Not exact matches
Intervening in childhood or early adolescence may prevent
cognitive abilities
from worsening and this may even
delay or prevent illness onset.»
«But this is the first time that I'm aware of that you can see the pathway
from exercise to better brain health and better brain health to
delaying the onset of a
cognitive impairment.»
Chronic stress speeds up the aging process,
delays wound healing, contributes to depression and anxiety, decreases
cognitive function, and increases the risk of illness
from bacteria or viruses.
$ 1.8 Million Settlement - Botched sinus surgery results in
cognitive delays and chronic headaches 16 - year - old Plaintiff was suffering
from pansinusitis.
I have over 15 years of experience working with children and adults in residential, outpatient, school and home settings and have extensive experience working with individuals suffering
from a wide variety of mental, emotional,
cognitive and developmental disorders, including Autism, intellectual disabilities and other developmental
delays.»
In both samples, 7 % of school - age children scored in the clinical range on a
cognitive test, and 13 % scored in the
delayed range on a language test.40 These data corroborate findings
from smaller studies that point to developmental and
cognitive delays in this population of children.41 However, foster children scored in the same ranges as similarly high - risk children who were not in out - of - home placement (for example, children in poverty).
More importantly, the language abilities of children with Down syndrome have been found to be even more
delayed than would be expected
from their overall level of
cognitive functioning, indicating a form of specific speech and language impairment relative to their non-verbal mental age (Buckley 2002; Laws 2003; Niccols 2002; Vicari 2000).
During the prenatal and infant periods, families have been identified on the basis of socioeconomic risk (parental education, income, age8, 11) and / or other family (e.g. maternal depression) or child (e.g. prematurity and low birth weight12) risks; whereas with preschoolers a greater emphasis has been placed on the presence of child disruptive behaviour,
delays in language /
cognitive impairment and / or more pervasive developmental
delays.6 With an increased emphasis on families
from lower socioeconomic strata, who typically face multiple types of adversity (e.g. low parental educational attainment and work skills, poor housing, low social support, dangerous neighbourhoods), many parenting programs have incorporated components that provide support for parents» self - care (e.g. depression, birth - control planning), marital functioning and / or economic self - sufficiency (e.g. improving educational, occupational and housing resources).8, 13,14 This trend to broaden the scope of «parenting» programs mirrors recent findings on early predictors of low - income children's social and emotional skills.
Predicting adolescent
cognitive and self - regulatory competencies
from preschool
delay of gratification: Identifying diagnostic conditions