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Family-Centered Practices and Caregiver Mental Health in a Developmental Intervention for Young Children with Congenital Zika Syndrome
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Williams, Natalie A.; Villachan-Lyra, Pompéia; Hatton-Bowers, Holly; Marvin, Christine; Chaves, Emmanuelle; Hollist, Cody; Gomes, Renata Trefiglio Mendes; Barbosa, Leopoldo Nelson F. – Infants and Young Children, 2023
The goal of this study was to describe the provision of intervention services to children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) in a large health care institution located in Recife, Brazil, and family factors related to intervention involvement, through the lens of family-centered developmental--behavioral pediatric care principles. Caregivers (N =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Children, Caregivers
Growth in Children with Congenital Zika Syndrome: A 4-Years Longitudinal Cohort Study
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Tavares, Jousilene de Sales; Gama, Gabriela Lopes; Cavalcante Guedes Pinheiro, Hannah; Souza de Azevedo, Girlene; Balbino da Silva, Mariana; Ayalla de Castro Meira, Chanazy; Melo, Adriana Suely Oliveira; Amorim, Melania Maria Ramos – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
To describe and analyze the changes in anthropometric parameters in children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) from birth to four years of age. This prospective study evaluated 117 children diagnosed with CZS. Anthropometric indices evaluated annually were classified with respect to presence of microcephaly and adequacy of weight-for-age,…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Infants, Preschool Children, Human Body
Analysis of Interaction and Attention Processes in a Child with Congenital Deafblindness
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Villas Boas, Denise Cintra; Ferreira, Léslie Piccolotto; de Moura, Maria Cecília; Maia, Shirley Rodrigues; Amaral, Isabel – American Annals of the Deaf, 2016
Children with deafblindness need support to be able to understand the world and to have access to information. The authors analyzed a dyad consisting of a child with congenital deafblindness and a specialized teacher. The study included participant observations and audiovisual recordings. It was found that the child showed attention to the teacher…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Children, Deaf Blind
Molecular and Cytogenic Analyses on Brazilian Youths with Pervasive Developmental Disorders.
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Estecio, Marcos Roberto Higino; Fett-Conte, Agnes Cristina; Varella-Garcia, Marileila; Fridman, Cintia; Silva, Ana Elizabete – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2002
This study evaluated cytogenetic and molecular parameters in 30 Brazilian youths with autism or other pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). The high frequency of chromosomopathies found support the hypothesis that PDDs may develop as a consequence to chromosomal abnormalities and justify the cytogenetic and molecular assessment during diagnosis…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Congenital Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Foreign Countries