Children

Health Promotion Resources: Blind Children

February 22, 2012

Camp Helen Keller Contact URL http://www.helenkeller.org/graphicversion/daycamp.html 

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Training and Health Care Professionals Resources & Programs: Children

February 22, 2012

Community Access to Child Health and Medical Home National Conference: Fostering Access to Medical Homes and Improved Child Health in Your Community for health care professionals and other professionals and family representatives dedicated to working with children, including those with special health care needs. Location: The conference took place in Chicago, July 15-17, 2004 Administering… Read More »»

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Family Center on Technology and Disability (FCTD)

February 15, 2012

Academy for Educational Development, through program support from the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)   Format             Network organization FCTD supports organizations and programs that work with families of children and youth with disabilities, offering a range of information and services on the subject of assistive technologies. FCTD provides information on its… Read More »»

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Promoting Health and Preventing Disease for People with Disabilities: The Unique Role of the Division of Human Development and Disability, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Episode 2)

November 29, 2011

A 4-part webinar series co-sponsored by the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). CDC’s Life Course Model for Children and Young Adults with Chronic Conditions This webinar will focus on CDC’s Life Course Model and public health approach for rare and complex disabling conditions,… Read More »»

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“Social Participation of Children with Disabilities”

February 22, 2011

December 11, 2009 Canadian Social Trends journal of Statistics Canada, Canada’s national statistic agency   Format             Online article This article describes a study of children with disabilities based on the child component of the 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey; parents were surveyed on their children’s daily living activities and social participation, severity of the… Read More »»

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Social Participation Resources & Programs: Children with Autism

February 22, 2011

Promotion of Social Participation, Mental Health, and the Development of Meaningful Interests for Youth on the Autism Spectrum Presented by Susan Bazyk, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, associate professor in the Occupational Therapy Program at Cleveland State University and Lisa Crabtree, assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science at Towson University, 7/28/2009 National… Read More »»

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Health disparities in low-income families with infants and toddlers: needs and challenges related to disability.

February 11, 2011
BY: Swanson ME, Wall S, Kisker E, Peterson C. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA. meswanson@cdc.gov J Child Health Care. 2011 Mar;15(1):25-38. Epub 2011 Feb 11.

This study examines disparities in health status, health care utilization, insurance coverage and satisfaction in US low-income parents of infants and toddlers with disabilities compared to low-income parents of children without disabilities. The Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project is a longitudinal study involving 2087 families in 17 communities across the United States. Families… Read More »»

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Conceptual framework of the Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project.

February 1, 2011
BY: Herman EJ. Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. ehh9@cdc.gov J Urban Health. 2011 Feb;88 Suppl 1:7-15.

The Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project (CAACP) was designed to improve the control of asthma in inner-city populations of children with a disparate burden of symptoms and adverse outcomes. As with many chronic diseases, asthma is the manifestation of multiple biologic, environmental, and social determinants. In addition to appropriate medical management, individuals with asthma… Read More »»

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Social determinants of state variation in special education participation among preschoolers with developmental delays and disabilities.

January 31, 2011
BY: McManus BM, Carle AC, Acevedo-Garcia D, Ganz M, Hauser-Cram P, McCormick MC.
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States. Health Place. 2011 Mar;17(2):681-90. Epub 2011 Jan 31.

Children with developmental disabilities are at risk for secondary complications and lower academic performance, which contributes to lower health and well-being and may be ameliorated by access to special education services. This paper examines state variability in preschool special education participation among a United States population-based cohort with parent-reported developmental delays and disabilities. Analyses explore… Read More »»

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How does participation of youth with spina bifida vary by age?

November 1, 2010
BY: Kelly E, Altiok H, Gorzkowski J, Abrams J, Vogel L. Shriners Hospitals for Children®, 2211 North Oak Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60707-3392, USA, ekelly@shrinenet.org.
Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research®. Symposium: Myelomeningocele
2010 Nov

BACKGROUND:  Youth with disabilities are at risk for decreased participation in community activities. However, little is known about participation at different developmental periods of childhood and adolescence among youth with spina bifida (SB) or whether child, family, and SB-associated factors influence participation. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES:  Our cross-sectional study examined participation among youth with SB and assessed how… Read More »»

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