehabilitation.
Sources: Search of Medline and Lilacs databases; publications of scientific committees of institutions for children with special needs; and outpatient care reports of reference centers for the treatment of children and adolescents with mental and developmental disabilities.
Summary Of The Findings: This population presents health problems associated with the basic pathology and its consequences in addition to the usual problems of the specific age group.