Sentences with phrase «identifying subgroups of children»

Latent profiles of problem behavior within learning, peer, and teacher contexts: Identifying subgroups of children at academic risk across the preschool year.

Infant mental health researchers have identified another subgroup of children with the onset of psychopathology (with or without environmental triggers), highlighting an early predisposition to partial or full psychiatric disorders such as disruptive behavior or anxiety disorders.

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In this groundbreaking research published in Nature Genetics, LMP Professor Cynthia Hawkins, a Scientist and Neuropathologist at The Hospital for Sick Children, along with PhD candidates Pawel Buczkowicz and Patricia Rakopoulos, identified three subgroups of DIPG, each having distinct molecular features.

Even though the primary results of a related study investigating the effects of music therapy with children with autism, do not show that music therapy works better than other therapies, subgroup analysis identified that children with childhood autism or coexisting intellectual disability improve to a greater extend from music therapy than children with another autism diagnosis.

The researchers identified several hundred differences in methylation associated with either Mexican or Puerto Rican ethnicity, but discovered that only three - quarters of the epigenetic difference between the two ethnic subgroups could be accounted for by differences in the children's genetic ancestry.

The few studies that examined relevant subgroups of racial / ethnic minority children identified noteworthy racial / ethnic disparities.

Under waivers to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the federal government required states to identify schools where targeted subgroups of students have the lowest achievement and to implement reforms in these «Focus Schools.»

The effect was small, but was identified in the whole program group, instead of only in a smaller subgroup.86 In Memphis, more positive interactions were observed in the subgroup of women who possessed low psychological resources.87 Likewise, home - visited mothers in Early Head Start were rated as more supportive during play with their children than controls, though the effect was small.88 Maternal sensitivity was also examined in Hawaii Healthy Start, the Healthy Families evaluations in San Diego and Alaska, and the Comprehensive Child Development Program, though none identified significant effects.

This work has recently been extended by the adoption of a public health model for the delivery of parenting support with parents of younger children.9, 11,40 Various epidemiological surveys show that most parents concerned about their children's behaviour or adjustment do not receive professional assistance for these problems, and when they do, they typically consult family doctors or teachers who rarely have specialized training in parent consultation skills.10 Most of the family - based programmes targeting adolescents are only available to selective subpopulations of adolescents (those who have identified risk factors) and / or indicated subgroups of youth (those who already possess negative symptoms or detectable problems).

For example, longitudinal prospective studies of children of mothers with schizophrenia have consistently identified a subgroup who present a stable pattern of aggressive and / or antisocial behavior from a young age, 36,37 and studies of children with depression identify a subgroup with conduct disorder.38 Among persons who develop a major mental disorder, substance abuse in childhood or adolescence is more strongly associated with violent crime in adulthood than substance abuse in adulthood, 39 and individuals who will develop a major mental disorder may be more sensitive to the effects of alcohol than others.40 These findings suggest that symptoms (eg, substance abuse) that we and others are labeling as distinct disorders, may in fact be a part of or at least related to the primary disorder.

Using a nationally representative sample of UK children born in 2000 — 2001 (6458 boys and 6340 girls), the current study (a) identified subgroups of CP pathways separately for boys and girls from ages 3 to 11 and (b) examined early precursors (pregnancy to 9 months) of these trajectories.

In contrast, three trajectory classes of ego control were identified for nonmaltreated children; the subgroups showing increases in ego undercontrol or dramatic changes from high ego undercontrol to high ego overcontrol exhibited poor adjustment.

This method allowed us to identify separate subgroups among children aged 2 to 5, and to estimate both the membership probability of each trajectory and the effect of predictors on it.

Some researchers have argued that associations between abuse and adjustment problems can be explained by reporting biases because many studies of the effects of physical maltreatment use samples for which maltreatment is identified by referral to social service agencies.6 Of the community - wide population of maltreated children, those who are referred may represent a biased, more problematic subgrouof the effects of physical maltreatment use samples for which maltreatment is identified by referral to social service agencies.6 Of the community - wide population of maltreated children, those who are referred may represent a biased, more problematic subgrouof physical maltreatment use samples for which maltreatment is identified by referral to social service agencies.6 Of the community - wide population of maltreated children, those who are referred may represent a biased, more problematic subgrouOf the community - wide population of maltreated children, those who are referred may represent a biased, more problematic subgrouof maltreated children, those who are referred may represent a biased, more problematic subgroup.