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Early identification: are speech/language-impaired toddlers at increased risk for Developmental Coordination Disorder?
- Authors:
- GAINES R., MISSIUNA C.
- Journal article citation:
- Child: Care, Health and Development, 33(3), May 2007, pp.325-332.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a movement skill disorder which impacts upon a child’s ability to perform age-appropriate self-care and academic tasks. DCD is commonly comorbid with speech/language learning disabilities. The present study was conducted to determine whether children who had been identified with speech/language delays as toddlers demonstrated characteristics of DCD and/or speech/language problems at kindergarten age. Speech/language and motor assessments who were followed up at 63–80 months of age. Of the 40 children, 18 showed evidence of significant motor impairment and two-thirds of these met diagnostic criteria for DCD at follow-up. Twelve children were identified as having persistent speech/language problems and, of these, nine presented with significant motor co-ordination difficulties. Parental report of gross motor and fine motor problems at follow-up correlated highly with actual motor impairment scores. Young children who are in early intervention programmes for speech/language delays may have significant co-ordination difficulties that will become more evident at kindergarten age when motor deficits begin to impact self-care and academic tasks. Clinical implications for early recognition of motor issues by speech/language pathologists and the potential use of parental reporting tools are addressed.
Assessment of bathing in occupational therapy
- Author:
- GOOCH Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(9), September 2003, pp.402-408.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Describes the assessment methods used by occupational therapists working with adults with physical disabilities and explores the factors that were considered important during the assessment and solution phases of bathing intervention. A survey questionnaire was sent to 108 occupational therapists working in health and social services within Greater London. The findings highlighted that the methods of assessment used most frequently by practitioners were observation in the home or in a simulated environment and face-to-face interviews. During assessment, the components ranked as most important for consideration were 'mobility', 'client priorities', 'safety factors' and 'medical diagnosis'. During the solution phase similar factors were found, with the additional item of the availability of bathing equipment. The findings of this study raise questions related to bathing issues and indicate a need for further study. Of particular interest are the questions of client priorities within the process and the high number of practitioners not including water in the assessment of this potentially dangerous activity.
Help for a sitting target
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.1.03, 2003, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Presents a case study of a wheelchair user who claims his carer physically attacks him, but is unwilling to have his claims investigated.
Thwarted by her mother?
- Authors:
- LAMPERT James, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.11.01, 2001, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A multidisciplinary panel consider the case of a women with cerebal palsy, whose mother does not want her to move out and live independently.
Our way or no way
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.7.01, 2001, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Direct payment schemes can make a positive contribution to care, but what happens when the service user disagrees with the practitioner about how funds should be used? The author talks to a social workers about a case in which the user and her husband had strong views about the type of care they wanted.
Holistic solutions
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.8.99, 1999, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks what happens when a client's behaviour means home care agencies will not work with him. A social workers explains to the author how she was faced with the problem of whether to admit a man with multiple sclerosis and severe depression to a specialist home, and so compromise his valued independence.
Abuse and disabled children: hidden needs?
- Authors:
- COOKE Pamela, STANDEN P.J.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 11(1), January 2002, pp.1-18.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a research project to examine current practices in recording the abuse of disabled children. The project aimed to identify outcomes for those disabled children who have been conferenced for abuse and to compare outcomes with a small group of children without disabilities. Postal questionnaires were sent to social services departments to estimate the incidence of abuse of disabled children, and to estimate how many children had been abused over a 1-year period. Schedules were also prepared for both abused disabled children and non-disabled children. Semi-structured interviews were also held with social workers to clarify some of the issues raised. Schedules completed over a 1 year period in two social services departments showed that they were less likely to be put on the child protection register than a comparison group of non-disabled children. Makes recommendations to increase the competence of authorities to protect disabled children from abuse.
Frankenstein homes: would you want to live in one?
- Author:
- TAYLOR Bruce J.
- Journal article citation:
- New Technology in the Human Services, 14(1/2), 2001, pp.28-38.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Human Service Technology
The media have, in some instances, portrayed smart houses as Frankenstein homes that could potentially run amok with ruinous if not necessarily fatal consequences. Smart homes turn a simple robust system, a house, into a complex tightly coupled system, which means that the potential for failure is increased beyond that predicted by conventional risk analysis. There is some justification in these sensational media stories about smart homes. Furthermore, the lay persons perception of risk is based, not on the absolute risk assessments of experts, but on three more or less independent factors: dread risk, unknown risk, societal and personal exposure.
A precarious package
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.4.01, 2001, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Meeting the care needs of disabled people in their homes entails more risk than providing for them in a specialist unit. Talks to one social worker about a client whose wife wanted him to stay home but who required an intensive care package that proved very difficult to organise.
Reducing the risk factor for disabled children
- Author:
- CROSS Merry
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, March 1998, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
As the Government publishes a consultation document on new child protection guidance, the author argues that the system is failing disabled children partly because of a lack of adequate or appropriate risk assessment methods. Says this is an area that can be fairly easily remedied with a new tool to be used before referral to child protection.