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This study aimed to explore teachers' knowledge of the signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorder
Abstract:
Research has shown that children and young people with intellectual disabilities are at a greater risk of developing a psychiatric disorder than their non-disabled peers. However, no information exists regarding teachers' knowledge of the signs and symptoms of these conditions. Using a postal questionnaire, 36 teachers working within schools for children and young people with severe more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - psychiatric disorder
Categories:
psychiatric disorder
Geography:
Northern Ireland
J Intellect Disabil,
Vol: 11 Page: 183-95 June 2007
L. Taggart; P. McMullan
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The aim of this study was to examine children's ability to reason about the causal significance of the order in which 2 events occurred (the pressing of buttons on a mechanically operated box).
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Four experiments examined children's ability to reason about the causal significance of the order in which 2 events occurred (the pressing of buttons on a mechanically operated box). In Study 1, 4-year-olds were unable to make the relevant inferences, whereas 5-year-olds were successful on one version of the task. In Study 2, 3-year-olds were successful on a simplified version of the more...
International Classification:
Other - reasoning ability
Categories:
reasoning ability
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Dev Psychol,
Vol: 41 Page: 54-63 January 2005
T. McCormack; C. Hoerl
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This article discusses the cognitive abilities required to self-report food intake include an adequately developed concept of time, a good memory and attention span, a knowledge the names of foods
Abstract:
When children and adolescents are the target population in dietary surveys many different respondent and observer considerations surface. The cognitive abilities required to self-report food intake include an adequately developed concept of time, a good memory and attention span, and a knowledge of the names of foods. From the age of 8 years there is a rapid increase in the ability of more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Proc Nutr Soc,
Vol: 59 Page: 279-93 May 2000
M. B. Livingstone; P. J. Robson
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This paper discusses the Relational frame theory: a post-Skinnerian account of human language and cognition
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Adv Child Dev Behav,
Vol: 28 Page: 101-38 2001
Y. Barnes-Holmes; S. C. Hayes; D. Barnes-Holmes; B. Roche
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The aim of this study was to examine research on cross-national collaboration through Information and Communications Technology within the statutory curricula of 10 special schools in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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This paper reports research on cross-national collaboration through Information and Communications Technology (ICT) within the statutory curricula of 10 special schools in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Working in north-south paired classes, the pupils carried out joint tasks using asynchronous computer conferencing and videoconferencing. The full spectrum of learning more...
International Classification:
Other - cross-national collaboration through Information and Communications Technology
Categories:
cross-national collaboration through Information and Communications Technology
Geography:
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
European Journal of Special Needs Education,
Vol: 19 Page: 225-240 2004
L. Abbott; R. Austin; A. Mulkeen; N. Metcalfe
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