Early recognition of real or potential developmental impairments in infants is an important public health role. Community health nurses have initial access to the infant population by the mandated newborn visit and the necessary skills and tools to assess infants for developmental impairments. This experimental study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of scheduled nursing assessments of growth, development, vision, hearing and nutrition from birth to nine months of age. A secondary purpose was to determine the predictive validity of currently used pregnancy and infant profiles for subsequent developmental impairment. The null hypotheses tested were: I. That the scheduled, community health nursing assessments between birth and nine months of age will not detect any developmental impairments which have not already been detected by existing health services. II. That there is no significant difference in the number of developmental impairments detected at nine months of age, between a group of infants screened by the proposed schedule of assessments and a group not so screened. III. That there is no significant difference in the number of children exhibiting developmental impairments by nine months of age, between a group of "at risk" and a group of not "at risk" infants, using the criteria from the Vancouver Health Department's Pregnancy Profile and Infant Profile At Risk Criteria. One hundred infants from one health unit area were studied, alternately assigned to an experimental and a control group. The experimental group received three visits in addition to the newborn visit, at 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months, for various combinations of five types of assessments. The control group received only the usual newborn visit, but no control was used to prevent access to any other health services during the study period. Pregnancy and infant profiles were completed for the subjects in both groups at the initial visit. 9 month assessments of growth, development, vision, hearing and nutrition were completed for both groups. The data were subjected to descriptive analysis and statistical analysis by Fisher's exact test of probability, using 2x2 contingency tables. The findings supported scheduled community health nursing assessments of infants from birth to nine months of age. The pregnancy and infant profiles were found to be sensitive but not specific tools for prediction of subsequent developmental impairment. The three null hypotheses were rejected. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Nursing, School of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- James Cook University, 2005. / Typescript (photocopy) Bibliography: leaves 298-328.

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Thesis--New York University. / Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1977. -- 21 cm. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-80).

This thesis deals with a) The investigation of the problem of clumsiness resulting from developmental apraxia and agnosia ; b) the development of effective screening tests particularly suitable for employment by medical practitioners and specialist schoolteachers for the identification of these children. Chapter 2 reports the detailed initial investigation in Great Britain of 21 such clumsy children who had been referred for diagnosis and management. This study in turn stimulated a clinical survey of developmental clumsiness in Western Australian schoolchildren described and analysed in Chapters 3 and 4. It was anticipated that this survey would yield information regarding the magnitude of the problem and would provide normative data regarding motor performance in children. Subsequently these data were to be the basis of a set of standardized tests of motor proficiency in children (Chapter 4). In order to obtain information efficiently and to develop these tests it seemed most rational to commence with a pilot study of a relatively small number of children, when after statistical analysis it would become evident which tests were the most reliable, effective and convenient (Chapter 3). A comprehensive review of the subject of developmental apraxia and agnosia constitutes the final chapter of this thesis (Chapter 5).

Thesis of (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2009. / Title from pdf file main screen (viewed on October 1st, 2009). "Fall, 2009." At head of title: University of Alberta. A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduates Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education, in Psychological Studies in Education, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--New York University. / Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1977. -- 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-80).

This is a report of a descriptive study of eleven video-taped diagnostic conferences involving parents of developmentally delayed children who have been assessed at a training facility which provides diagnostic services to a variety of delayed or handicapped children. The variables described were: (1) the amount of verbal participation of staff and parents; and (2) parent ratings of satisfaction obtained from a brief questionnaire administered orally. The data revealed that. (1) there is no relationship between parent verbal participation and parent satisfaction with the conference; and (2) there is a relationship between parent satisfaction and process and content factors in the parent conference.

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