Search for dissertations about: "Learning disabilities in children"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words Learning disabilities in children.
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16. School-age outcomes of children born at the limit of viability : a Swedish national prospective follow-up study at 10 to 12 years
Abstract : Background/Aim: During the past two decades, major advances in maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology, and the development of regionalized perinatal care have resulted in dramatic increases in survival rates, by more than 60%, of extremely immature (EI) infants born at less than 26 completed weeks of gestation, creating a new infant population. Studies of school-age outcomes in children with an extremely low birth weight of < 1000 g, born in the1980s, indicated that these children had a substantially high prevalence of low-severity neuropsychological deficits, behavioral problems, and difficulties at school. READ MORE
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17. Long-term neurodevelopmental outcome after moderate neonatal encephalopathy and after post-term birth : two population-based studies
Abstract : Long-term neurodevelopmental outcome in two population-based groups of children with different perinatal events was studied: A) Children born at term with moderate neonatal encephalopathy (NE) and B) children born post-term , i.e., at a gestational age of > 42 weeks. READ MORE
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18. The 22q11 deletion syndrome.A clinical and epidemiological study
Abstract : Aims: The aims of this study were to 1) assess the incidence and prevalence of the 22q11 deletion syndrome(22q11DS) in a defined population of western Sweden, 2) to evaluate the presenting phenotype and 3)to investigate the profile of cognitive and nervous system-related disabilities and the resulting handicap,taking into account physical, neurological and psychological aspects.Material and Methods: The incidence was studied in children born in the Western Götaland Region,where Göteborg is the main city, during the years 1991-2000. READ MORE
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19. Educational inclusion for students with neurodevelopmental conditions
Abstract : Introduction: Inclusive education is the response to the human rights movement that requested equal rights to general education for all students, independent of their prerequisites and/or disabilities. Inclusion is different from integration, which concentrates on the capacities of an individual to adapt to a given mainstream. READ MORE
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20. Growing up with Dyslexia : Cognitive and Psychosocial Impact, and Salutogenic Factors
Abstract : The studies in this doctoral thesis report aspects of cognitive and socio emotional development in a group of teenagers and young adults with dyslexia. The 75 subjects, between 14 and 25 years of age, had been diagnosed in the latter half of the 1990s, and the collection of quantitative and qualitative data was performed in 2003-04. READ MORE
