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Infants with Down Syndrome: Percentage and Age for Acquisition of Gross Motor Skills
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Pereira, Karina; Basso, Renata Pedrolongo; Lindquist, Ana Raquel Rodrigues; da Silva, Louise Gracelli Pereira; Tudella, Eloisa – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The literature is bereft of information about the age at which infants with Down syndrome (DS) acquire motor skills and the percentage of infants that do so by the age of 12 months. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the difference in age, in relation to typical infants, at which motor skills were acquired and the percentage of infants with DS…
Descriptors: Motor Development, Infants, Down Syndrome, Psychomotor Skills
How Do Object Size and Rigidity Affect Reaching and Grasping in Infants with Down Syndrome?
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de Campos, Ana Carolina; Francisco, Kelly Regina; Savelsbergh, Geert J. P.; Rocha, Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Reaching and grasping skills have been described to emerge from a dynamic interaction between intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the interaction between such an intrinsic factor, Down syndrome, and extrinsic factors, such as different object properties. Seven infants with Down syndrome and seven…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Infants, Interaction, Psychomotor Skills
Development of Reaching and Grasping Skills in Infants with Down Syndrome
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de Campos, Ana Carolina; Rocha, Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira; Savelsbergh, Geert J. P. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Reaching and grasping skills have been described to emerge from a dynamic interaction between intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The aims of the study were to investigate the effect of such intrinsic factors as age and Down syndrome on the development of reaching and grasping skills and on overall gross motor skill, and to test the influence of the…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Physics, Infants, Psychomotor Skills
Sleeping Position and Health Status of Children at Six-, Eighteen- and Thirty-Six-Month Development
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Lung, For-Wey; Shu, Bih-Ching – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Using structural equation modeling to investigate the multiple pathways of sleeping position and children's early development at six-, eighteen- and thirty-six-month children, with parental demographics and child health status controlled. The participants consisted of 1783 six-month children, who were assessed using the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Infants, Toddlers, Child Development
Cerebral Visual Impairment: Which Perceptive Visual Dysfunctions Can Be Expected in Children with Brain Damage? A Systematic Review
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Boot, F. H.; Pel, J. J. M.; van der Steen, J.; Evenhuis, H. M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The current definition of Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) includes all visual dysfunctions caused by damage to, or malfunctioning of, the retrochiasmatic visual pathways in the absence of damage to the anterior visual pathways or any major ocular disease. CVI is diagnosed by exclusion and the existence of many different causes and symptoms make…
Descriptors: Partial Vision, Neurological Impairments, Objective Tests, Pathology
The Neuropsychology of 22q11 Deletion Syndrome. A Neuropsychiatric Study of 100 Individuals
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Niklasson, Lena; Gillberg, Christopher – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The primary objective of this study was to study the impact of ASD/ADHD on general intellectual ability and profile, executive functions and visuo-motor skills in children and adults with 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS). A secondary aim was to study if gender, age, heart disease, ASD, ADHD or ASD in combination with ADHD had an impact on general…
Descriptors: Heart Disorders, Intelligence Quotient, Neuropsychology, Etiology