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Community Food Security Strategies: An Exploratory Study of Their Potential for Food Insecure Households with Children
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Kaiser, Michelle L.; Usher, Kareem; Spees, Colleen – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2015
This research sought to explore nutrition and related health issues of 151 households with children who participated in a survey addressing food access, food security, nutrition, health, food provisioning strategies, and barriers to optimal food consumption. This study explored the potential use of community food security strategies as a tool to…
Descriptors: Food, Security (Psychology), Nutrition, Health
Childhood Leukemia Survivors and Their Return to School: A Literature Review, Case Study, and Recommendations
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Herrmann, D. Scott; Thurber, Jill R.; Miles, Kenneth; Gilbert, Gloria – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2011
Leukemias (blood cell cancers) and central nervous system tumors are the most frequently occurring types of cancer in children. Mortality rates from all childhood cancers have decreased over the past 2 decades. As a result, many childhood cancer survivors are now returning to their schools after having been successfully treated. Although most of…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Mortality Rate, Cancer, Case Studies
Case Study of a Cancer Survivor: Beating the Odds
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Ocampo, Alaine – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2011
Medulla blastomas are known to be invasive and rapidly growing tumors. This case study follows a boy's journey for 3 years from when he was first diagnosed with medulla blastoma. The journey illustrates the complexities and challenges faced by individuals treated for brain tumors. A multifaceted view based on psychometric, cognitive-neuroscience,…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Cancer, Males, Children
Commentary on "Childhood Leukemia Survivors and Their Return to School: A Literature Review, Case Study, and Recommendations"
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Schmitt, Ara – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2011
This commentary pertains to the article, "Childhood Leukemia Survivors and Their Return to School: A Literature Review, Case Study, and Recommendations" by D. Scott Hermann, Jill R. Thurber, Kenneth Miles, and Gloria Gilbert in this issue (2011) regarding pediatric leukemia. The authors present a literature review regarding leukemia in…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Chronic Illness, Special Health Problems, Best Practices
Developmental Perspectives on Optimizing Educational and Vocational Outcomes in Child and Adult Survivors of Cancer
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Rey-Casserly, Celiane; Meadows, Mary Ellen – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2008
Over the last few decades, long-term survival rates of children diagnosed with the two most common forms of childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and brain tumors have improved substantially. Neurodevelopmental and psychosocial sequelae resulting from these diseases and their treatment have a direct impact on the developing brain…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Cancer, Children, Brain
Learning Disabilities in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Concerns for Parents and Teachers.
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Peckham, Virginia C. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
As young people survive childhood cancer at ever-increasing rates, the late effects of treatment that affect growth, development, and cognitive functioning must be considered. This paper describes medical treatment for childhood cancer, long-term survival and general effects of treatment, cognitive late effects of treatment, and educational…
Descriptors: Cancer, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education