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Altered Trajectories: Considering the Long-Term Impact of Educational Disruption during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Neurodevelopment and a Call to Action for Neuropsychology
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Mary K Colvin and others
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Volume 39, Issue 3, May 2024, Pages 305–312, https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acae021
Published: 22 March 2024
... to evaluation services. Educational disruption Remote learning Special education Neuropsychological assessment Learning disability COVID-19 The effects of prolonged educational disruption associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have now been well documented and will be important for neuropsychologists...
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Transition to adult care of young people with congenital heart disease: impact of a service on knowledge and self-care skills and correlates of a successful transition
Piera Ricci and others
European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, Volume 9, Issue 4, June 2023, Pages 351–357, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcad014
Published: 15 February 2023
... transition service between 2015 and 2022 (age 15.2 ± 1.8 years, 47.5% female). Most adolescents (53%) had moderate CHD, followed by simple (27.9%) and severe (19.1%) CHD. Learning disability (LD) was present in 18.9% and physical disability (PD) in 4.7%. In patients without LD, knowledge of their cardiac...
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Corpus Callosum Microstructural Alterations In Children With Memory Related Learning Disability: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study
Abeer Maghawry Abd elhameed and others
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, Volume 114, Issue Supplement_1, October 2021, hcab106.004, https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcab106.004
Published: 01 October 2021
...:https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model ) Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the corpus callosum microstructural changes in children with memory related learning disability. Methods DTI was performed in 20 patients with memory...
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The Hidden Harms of Prison Life for People with Learning Disabilities
Caitlin Gormley
The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 62, Issue 2, March 2022, Pages 261–278, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab061
Published: 13 July 2021
...Caitlin Gormley The findings from this research demonstrate that there are distinctly challenging aspects within inaccessible prison structures and regimes that disadvantage people with learning disabilities. A lack of (practical and pastoral) support, inaccessibility issues, and in/direct...
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Incidence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Learning Disabled Children, A Systematic Review
H A Mohamed and others
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, Volume 113, Issue Supplement_1, March 2020, hcaa047.013, https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaa047.013
Published: 05 May 2020
... in hotmail.com Learning Disabled Children, A Systematic Review Background: no exact cause can be de ned for autism spectrum H.A. Mohamed, M.S. Khodeir and S.R. El-sady disorder (ASD) but, recent studies proved a great association between the presence of ASD symptoms and different meta- From...
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Literacy, Advocacy and Agency: The Campaign for Political Recognition of Dyslexia in Britain (1962–1997)
Philip Kirby
Social History of Medicine, Volume 33, Issue 4, November 2020, Pages 1306–1326, https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkz030
Published: 30 March 2019
... in the productive worker, but it is not reducible to these factors. In this way, the article reflects on the conceptualisation of power and agency in accounts of the history of dyslexia to date and its broader relevance to the history of learning difficulties and disabilities. dyslexia learning disability...
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GRIN2A-related disorders: genotype and functional consequence predict phenotype
Vincent Strehlow and others
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Brain, Volume 142, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 80–92, https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awy304
Published: 12 December 2018
... molecular genetics learning disability childhood epilepsy spike-wave EEG N-methyl-d -aspartate receptors (NMDAR) are expressed throughout the brain, mediating excitatory neurotransmission important for development, learning, memory, and other higher cognitive functions. NMDAR are di...
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Commonalities and Differences in Social Work with Learning Disability and Child Protection: Findings from a UK ‘Burnout’ National Survey
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Paula McFadden and others
The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 48, Issue 5, July 2018, Pages 1199–1219, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcx070
Published: 07 September 2017
.... All rights reserved. 2018 This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model ( https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/journals/pages/about_us/legal/notices ) Abstract Social work with adults with learning disabilities or intellectual...
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Barriers Facing Social Workers Undertaking Direct Work with Children and Young People with a Learning Disability Who Communicate Using Non-Verbal Methods
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Katherine Anne Prynallt-Jones Malcolm Carey and Pauline Doherty
The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 48, Issue 1, January 2018, Pages 88–105, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcx004
Published: 03 March 2017
... for additional resources and training to improve relationships, communication and meaningful support for children and young people who meet basic legal requirements. Care management children deskilling learning disability non-verbal communication risk aversion The need for improved communication skills...
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Gender, Self-Perception, and Academic Problems in High School
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Robert Crosnoe and others
Social Problems, Volume 54, Issue 1, 1 February 2007, Pages 118–138, https://doi.org/10.1525/sp.2007.54.1.118
Published: 30 July 2014
... school transcripts and extensive data on adolescent functioning identified a social psy-
chological pathway in this linkage between external feedback about early struggles and truncated educational
trajectories. For girls, class failures absent of diagnosed learning disabilities engendered...
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The “Learning Disabilities to Juvenile Detention” Pipeline: A Case Study
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Christopher A. Mallett
Children & Schools, Volume 36, Issue 3, July 2014, Pages 147–154, https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/cdu010
Published: 01 July 2014
... is a phenomenon known as the school-to-prison pipeline. Adolescents with learning disabilities are disproportionately represented within this pipeline. A study was conducted to review the outcomes for a population of youthful offenders (n = 433) in two juvenile courts in the Midwest, and it was found...
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EVIDENCE AND CAUSATION IN MENTAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENTS PC V CITY OF YORK COUNCIL [2013] EWCA CIV 478
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Paul Skowron
Medical Law Review, Volume 22, Issue 4, Autumn 2014, Pages 631–639, https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwu014
Published: 11 April 2014
...Paul Skowron The case concerned ‘PC’, a 48 year-old woman who has learning disabilities. The question before the first tier court was whether she had the capacity to decide to resume married life with her husband, ‘NC’, on the expiry of his sentence for sexual offences against his former wives...
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What Can and Cannot Be Learned from Serious Case Reviews of the Care and Treatment of Adults with Learning Disabilities in England? Messages for Social Workers
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Jill Manthorpe and Stephen Martineau
The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2015, Pages 331–348, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bct142
Published: 28 August 2013
...' actions or engagement. There is no national system in England for their collation or analysis. This paper presents the results of a study investigating SCRs for vulnerable adults where the person who was at risk of harm, harmed or died had a learning disability. Eighteen SCRs were identified and a further...
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Altered Neuronal Response During Rapid Auditory Processing and Its Relation to Phonological Processing in Prereading Children at Familial Risk for Dyslexia
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Nora M. Raschle and others
Cerebral Cortex, Volume 24, Issue 9, September 2014, Pages 2489–2501, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bht104
Published: 18 April 2013
..., Division of Developmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, 1 Autumn Street, Mailbox # 713, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Email: [email protected] developmental disorder functional MRI learning disability pediatric neuroimaging reading disability Developmental...
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Reconsidering Adolescent Subjectivity: A ‘Practice-Near’ Approach to the Study of Adolescents, Including Those with Severe Learning Disabilities
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Stephen Briggs and Helen Hingley-Jones
The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 43, Issue 1, February 2013, Pages 64–80, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcr167
Published: 01 December 2011
... have privileged one group, at the expense of others ( Noam, 1999 ). The group most excluded in discussions of identity formation during the period of adolescence consists of those young people with severe learning disabilities. We will use this term throughout whilst recognising that ‘intellectual...
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The Diagnostic Accuracy of Symptom Validity Tests when Used with Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities: A Preliminary Investigation
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William A. Lindstrom and others
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Volume 24, Issue 7, November 2009, Pages 659–669, https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acp071
Published: 24 September 2009
... of postsecondary students: controls, learning disability (LD) simulators, and a presumed honest LD group. Each measure achieved high overall diagnostic accuracy, yet each contributed differently to suboptimal effort detection. False-negative classifications varied by measure, yet no simulator went undetected...
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Beyond ‘Vulnerability’: An Ecological Model Approach to Conceptualizing Risk of Sexual Violence against People with Learning Difficulties
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Andrea Hollomotz
The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 99–112, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcm091
Published: 29 August 2009
... individuals and social environments have on an individual’s learning and the development opportunities that have the potential to increase self-defence skills. learning disability sexual abuse sexual violence vulnerability People with learning difficulties in the UK are considerably more likely...
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Beating the Odds—Nothing Is Impossible, Its Just a Road Less Traveled
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Mike Brady
Schizophrenia Bulletin, Volume 34, Issue 2, March 2008, Pages 204–211, https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbm023
Published: 09 April 2007
.... 2008 Abstract By contrasting students with learning disabilities and students with schizophrenia, it becomes conspicuously clear that they face many of the same hurdles. I know through personal experience because I have both. Postsecondary institutions are making great strides in balancing the scales...
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Older Carers of Adults with a Learning Disability Confront the Future: Issues and Preferences in Planning
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Laura Bowey and Alex McGlaughlin
The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 37, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 39–54, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcl052
Published: 08 June 2006
... as findings. Walker and Walker (1998) examined the needs of adults with learning disabilities and their elderly family carers, finding that one of the most significant factors in these families is the existence of a mutually dependent relationship. Any change for one member of the family thus has an impact...
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The Influence of Media and Respondent Characteristics on the Outcome of a Campaign to Recruit Host Families for Adults with Learning Disability
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Des Hanrahan
The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 36, Issue 6, September 2006, Pages 979–996, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch389
Published: 17 November 2005
..., there are a number (eighty-seven in 2004) of young adults with learning disabilities who are still in the care of foster-carers with whom they had been placed ( Barron and Mulvaney, 2004 ). Family-based short breaks are dependent on accessing an available supply of suitable hosts. During the 1980s, it was noted...
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