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• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Developmental Disabilities

Your search returns 14 documents

• 1.   A reflective training model for professionals working with parents of children with developmental disability

  This abstract reports on an action research study, spanning a six-month period, during which a new reflective training model was developed with 19 professionals working in the area of developmental disability

  

  Abstract:

  The quality and the efficacy of services offered to parents whose children with developmental disability may be considerably affected by the attitudes of service professionals towards those parents were studied. The literature suggests that some professionals hold tacit, generalized perceptions of parents which can translate into insensitive or inappropriate responses to them. An action more...

  Categories:

  reflective training; developmental disability

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Vol: 44 Page: 436-437 2000
  B. Redmond

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• 2.   An evaluation of the Parent Plus Programme for pre-school children with conduct problems: A comparison of those with and without developmental disabilities

  The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of the Parents Plus Programme for families of preschool children with significant behavioural problems, comparing those with and without developmental disabilities

  

  Abstract:

  This study examined the effectiveness of the Parents Plus Programme for families of preschool children with significant behavioural problems, comparing those with and without developmental disabilities. Twenty-two parents of children with developmental disabilities and conduct problems (the disability group), and 17 parents of children with conduct problems, but without developmental more...

  International Classification:

  Programme - Parents Plus Programme

  Categories:

  Parents Plus Programme

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychology, Vol: 27 Page: 168-182 2006
  Mark Quinn; Alan Carr; Louise Carroll; David O'Sullivan

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• 3.   Challenging behaviour: Principals' experience of stress and perception of the effects of challenging behaviour on staff in special schools in Ireland

  This study aimed to examine sources of stress and the effects of managing challenging behaviour on principals of special schools in Ireland, including schools for pupils with an intellectual, physical and sensory disability, and traveller children

  

  Abstract:

  This paper examines the sources of stress and the effects of managing challenging behaviour on principals of special schools in Ireland, including schools for pupils with an intellectual disability, emotional disturbance, specific learning disability and physical and sensory disability, and children of traveller families. In this study principals rated the degree of stress and the more...

  International Classification:

  Practice/knowledge - intellectual, physical and sensory disability, and traveller children

  Categories:

  intellectual, physical and sensory disability, and traveller children

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  European Journal of Special Needs Education, Vol: 22 Page: 161-181 2007
  Ãine Kelly; Sean Carey; Siobhan McCarthy; Ciaran Coyle

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• 4.   Developmental, behavioural and somatic factors in pervasive developmental disorders: preliminary analysis

  The aim of this study was to examine the frequency of parental reporting of selected variables related to development, behaviour and physiology in subgroups diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorders

  

  Abstract:

  Objectives To ascertain the frequency of parental reporting of selected variables related to development, behaviour and physiology in subgroups diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) and identify any significant intragroup differences. Design Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of records of patients (n = 512) held on a computerized database with a chronological age more...

  International Classification:

  Growth and development

  Categories:

  parental reporting of selected variables related to development

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Child: Care, Health & Development, Vol: 30 Page: 5-11 2004
  P. Whitley

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• 5.   Editorial

  This article discusses several articles on issues about children and society, including a policy review of Ireland's National Children’s Strategy

  

  Abstract:

  This article is an introduction to several articles on issues about children and society. The paper by Gary Craig and his colleagues explores the consequences of the various local government reorganizations between 1995 and 1998 in Scotland, England, and Wales, for children's services provided by voluntary sector organizations. The paper reviews the impact on funding, boundary problems, more...

  Geography:

  Editorial

  Children & Society, Vol: 14 Page: 83-84 2000
  Gillian Pugh; Nigel Parton

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• 6.   Evaluating short-break services for families who have children with multiple disabilities

  The aim of this study was to examine how services can best meet the needs resulting from the extra demands children with physical and intellectual disabilities place on their family carers

  

  Abstract:

  Children with physical and intellectual disabilities can place extra demands on their family carers. The need for short-break (respite) services is well documented, but little research has been undertaken into how services can best meet these needs. Two studies were conducted. In the first study, a comparison was made between parental ratings (n = 64), obtained through individual more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Mental retardation - intellectual disabilities

  Categories:

  physical; intellectual disabilities

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Vol: 44 Page: 386-386 2000
  R. McConkey

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• 7.   Information needs of parents about learning disabilities

  The aim of this study was to examine the information needs of parents, the person approached to gain this information and the means undertaken to do so, to learn about disabilities

  

  Abstract:

  A survey or over 400 parents and carers of children and adults with severe learning disabilities was undertaken in N. Ireland. The aim was to identify the persons approached by the parents, the information required and the means used. The data are relevant to the setting up of national information centres as proposed by the government. The most common informants were social workers, more...

  International Classification:

  Disabilities - information needs of parent

  Categories:

  information needs of parents; disabilities

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol: 7 Page: 211-219 2003
  Roy McConkey

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• 8.   Parents Plus programmes I: Evaluation of its effectiveness for pre-school children with developmental disabilities and behavioural problems

  The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the Parents Plus programme with families of pre-school children with developmental disabilities and significant behavioural problems in the Irish health service

  

  Abstract:

  Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Parents Plus programme with families of pre-school children with developmental disabilities and significant behavioural problems in the Irish health service. The Parents Plus programme is a group-based parent training package involving video modelling, which was designed to be effective for children with conduct problems, more...

  International Classification:

  Disabilities - developmental

  Categories:

  Parents Plus programme; - developmental disabilities

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Vol: 20 Page: 345-359 2007
  Mark Quinn; Alan Carr; Louise Carroll; David O'Sullivan

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• 9.   The attitudes and friendship intentions of children in United Kingdom mainstream schools towards peers with physical or intellectual disabilities

  The aim of this study was to examine attitudes and friendship intentions of children in United Kingdom mainstream schools towards peers with physical or intellectual disabilities

  

  Abstract:

  This study investigated typically developing children's attitudes to physical and intellectual disabilities using the Peer Attitudes Toward the Handicapped Scale (PATHS). Participants were 202 children aged from 9 to 12 years in mainstream classes in the UK. The effect of knowledge about disabilities on attitudes was investigated by controlling whether children received a description of more...

  International Classification:

  Disabilities - physical or intellectual disabilities

  Categories:

  attitudes to physical or intellectual disabilities

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  International Journal of Disability, Development & Education, Vol: 52 Page: 79-99
  Glynis Laws; Elaine Kelly

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• 10.   The EPICure study: growth and blood pressure at 6 years of age following extremely preterm birth

  The aim of this study was to assess study growth and blood pressure in extremely preterm children at 6 years of age

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Preterm children are at risk for reduced growth in early childhood, which may predispose them to later changes in blood pressure (BP). OBJECTIVE: To study growth and BP in extremely preterm (EP) children at age 6 years. METHODS: Children who were born at 25 completed weeks of gestation or less in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1995 were evaluated when they reached early more...

  International Classification:

  Premature - children

  Categories:

  growth; blood pressure

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, Vol: 93 Page: F108-14 March 2008
  M. A. Bracewell; E. M. Hennessy; D. Wolke; N. Marlow

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• 11.   The Features of Short-break Residential Services VaIued by Families Who Have Children with Multiple Disabilities

  The aim of this study was to examine the features of "Short-break Residential Services" by families who have children with multiple disabilities

  

  Abstract:

  • Summary: Children with physical and intellectual disabilities can place extra demands on their family carers. The need for short-break (respite) services is well documented but little research has been undertake into the features of these services that families value. A mix of qualitative and quantitative methods was used. In the first phase, 108 parents in urban and rural more...

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  Short-break Residential Services

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Social Work, Vol: 4 Page: 61-75 2004
  Roy McConkey; Maria Truesdale; Chris Conliffe

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• 12.   The KBG syndrome, characteristic dental findings: a case report

  This case report discusses a case of 7-year-old girl presented with the non-specific findings of subtle dysmorphism, short stature and developmental delay

  

  Abstract:

  Short stature and developmental delay may be observed in many genetic conditions and well-defined syndromes. A 7-year-old girl presented with the non-specific findings of subtle dysmorphism, short stature and developmental delay. Although a genetic syndrome was suspected, a definitive diagnosis was not made until the dental findings of KBG syndrome were recognised, namely grossly more...

  International Classification:

  Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - Report

  Categories:

  dysmorphism

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Int J Paediatr Dent, Vol: 11 Page: 131-4 March 2001
  P. A. Dowling; P. Fleming; R. J. Gorlin; M. King; N. C. Nevin; M. McEntagart

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• 13.   Use of self-motivating and delayed feedback to increase on-task behavior in a post-institutionalized child within regular classroom settings

  This case report discusses use of self-motivating and delayed feedback to increase on-task behaviour in a post-institutionalized child within regular classroom settings

  

  Abstract:

  The use of a self-monitoring strategy to increase on-task behavior was examined with a postinstitutionalized 13-year-old child who was included in a regular school. A functional assessment conducted prior to the intervention indicated that the student engaged in stereotypy on an almost continuous basis unless she was actively involved in academic tasks. A self-monitoring intervention more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Report

  Categories:

  post-institutionalized child in the class

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Education & Treatment of Children, Vol: 25 Page: 91-102 2002
  Mark O'Reilly; Roisin Tiernan; Giulio Lancioni; Claire Lacey; John Hillery; Marianne Gardiner

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• 14.   Young People with Learning Disabilities Living in State Care: Their Emotional, Behavioural and Mental Health Status

  The aim of this study was to examine the emotional, behavioural and mental health status of a group of young people with and without learning disabilities residing in state care.

  

  Abstract:

  Young people with learning disabilities are significantly more at risk of developing mental health difficulties than their non-disabled peers, with prevalence rates of around 40% commonly reported. Nevertheless, high levels of mental health problems also exist among young people living in state care. However, few studies have examined the mental health of these young people with more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Disorders of psychological development - learning disabilities

  Categories:

  learning disabilities

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 13 Page: 401-416 2007
  Laurence Taggart; Wendy Cousins; Sharon Milner

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