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This study explores whether working memory and response inhibition predict attention difficulties or reading capabilities in children with and without significant attention problems.
The main aim of these studies was to determine if the level of physical activity is related to walking ability in individuals with mild cerebral palsy (who are able to walk without support).
Twelve adolescents were interviewed individually and asked to give their opinion on the extent to which factors such as their personality, features of cerebral palsy, family, friends, school and community made a difference in their satisfaction with life.
The aim of this study was to describe the social experience of children with cerebral palsy (CP) in mainstream classes in Canada and compare it with that of their classmates without a disability.
Pediatric stroke is often recognized and diagnosed much later after it occurs. This is due in part to its frequently non-obvious symptoms but also to a lack of awareness about pediatric stroke among clinicians.
There are important structural differences in the ways French and English are acquired, which has important implications for the assessment of French-speaking children as well as for assessment of children who are bilingual (French and English).
Understanding the characteristic language behaviours associated with specific language impairment (SLI) helps clinicians accurately identify this condition as well as plan effective interventions.
This study examines the accuracy of fetal MRI in the diagnosis of isolated inferior vermian hypoplasia and describes the developmental outcomes after birth.
This review summarizes our current understanding of the development of two important structures in the brain: the cerebellum and the brainstem
The age at which there was initial concern raised about a child’s development was related to who first expressed concern, the parent or physician.
The authors developed an original rat model of neonatal brain lesions that replicate the combination of infectious insults which are detrimental to the brain during the newborn period in humans.
Though they have very different prognoses and treatment protocols, it is difficult to distinguish between enteroviral infection and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). Treatment for HLH has high risks, especially in newborns, so doctors should exercise extreme caution when making the diagnosis for HLH and deciding to carry out its treatment.