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Family Impact of Acquired Brain Injury in Children and Youth
Conclusions: Two years after onset, the parent-reported that impact of ABI on the family as measured by the PedsQL FIM was considerable especially in patients with moderate/severe NTBI.
Source: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics - June 1, 2015 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Sexuality and Intellectual Disability
CASE: Amad is a wonderful 16-year-old young man from Syria who has recently relocated to the United States from his war-torn native country. In his last few years in Syria, he was primarily at home with his mother, and they sought refuge with a maternal aunt in the United States seeking asylum and treatment of Amad's disability. At 8 years of age, he had intelligence testing in the United Arab Emirates, which showed a verbal intelligence score on the Wechsler intelligence scale for children (WISC) of 68 and a performance of 64. His working memory was 67 and his processing speed was 65. On arrival in the United States, his ...
Source: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics - September 30, 2015 Category: Child Development Tags: Challenging Case Source Type: research

Assessment and Treatment of a Young Adult with Congenital Heart Disease and ADHD
CASE: Phillip is a young man born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome referred to your practice for a range of mental health concerns. He underwent palliation to an extracardiac Fontan in infancy and experienced multiple complications over the next decade including valvular regurgitation and arrhythmias necessitating a pacemaker. Phillip continued to have systolic heart failure with New York Heart Association class II symptoms, managed with 4 medications and anticoagulation. Despite this complex history, Phillip had intact cognitive abilities, achieved typical milestones, and performed well academically in secondar...
Source: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics - May 1, 2021 Category: Child Development Tags: Challenging Case Source Type: research

Sociodemographic and Biomedical Correlates of Developmental Delay in 2- and 4-Year-Olds with Sickle Cell Disease
Conclusion: The cross-sectional data indicate biomedical and psychosocial risks are related to developmental delay, but the association with specific risk factors differs across age.
Source: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics - May 1, 2022 Category: Child Development Tags: Original Article Source Type: research