Author(s): Leone Colombo, Rachele Bianchi
Series: Children's Issues, Laws and Programs
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 225
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Environmental Influences on Literacy Acquisition......Page 16
Family Influences on Literacy Development......Page 18
Phonological Sensitivity and Morphological Awareness in Predicting Literacy Development and Impairment......Page 24
References......Page 28
Abstract......Page 34
Introduction......Page 35
Literature Review......Page 36
Conclusion......Page 47
References......Page 48
1. Oral Impacts in Quality of Life – How Children Are Affected by Their Oral Conditions?......Page 54
Introduction......Page 55
2. Oral Health Problems Affecting Preschool Children......Page 58
Signs and Symptoms......Page 63
3. Strategies for Oral Health Care to Improve Oral Health and Quality of Life in Preschool Children......Page 65
References......Page 68
Abstract......Page 74
Article......Page 75
References......Page 81
Abstract......Page 84
Introduction......Page 85
Importance......Page 86
Measuring Milestones......Page 87
Characteristics......Page 90
Activities......Page 91
References......Page 92
Abstract......Page 94
Method......Page 95
Results......Page 98
Inter-Test Correlations......Page 99
Individual and Family Characteristics......Page 101
Discussion......Page 102
References......Page 104
Abstract......Page 106
Introduction......Page 107
Results......Page 108
Discussion......Page 113
References......Page 115
Introduction......Page 118
Conclusions......Page 126
Literature......Page 127
Abstract......Page 130
Introduction......Page 131
Methods......Page 132
References......Page 136
Introduction......Page 140
Method......Page 155
Measures......Page 156
Procedure......Page 159
Results......Page 164
Main Findings......Page 184
Methodological Limitations......Page 187
Clinical Implications......Page 190
References......Page 191
Abstract......Page 198
Introduction......Page 199
Methods......Page 201
Results......Page 203
Discussion......Page 208
Acknowledgements......Page 211
References......Page 212
Index......Page 214
