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Validating the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales-Developmental Profile Infant-Toddler Checklist (CSBS-DP ITC) beyond Infancy in the CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder
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Jacinta Saldaris; Helen Leonard; Kingsley Wong; Peter Jacoby; Mary Spence; Eric D. Marsh; Tim A. Benke; Scott Demarest; Jenny Downs – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD) results in early-onset epilepsy and lifelong cognitive and motor impairments. With no validated measure for communication in CDD, this study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales-Developmental Profile Infant Toddler Checklist (CSBS-DP ITC). Caregivers (n = 150;…
Descriptors: Validity, Infants, Toddlers, Check Lists
Challenging Behaviour, Epilepsy and Intellectual Disability: A Secondary Analysis of Findings from a Randomised Controlled Trial
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Blickwedel, Jessica; Vickerstaff, Victoria; Walker, Matthew; Hassiotis, Angela – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: As both epilepsy and challenging behaviour are highly prevalent in adults with intellectual disability (ID) it is important to explore any potential relationships between the two to inform patient care. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between epilepsy factors and challenging behaviour in adults with ID.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability, Seizures
Pragmatic Communication Deficits in Children with Epilepsy
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Broeders, Mark; Geurts, Hilde; Jennekens-Schinkel, Aag – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2010
Background: Various psychiatric and neurological disorders including epilepsy have been associated with language deficits. Pragmatic language deficits, however, have seldom been the focus of earlier studies in children with epilepsy. Moreover, it is unknown whether these pragmatic deficits are related to general intellectual functioning. Both…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Epilepsy, Hospitals, Seizures
Pervasive Developmental Disorders in Individuals with Cerebral Palsy
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Kilincaslan, Ayse; Mukaddes, Nahit Motavalli – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2009
The aim of the present study was to describe the prevalence and associated factors of pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), including autistic disorder and PDD not otherwise specified (NOS), in a clinical sample of 126 children and adolescents (75 males, 51 females; age range 4-18y, mean 8y 8mo, SD 3y 8mo) with tetraplegic, hemiplegic,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Check Lists, Delayed Speech, Epilepsy
Ageing and Health Status in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Results of the European POMONA II Study
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Haveman, Meindert; Perry, Jonathan; Salvador-Carulla, Luis; Walsh, Patricia Noonan; Kerr, Mike; Lantman-De Valk, Henny Van Schrojenstein; Van Hove, Geert; Berger, Dasa Moravec; Azema, Bernard; Buono, Serafino; Cara, Alexandra Carmen; Germanavicius, Arunas; Linehan, Christine; Maatta, Tuomo; Tossebro, Jan; Weber, Germain – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: POMONA II was a European Commission public health-funded project. The research questions in this article focus on age-specific differences relating to environmental and lifestyle factors, and the 17 medical conditions measured by the POMONA Checklist of Health Indicators (P15). Method: The P15 was completed in a cross-sectional design…
Descriptors: Public Health, Check Lists, Life Style, Mental Retardation
Prevalence of Psychopathology in Childhood Epilepsy: Categorical and Dimensional Measures
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Dunn, David W.; Austin, Joan K.; Perkins, Susan M. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2009
Few studies have utilized both categorical and dimensional measures of psychopathology in children with epilepsy. We evaluated 173 children (88 males, 85 females; mean age 11.7y [SD 1.8]; range 9-14y) who had epilepsy (generalized 36%, partial 61%) for at least 6 months. The primary caregiver completed a dimensional measure, the Child Behavior…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Epilepsy, Asperger Syndrome, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Impaired Facial Expression Recognition in Children with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Impact of Early Seizure Onset on Fear Recognition
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Golouboff, Nathalie; Fiori, Nicole; Delalande, Olivier; Fohlen, Martine; Dellatolas, Georges; Jambaque, Isabelle – Neuropsychologia, 2008
The amygdala has been implicated in the recognition of facial emotions, especially fearful expressions, in adults with early-onset right temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). The present study investigates the recognition of facial emotions in children and adolescents, 8-16 years old, with epilepsy. Twenty-nine subjects had TLE (13 right, 16 left) and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Nonverbal Communication, Topography, Epilepsy
Behavior and Social Competency in Idiopathic and Cryptogenic Childhood Epilepsy
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Berg, Anne T.; Vickrey, Barbara G.; Testa, Francine M.; Levy, Susan R.; Shinnar, Shlomo; DiMario, Francis – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
Behavioral and related disorders are frequently reported in association with childhood epilepsy but the reasons for this are unclear. In a long-term prospective, community-based study of newly-diagnosed childhood epilepsy, behavioral assessments (Child Behavior Checklist) were performed in children 8 to 9 years after the initial diagnosis of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Siblings, Epilepsy, Child Behavior