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(American Speech Language Hearing Association, 2018-05)PURPOSE : The purpose of this study is (a) to examine the applicability of a culturally and linguistically adapted measure to assess the receptive and expressive language skills of children with neurodevelopmental disorders ...
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(Blackwell, 2007-03)Background: The aim of this study was to describe maternal self-efficacy beliefs within the parenting domain and maternal ratings of pre-school children's language abilities, where the child has a communication disability. ...
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(Wiley, 2019-03)BACKGROUND : The benefits of social support for caregivers raising a child with a disability have been identified in the literature. These benefits include the improvement of the mental and physical well‐being of the ...
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(Science Publishing Group, 2016-05-13)An emerging literature in behavioural ethics conceptualized ethical sensitivity as a critical part of the decision making process. Ethical sensitivity together with an understanding of the client, their needs, emotions ...
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(Informa Healthcare, 2018-12)PURPOSE : Message banking is an intervention strategy that has the potential to facilitate effective communication for people with motor neuron disease when their condition deteriorates to the extent that they cannot ...
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(Thieme Medical Publishers, 2017-09)Vocabulary selection for graphic symbol-based augmentative and alternative communication systems is important to enable persons with significant communication difficulties to express a variety of communication functions ...
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(South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2012)BACKGROUND: The onset of motor neuron disease (MND), a neurodegenerative disease, results in physical and communication disabilities that impinge on an individual’s ability to remain functionally independent. Multiple ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-04-24)BACKGROUND : Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) can assist persons with complex communication needs to communicate competently with a variety of communication partners in a variety of contexts. However, AAC ...
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(OTASA: Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2007-11)This article presents a description of a training programme designed to increase teachers’ knowledge and skill regarding the use of aided language stimulation (ALS) in the inclusive classroom. The development of the two-phase ...
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(AOSIS, 2019-07)BACKGROUND : Communication in the intensive care setting (ICS) is critical for both the patient and the medical staff to provide efficient care and thus alleviate possible patient adverse effects. Persons with complex ...
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(Sage, 2020-06)The aim of this study is to establish the perceptions of older adults in the South African context regarding falls and to link these perceptions to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2018)BACKGROUND : Children with cerebral palsy (CP) face particular challenges, e.g. daily pain that threaten their participation in school activities. This study focuses on how teachers, personal assistants, and clinicians in ...
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(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010-03)The early reading process can be viewed as triadic, encompassing the child, the parents and the environment. We examine the impact of each of these three components on children’s participation in home reading activities ...
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(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2019-04)INTRODUCTION : Statements of commitment to change are commonly used to evaluate continuing medical education. However, this approach is new to evaluating the continuing professional development (CPD) of other health care ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2017-03)OBJECTIVES : Client-centred rehabilitation implies that persons with aphasia and their significant others are actively involved in all decisions regarding rehabilitation, including the setting of rehabilitation priorities ...
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(Sage, 2017)This paper presents a systematic research review regarding disability sensitivity training programmes provided to police officers. Thirteen databases between 1980 and 2015 were searched. After records were screened, 19 ...
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(OTASA: Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2007-11)No abstract available
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2020-02-04)BACKGROUND : The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has become a global pandemic. With the improvement of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment regimens, life-expectancy of HIV-positive individuals has increased. HIV literature ...
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(Thieme Medical Publishers, 2017-09)Individuals with disabilities, in particular those with complex communication needs, have an increased risk of falling victim to crimes such as abuse and violence. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons ...
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(OTASA: Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2007-11)This article deals with problem solving as an intervention strategy for families of children with illnesses and disabilities. Problem solving is considered as a process that includes problem orientation and problem-solving ...
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