Search for dissertations about: "developmental screening"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 68 swedish dissertations containing the words developmental screening.
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6. Treatment Evaluation and Screening of Autism
Abstract : The aims of this thesis were: to review studies of treatment evaluation from the years 1992-2002; to evaluate the Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication Handicapped Children, TEACCH, treatment model for adults and children with autism; to develop and evaluate a screening instrument for early detection of autism and other developmental deficits, SEEK. The instruments used were: the Altman Checklist for Evaluating Medical Research; the Adult and Adolescent PsychoEducational Profile, AAPEP; and the SEEK. READ MORE
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7. Neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders in a young school-age population. Epidemiology and comorbidity in a school health perspective
Abstract : A total population of 826 7-year old children attended schools in Karlstad, a middle-sized town in central Sweden in August of 1992. Of these, 818 attended mainstream classrooms. READ MORE
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8. Targeting toddlers’ communication difficulties at the Swedish child health services – a public health perspective
Abstract : Communication is fundamental for human interaction. Communication difficulties have a negative impact on children’s learning, relations, and quality of life and are regarded as a public health problem. READ MORE
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9. Antisociality in a developmental perspective
Abstract : The general aim in this thesis is to study different factors that might affect antisocial and violent behaviour in incarcerated Russian juvenile delinquents, such as: psychopathic tendencies; personality traits; impulsiveness; antisocial attitudes; and, alcohol problems. The thesis consists of two studies, Study 1 and Study 2. READ MORE
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10. New Functions for Old Genes in the Mouse Placenta
Abstract : Different species are separated by pre-zygotic reproductive barriers which impede gene flow between them. Rarely, when pre-zygotic barriers break down, interspecific hybrids are produced that display abnormal phenotypes, collectively called hybrid dysgenesis effects. READ MORE