National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (NCYPE);REBECCA BALLANTINENational Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (NCYPE);Blackwell Publishing LtdSupport for LearningReilly, C., & Ballantine, R. (2011). Epilepsy in school-aged children: More than just seizures? Support for Learning, 26, ...
An alternative way of looking at epilepsy has been restricted to the observation of personality characteristics and behavioral cognitive impairments, as these are the most important secondary handicaps. The term "behavioural disorders" is connected with the problem of the development of personality. For...
Factors significantly associated with global and specific difficulties in cognition were also identified. Method: A total of 85 (74% of eligible population) school-aged children (5–15 years) with "active" epilepsy underwent comprehensive psychological assessment including assessment of global cognition,...
A model of children's attitudes toward their epilepsy was tested in 173 children (9-14 years) with epilepsy and their parents. Predictor variables tested were child characteristics, family mastery, child worry, child self-efficacy for seizure management, child psychosocial care needs, and seizure ...
The Child in Context Intervention (CICI) was developed to enhance the participation and everyday functioning of children with ABI in the chronic stage in the home and school environments, as well as to improve parent functioning. The CICI was modelled after two studies conducted for adults with ...
All groups of children with epilepsy had significant social deficits, equally for boys and girls in the age range from 2 to 18 years (p<0.05). Boys with epilepsy had limited peer group activities, and parents conferred fewer responsibilities to school age and adolescent children compared to ...
The present study aims to propose proxy QOL tools applicable in all children with epilepsy and to examine the impact of epilepsy characteristics (e.g., age of onset of epilepsy, epilepsy syndrome) and child's age and situation (in mainstream school or in special institution). We studied 219...
A great majority (91.2%) of teachers desire additional information and education about epilepsy. Primary school teachers who work with children with epilepsy have inconsistent knowledge of the capabilities and behavior of, and an inadequate way of working with, children with epilepsy. Therefore, they...
Epilepsy in school children with intellectual impairments in Sheffield: the size and nature of the problem and the implications for service provision This study analyses the prevalence and nature of epilepsy in all children between the ages of 5 and 16 years of age in the City of Sheffield with...
The Child at School: Interactions with Peers and Teachers. Texts in Developmental Psychology Noting that school provides one of the most important arenas for interactive processes that are crucial to children's healthy social development, this book... AD Pellegrini,P Blatchford - Routledge 被引量:...