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1. Book Review: Movement and Learning in the Early Years. Supporting Dyspraxia (DCD) and Other Difficulties

Book Review: on the importance of movement in the early years and how this can impact upon all aspects of learning.

Abstract:

Macintyre and McVitty's (2004) excellent book comes at a time of growing awareness among many practitioners, in the field of education, of the importance of movement in the early years and how this can impact upon all aspects of learning. In addition, the authors draw careful attention to the part movement can play within those specific learning difficulties such as: dyspraxia, dyslexia more...

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Northern Ireland

Child Care in Practice, Vol: 11 Page: 271-273 2005
Sean F. MacBlain

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2. The aetiology of brachial plexus injury: What the paediatrician and obstetrician need to know

This article discusses the aetiology of brachial plexus injury: What the paediatrician and obstetrician need to know

Abstract:

The recognition of brachial plexus injury (BPI) after childbirth suggests to parents a causative rather than temporal relationship. This view is supported by textbooks of paediatrics, which state that: 1. "the mechanism of injury (....) is a forceful separation of the head from the shoulder by lateral bending of the neck with simultaneous shoulder depression, during vaginal more...

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Republic of Ireland

Irish Medical Journal, Vol: 99 Page: 2006
C. S. O'Gorman; M. B. O'Neill

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