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Executive Function Is Associated with Behaviour Problems in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy and Intellectual Disability
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Xun Li; Stewart Einfeld; Roger Stancliffe; Antoinette Hodge – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2025
Background: Children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) commonly have behaviour problems. The present study aimed to determine which of the most common clinical features experienced by children and adolescents with CP and intellectual disability are associated with behaviour problems. Method: We investigated 11 possible associated variables…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Cerebral Palsy, Intellectual Disability
Physical Conditions and Challenging Behaviour in People with Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review
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de Winter, C. F.; Jansen, A. A. C.; Evenhuis, H. M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: Challenging behaviour is a major problem among people with intellectual disabilities. Physical factors may be an important cause. The aim of the present systematic review was to determine the physical conditions associated with challenging behaviour. Methods: A literature search was conducted in PubMed and the Cochrane systematic…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Behavior Problems, Physical Disabilities, Epilepsy
Medical and Psychosocial Problems in the Classroom: The Teacher's Role in Diagnosis and Management. Fifth Edition
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Haslam, Robert H. A., Ed.; Valletutti, Peter J., Ed. – PRO-ED, Inc., 2016
Now in its fifth edition, this outstanding resource for teachers and school professionals has been retitled "Medical and Psychosocial Problems in the Classroom" to more accurately reflect what teachers encounter during the course of their careers. Each chapter highlights the important role teachers play when interacting with health-care…
Descriptors: Special Health Problems, Medical Services, Clinical Diagnosis, Teacher Role
Behaviour in Children with Cerebral Palsy with and without Epilepsy
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Carlsson, Malin; Olsson, Ingrid; Hagberg, Gudrun; Beckung, Eva – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008
The aim of the study was to describe behavioural problems in children with cerebral palsy (CP) with and without epilepsy. The children were sampled from the Western Sweden CP register and were part of a European Union project. The Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire and questions on epilepsy were answered by one parent of each child. Medical…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy, Classification, Foreign Countries
Benzodiazepine Behavioral Side Effects: Review and Implications for Individuals with Mental Retardation.
Kalachnik, John E.; Hanzel, Thomas E.; Sevenich, Robert; Harder, Stuart R. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2002
A literature review found behavioral side effects occurred for 13% of 446 individuals with mental retardation who were prescribed benzodiazepine for either behavioral or psychiatric conditions (n=138, 17.4%), epilepsy (n=20, 15.4%), or other medical conditions such as myoclonus or cerebral palsy (n=100, 2%). Implications of nonrecognition are…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Behavior Problems, Cerebral Palsy
Brain-Injured Children; With Special References to Doman-Delacato Methods of Treatment.
Thomas, Evan W.; LeWinn, Edward B. – 1969
Contents include a definition of brain injury and cerebral palsy, discussions of the pathology of cerebral palsy, incidence and prevalence of cerebral palsy, mental retardation, epilepsy, behavioral disorders, dyslexia, and a summary and conclusions on the problem of brain injury. Attention is also given to the controversy over brain injury as a…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cerebral Dominance, Cerebral Palsy, Environmental Influences