Presented is a chart for educators on common medications which may be taken by students for such health problems as diabetes, hypertension, epilepsy, asthma, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and leukemia. The possible side effects of each drug are explained. (SJL)

Adolescent perceptions of the impact of illness were measured through the administration of an original questionnaire to 345 healthy adolescents and 168 adolescents (mean age of both groups, 15) with diabetes mellitus, cystic fibrosis, cancer, and cardiac, renal, or rheumatologic diseases. Journal availability: C. V. Mosby Co; 11830 Westline…

Heart rate and to some extent muscle tension results tended to confirm the attainment of relaxed states. However, the lung function results failed to substantiate the previous, preliminary findings of a clinically meaningful change in pulmonary function following relaxation. (Author/DLS)

The article describes counseling with chronically/terminally ill children and adolescents at the Boston Children's Hospital using a special education-oriented philosophy of support. The authors take a view which emphasizes life and focuses on ways to maintain meaning in the child's life. (SBH)

Factors such as gestational age and birthweight were compared in a follow-up study of 66 neonates with diarrhea and two groups of infants--one with low birthweight, one with optimal birthweight. Among findings was that low birthweight was found to correlate with low test scores on visual perception regardless of whether the infants had had…

Emphasis is given to the major role that emotional components play in the development and maintenance of the teenage diabetic with frequent ketoacidotic or hypoglycemic episodes. The integration of adolescent developmental issues into physician treatment plans is stressed. Journal availability: Medical Association, 535 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago,…

Describes and discusses the sequence of parental reactions to the birth of a malformed infant. Presents some developmental tasks parents must face in order to accept and meet the special needs of their child. (RH)

Discusses ways to assist the development of individual, interpersonal, and social adequacy in adolescents who are chronically ill. (SS)

A high proportion of students seen by student health services have acute rather than chronic alcohol-related problems. (JD)

The review examines the literature on the behaviorally teratogenic aspects of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, including: (1) prevalence of alcohol abuse among women, (2) acute and chronic effects of alcohol on the fetus, (3) genetic susceptibility, (4) neuropathology, (5) correlative conditions, and (6) animal studies. (Author/DB)

The article reviews studies showing that speech and language intervention during the period of cannulation can benefit tracheostomized and ventilator-dependent children by improving their communicative functioning while decreasing their frustration with the tracheostomy placement. Therapeutic interventions with feeding skills are also recommended.…

Administers reading tests to asthmatic students and questionnaires to parents concerning the prevalence of reading difficulties and immune disorders. Finds that the proportion of students with reading problems--especially phonological problems--was much higher than would be expected in a normal reading population, and finds an elevated incidence…

This article focuses on definitions of middle ear inflammation (otitis media), the epidemiology of this disorder, brief considerations of pathophysiology and management, and possible future therapies. (DB))

The article reviews possible effects of the mild, fluctuating hearing loss associated with otitis media with effusion (OME) in children. Two hypotheses, the first assuming an indirect relationship between OME and language mediated by hearing and the second that relationships among OME, hearing, and language may change over time, are presented. (DB)

This article reviews the literature on the relationship of otitis media with effusion (OME) during early childhood to intelligence, academic achievement, and classroom behavior during the preschool and primary school years. Guidelines for assessment, program planning, and intervention for the child with an active episode or past OME history are…