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Filter by:Advances in medical technologies over the last three decades have increased survival rates in infants born preterm . Preterm infants are at high risk of developing developmental delays. Implementation of effective strategies aimed at improving the developmental outcome of preterm born children is critical. The proposed study is designed to evaluate the addition of a parent administered sensorimotor program on the developmental outcome of infants who are born preterm.
Caregiver coaching will be provided using telehealth technology, in order to determine the efficacy and effectiveness of the telehealth medium of intervention delivery for caregivers of infants with concern for ASD.
The investigator aims to examine the clinical utility of WES, including assessment of a variety of clinical outcomes in undiagnosed pediatric cases.
Establishing good oral health-related habit is challenging among younger children, especially for preschool children with special needs, as they have physical, mental, sensory, behavioural, emotional, and chronic medical conditions that requires health care beyond the routines. Existing evidences showed that children with special needs have poorer oral health status and more challenging behaviours than their counterparts in main stream schools. Visual pedagogy, such as social stories, have been applied to teach a variety of skills or behaviours to individuals with special needs. They are short stories demonstrating the target skill or behaviour, and then the readers are expected to perform the target skill or behaviour following the demonstrations. Giving the evidence that children with special needs can understand complex situations and learn new practices by using those stories, we expect to apply a package of structured social stories to modify oral health-related behaviours (tooth brushing, healthy eating, dental visit), and thereby, improve oral health status among preschool children with special needs. Establishment of good oral-health related behaviours in early childhood will benefits children in their future life. Additionally, visual pedagogy-assisted oral health education is relatively easy and safe to implement. If proven effective, social story-based preventive care can be recommended to special children globally.
Headstart (HS) is an early childhood education program for low-income children. Preliminary analyses of Hamilton County HS preschoolers with developmental concerns identified 26% with "severe concern" necessitating developmental testing, and only 47% followed-through when some developmental concern was identified. Those less likely to follow-through were African American or Hispanic, lived in larger families, or had asthma. Cultural and economic factors are known barriers to earlier diagnosis of children with developmental disabilities (DD) among African American, Hispanic and low-income children. Given that HS children are low-income and culturally diverse, preschoolers are likely to face barriers to early identification of DD and subsequently kindergarten readiness. Patient navigator programs are effective interventions for vulnerable populations to improve health care access, increase treatment adherence, enhance trust in health care systems, and reduce health care costs. A family (FN) intervention that is culturally-adapted to promote caregiver follow-through, and undergirded by HS's mission of kindergarten success may effectively increase caregiver adherence to developmental testing. The goal of this study is to develop and pilot test a FN intervention in HS that is executed by peer-to-peer navigators to improve adherence with developmental testing in high-risk preschoolers.
The purpose of this study is to analyze patterns in individuals with hnRNP (and other) genetic variants, including their neurological comorbidities, other medical problems and any treatment. The investigators will maintain an ongoing database of medical data that is otherwise being collected for routine medical care. The investigators will also collect data prospectively in the form of questionnaires, neuropsychological assessments, motor assessments, and electroencephalography to examine the landscape of deleterious variants in these genes.
The purpose of this current study is to investigate the efficacy of a group model of Family Nurture Intervention in ameliorating behavioral problems in preschool-aged children. The behavioral, neurobiological and clinical insights gained from this project may eventually lead to better treatment of emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders. The investigator hypothesizes that the children who are treated with Family Nurture Intervention (FNI), which incorporates interactive touch with vocal soothing, and family practice in comforting, will show increased emotional connection and mother child co-regulation with better results in the outcome measures in the short term and long term.
Background: People show changes in brain activity when they watch other people do actions. This may be part of early social and communication skills. Researchers want to understand the stages of normal development of motor observation and imitation in people and how it relates to social development in infants and toddlers. Objective: To study the nature of brain activity that underlies typical brain functioning in infants, toddlers, and adults. Eligibility: Infants ages 8 12 months Healthy adults ages 18 65 Design: Adult participants will have one visit. They will: Answer questions about their family, like its size and ethnicity. Answer questions about their own behavior and do a simple motor task. Have EEG/fNIRS. A damp elastic cap with small sensors will be placed on the head. Participants will observe stimuli, either on a video screen or of a live person. The sensors will be connected to a computer. That will record the participant s brain activity while watching pictures on a screen. Infant participants will have 2 visits. Their parents will answer questions about their family. The parents will fill out forms about their child s development. These will be mailed to them before each visit. Parents will stay with their infant while study staff does an assessment of the child s communication, motor, and thinking skills. Infants will have EEG/fNIRS. Infants who are at risk for developmental delays will come back for another visit when they are about 2 years old. This will repeat the infant visits but it will not include EEG/fNIRS. Some questionnaires and assessments will be videotaped.
The Advancing Child Competencies by Extending Supported Services (ACCESS) for Families Program is a study funded by the National Institutes of Health to explore behavior and developmental problems among young children aging out of Early Steps (Part C). All families will participate in five evaluations in their home to learn more about their child's behavior and development. Families also may receive treatment designed to help change their child's behaviors that will be conducted over the Internet using a tablet.
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of early intervention program in Department of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. The investigators assume that the frequency of early-intervention and degree of family involvement will be associate with the treatment outcome.