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Physical Activity, Sleep and Sedentary Behaviour of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities, Family Caregivers and Service Providers During COVID‐19 Pandemic Recovery

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Guidelines outline recommended amounts of physical activity (PA), sleep and sedentary time for optimal health. Research suggests that adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) often do not meet recommendations and that engagement in healthy behaviours is impacted by those around them. The COVID‐19 pandemic amplified these concerns.
Laura C. Koch, Yona Lunsky, Kathleen Tremells, Tiziana Volpe, Anupam Thakur, Johanna Lake, Laura St. John   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging brain science for impactful advocacy and policymaking: The synergistic partnership between developmental cognitive neuroscientists and a parent-led grassroots movement to drive dyslexia prevention policy and legislation

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Reading proficiency is crucial for academic, vocational, and economic success and has been closely linked to health outcomes. Unfortunately, in the United States, a concerning 63% of fourth-grade children are reading below grade level, with approximately
Nadine Gaab, Nancy Duggan
doaj   +1 more source

The Feasibility of a Chair Yoga Intervention to Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing for Adults With Learning Disabilities: A Pilot Study

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Yoga has been shown to have physical benefits for people with learning disabilities. It is unclear whether the mental health and wellbeing benefits of yoga found in other populations are apparent in people with learning disabilities. This study was a pilot. Method The study comprised three stages.
Dale Metcalfe, Alice Gibson‐Fisher, Toni J. Southern, Chris Jackson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Latent Profile Analysis of Challenging Behaviour in Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities: Examining Associated Factors and Life Satisfaction

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Challenging behaviours (CBs) are known to adversely affect life satisfaction among individuals with intellectual disabilities. Little is known about the impact of different profiles of CBs amongst individuals with intellectual disabilities in South Korea.
Yesang Cho
wiley   +1 more source

A Scoping Review of Teacher–Parent Collaboration for Communicative Development in Students With Intellectual Disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with intellectual disabilities have the right to express themselves and to receive appropriate communicative support. Parents' knowledge, shaped through daily interactions and long‐term observation, is essential for understanding and supporting communicative development. Yet, such knowledge is seldom systematically embedded
Kamilla Klefbeck
wiley   +1 more source

Positive and Negative Experiences of Caring Among Adolescent Young Carers

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research has highlighted that adolescent young carers (AYCs) are in a vulnerable position due to their caring responsibilities being combined with the challenges of adolescence. However, caring among adolescents does not have to be a solely negative experience and positive experiences of caring can co‐exist.
Miriam Svensson, Kevin J. McKee, Francesco Barbabella, Lennart Magnusson, Rosita Brolin, Elizabeth Hanson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developmental dyslexia [PDF]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2003
openaire   +2 more sources

Vision and Reading Difficulties Part 1: Specific learning difficulties and vision [PDF]

, 2009
This article is the first in a series of five about vision and reading difficulties, and provides an introduction and an overview of learning disabilities and specific learning difficulties.
Allen, Peter M, Evans, Bruce J W, Wilkins, Arnold   +2 more
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Screening for brain‐related comorbidities in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Construction, reliability, and validity of the BIND screener

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
The Brain Involvement iN Dystrophinopathies (BIND) screener is an 18‐item questionnaire with strong reliability and validity for identifying potential brain‐related comorbidities in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. It allows rapid, cross‐age and cross‐country screening for both clinical and research purposes, demonstrating good sensitivity and specificity.
Ruben Miranda, Pien M. M. Weerkamp, Anna Kolesnik, Chloe Geagan, Daniela Chieffo, Mariana Suárez‐Bagnasco, David Skuse, Elizabeth Vroom, Erik H. Niks, John Vissing, Isabelle Desguerre, Volker Straub, Francesco Muntoni, Eugenio Mercuri, Jos G. M. Hendriksen, on behalf of BIND Consortium, Nathalie Angeard, Dimitrios Athanasiou, Suzie‐Ann Bakker, Nathalie Boddaert, Ellie Drummond, Chloe Durrlemann, Fernanda Fortunato, Luis Miguel García‐Moreno, Mattia Gervasi, Rosanne Govaart, Irina Guliaeva, Catherine Hankinson, Leslie Hemar, Rebecca Hendel, Hermien Kan, Leevi Kerkela, Gregory Landon, Monika Malinova, William Mandy, Federica Moriconi, Monia Pellizzari, Sarah Poncet, Elvina Sakellariou, Sergiu Siminiuc, Anna Würgler Slipsager, Lily Smythe, Pietro Spitali, Mads Peter Godtfeldt Stemmerik, Asmus Vogel, Jeanne Wolstencroft, Camilla Zanetti   +46 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developmental stuttering with common and complex phenotypes

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Aim To describe the phenotypic spectrum associated with stuttering. Method Individuals with current or resolved developmental stuttering self‐referred. Surveys assessed stuttering characteristics (onset, negative impact, family history) and health (early development, other conditions). Speech and non‐verbal intelligence were assessed using conversation
Sarah E. Horton, Daisy A. Shepherd, Stephanie Siemers, Miya St John, Juliette Catherall, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Angela T. Morgan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source