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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The challenge of isolation in immigrant family language maintenance in regional Australia

open access: yes, 2018
The critical factor determining whether children of immigrants become bilingual is strong family and community support for, and use of, the home language(s) alongside English (Pauwels, 2005).
Sims, Margaret   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The influence of isiBhaca on written isiXhosa of learners in the Senior Phase in Umzimkhulu

open access: yesLiterator
Learners in Umzimkhulu identify as amaBhaca and speak isiBhaca at home and with friends. However, at school, they use isiXhosa as a home language (HL) and first additional language (FAL).
Yanga L.P. Majola
doaj   +1 more source

Mother tongue classes: A parental choice, but does choice equate with parental involvement and engagement in learning?

open access: yesEducation in the North, 2019
In Sweden, all children who speak a language other than Swedish at home have a right to mother tongue classes when there are five children in the municipality who request the language as a mother tongue class.
Kirk P.H. Sullivan, Annika E. Sjölander
doaj   +1 more source

A linguistic analysis of spelling errors in Grade 3 isiXhosa home-language learners

open access: yesReading & Writing, 2020
Background: Spelling is a vital component of literacy. This is because spelling includes multiple metalinguistic components, such as phoneme-grapheme awareness, orthographic awareness and morphophonemic knowledge.
Mikaela A. Daries, Tracy N. Probert
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family Language Policy in the Estonian Diaspora in Finland: Language Ideology and Home Language Education

open access: yesLanguages
The article deals with family language policy (FLP) among Estonian families in Finland. The focus is on language beliefs concerning maintenance of Estonian and Estonian home language (HL) classes provided by municipalities free of charge.
Larissa Aksinovits, Anna Verschik
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the Challenges Experienced by Grade Three Teachers when Teaching Reading Proficiency in Xitsonga Home Language Classrooms in Limpopo province, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
The aim of this study was to explore the challenges experienced by grade three teachers when teaching reading proficiency to Xitsonga Home Language learners. A qualitative approach was used with an interpretive research paradigm.
Rachel Basani Mabasa-Manganyi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Habitation: A Domain-Specific Language for Home Automation [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Software, 2009
The appearance of model-driven engineering (MDE) has invigorated research on domain-specific languages (DSLs) and automatic code generation. MDE uses models to build software, thereby displacing source code as the development process's main feature. DSLs provide easy, intuitive descriptions of the system using graphic models.
Jiménez Buendía, Manuel   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Feeding, Fear, and Acceptance: Caregivers’ Experiences of Nutritional Support During Childhood Cancer Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To explore caregivers' experiences and perceptions of the nutritional challenges faced by children and adolescents undergoing cancer treatment, including oral intake and the use of nutritional support. Methods This was a qualitative study based on focus groups with parents and caregivers at a Brazilian pediatric oncology hospital ...
Danyelle Apparecida Balsamão Marques   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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