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2. Maternally reported fetal activity levels and developmental diagnoses
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Accardo, Pasquale, Tomazic, Terry, Fete, Timothy, Heaney, M. Susan, Lindsay, Ronald, and Whitman, Barbara Y.
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Fetal movement -- Health aspects ,Fetal death -- Diagnosis ,Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Diagnosis ,Health - Abstract
Fetal activity as remembered by mothers may be associated with behavioral and mental disabilities in children. Researchers asked mothers of 608 children referred for developmental disabilities to recall the activity levels of their children during pregnancy. Mothers who reported high levels of fetal activity in relation to other pregnancies were more likely to have a hyperactive child. Low levels of fetal activity were associated with later mental retardation. The association of low fetal activity levels with mental retardation was stronger than the association between high fetal activity and childhood hyperactivity.
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- 1997
3. Arnoldisms: medical aphorisms of Capute of Hopkins
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Accardo, Pasquale
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Medical education -- Methods ,Aphorisms and apothegms -- Usage ,Health - Abstract
A former student of professor of developmental pediatrics Arnold Capute has compiled the most memorable aphorisms frequently used by Dr. Capute, including explanatory comments. Aphorisms are rhetorical devices used to present a truth in a new and memorable way. Dr. Capute taught for three decades at the John F. Kennedy Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Examples of Capute's 'Arnoldisms' include, 'All babies have cerebral palsy,' 'Bad babies make bad deliveries,' and 'In academia, the shortest distance between two points is never a straight line.'
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- 1994
4. Developmental disabilities: a continuum
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Blondis, Thomas A., Roizen, Nancy J., Snow, Jeffrey H., and Accardo, Pasquale J.
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Developmental disabilities -- Physiological aspects ,Developmentally disabled -- Care and treatment ,Health - Abstract
The development of a child is a primary indicator of neurologic integrity. The four major developmental domains are motor, language, problem-solving and adaptive skills. Failure of a child to show age-appropriate progress in any of these four areas should be acknowledged and analyzed as part of the pediatric examination. A child's neurodevelopmental pathology has two distinct but related axes: (1) a wide range of developmental diagnoses and (2) a continuum of related dysfunction. The range of development diagnoses includes the primary diagnosis, such as mental retardation or cerebral palsy, and the continuum manifests itself in such associated dysfunctions as motor clumsiness and vision and hearing deficits. If a physician can distinguish these two axes, he or she can be more effective in understanding and providing care for a person with chronic central nervous system dysfunction.
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- 1993
5. Toe walking and language development
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Accardo, Pasquale, Morrow, Jill, Heaney, M. Susan, Whitman, Barbara, and Tomazic, Terry
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Gait disorders -- Physiological aspects ,Language acquisition -- Physiological aspects ,Health - Published
- 1992
6. Arnoldisms
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Pasquale J. Accardo
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Vocabulary ,Traditional medicine ,Medicine in Literature ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Adage ,030225 pediatrics ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Humans ,Medicine ,business ,Classics ,Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic ,Western medicine ,media_common - Published
- 1994
7. Toe Walking and Language Development
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M. Susan Heaney, Barbara Y. Whitman, T. Tomazic, Pasquale J. Accardo, and Jill Morrow
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Male ,musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Movement disorders ,Language delay ,Language Development ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,030225 pediatrics ,Odds Ratio ,Humans ,Medicine ,Language Development Disorders ,Child ,Gait ,Psychomotor learning ,Movement Disorders ,business.industry ,Age Factors ,Infant ,Odds ratio ,Toes ,body regions ,Language development ,El Niño ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,human activities ,Child Language ,Pediatric population - Abstract
Neurodevelopmental markers that are present early in childhood may identify children at risk for later developmental disabilities. This paper attempts to clarify the relationship between one such proposed marker, toe walking, and language development in a general pediatric population. One hundred sixty-three children being seen for well-child visits were included in the study. Information from each child's caretaker was obtained for language development and a history of toe walking; observation of toe walking during the visit was also included. The frequency of toe walking was 24%. Language quotients were calculated and compared for toe walkers (n=39) and non-toe walkers (n=127). The mean language quotient for toe walkers tended to be consistently lower than that for non-toe walkers. The specificity of toe walking for low language scores was 85% but had a sensitivity of only 32%. Although an association between toe walking and language delay is supported by the present data, the association does not appear to be clinically significant.
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- 1992
8. Early ear problems and developmental problems at school age
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T. Tomazic, Pasquale J. Accardo, Barbara Y. Whitman, and Ronald L. Lindsay
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Adolescent ,Hearing loss ,Developmental Disabilities ,Social class ,Speech Disorders ,Developmental psychology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Epidemiology ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,Early childhood ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,Child ,Ear Diseases ,Hearing Disorders ,Retrospective Studies ,Psychomotor learning ,Intelligence Tests ,Intelligence quotient ,business.industry ,Public health ,Age Factors ,El Niño ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Retrospective history of middle ear disease was compared with developmental diagnosis in 507 consecutively referred school-age children. History of major ear problems was positively associated with discrepancies between the performance and verbal IQ on the WISC-R. History of major ear problems was positively associated with the presence of articulation disorders for children in the low social class, hyperactivity in the middle social class, and language problems in the high social class. A history of significant middle ear disease in early childhood should raise concerns for articulation difficulties and possible language problems in children presenting to clinicians with school problems.
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- 1999
9. Maternally reported fetal activity levels and developmental diagnoses
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T Fete, M S Heaney, Ronald L. Lindsay, T. Tomazic, Pasquale J. Accardo, and Barbara Y. Whitman
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Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hypokinesia ,Hyperkinesis ,Affect (psychology) ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Fetus ,Pregnancy ,Intellectual Disability ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,business.industry ,Body movement ,medicine.disease ,El Niño ,In utero ,Child, Preschool ,embryonic structures ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Apgar Score ,Apgar score ,Female ,business ,Hypoactivity - Abstract
Retrospective maternal report of fetal activity level was compared with developmental diagnosis in 608 consecutively referred children. Maternal history of fetal activity level was also obtained from 140 unmatched well children in a general pediatric clinic. Fetal hyperactivity was positively associated with a diagnosis of child hyperactivity, and fetal hypoactivity was positively associated with a diagnosis of mental retardation in the children. Maternal histories of fetal activity level in the control group weakened the strength of the association between fetal hyperactivity and child hyperactivity but did not affect the association between fetal hypoactivity and mental retardation in children.
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- 1997
10. Developmental disabilities. A continuum
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Jeffrey H. Snow, Thomas A. Blondis, Pasquale J. Accardo, and Nancy Roizen
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Cognitive science ,Male ,Continuum (measurement) ,business.industry ,Developmental Disabilities ,Mental Disorders ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Central Nervous System Diseases ,030225 pediatrics ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Medicine ,Humans ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Published
- 1993
11. Clinical perspectives and test interpretation
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Blondis, Thomas A., Accardo, Pasquale J., and Snow, Jeffrey H.
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Diagnosis ,Minimal brain dysfunction in children -- Diagnosis ,Attention -- Testing ,Health - Published
- 1989
12. Toe walking: a marker for language disorders in the developmentally disabled
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Accardo, Pasquale and Whitman, Barbara
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Autistic children -- Testing ,Child development deviations -- Evaluation ,Developmentally disabled children -- Evaluation ,Gait disorders in children -- Diagnosis ,Language disorders -- Diagnosis ,Health - Abstract
Toe walking, or walking on the toes, is a recognizable sign of many neuromuscular disorders that affect the shortening of the Achilles tendon in the back of the foot, such as muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy, but it can also be a sign of autism. It may be a normal stage many children go through in developing a normal walk, but if it persists may be a sign of congenital problems. To investigate correlations between toe walking and language and other nonmotor developmental disorders, 1,275 children referred for developmental disability diagnoses were examined. Toe walking was observed in 799 of these children, and the prevalence of toe walking was seen to increase with greater severity of language dysfunction. The incidence of toe walking among autistic children was 62.9 percent; among those with communication disorders, 40.2 percent; among those with mental retardation, 35.8 percent; and among those with learning disabilities, 20 percent. This supports the use of toe walking as a screening device during developmental assessments of young children. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)
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- 1989
13. Book Review: Handedness and Developmental Disorders, by Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop; published by MacKeith Press (1990) as Clinics in Developmental Medicine number 110 ; distributed by J.B. Lippincott Company; Philadelphia, 208 pages (including a 10 page appendix on handedness assessment procedures), price not given
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Pasquale J. Accardo
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Gerontology ,Psychoanalysis ,business.industry ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Medicine ,business - Published
- 1991
14. Arnoldisms
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Accardo, Pasquale, primary
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- 1994
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15. Developmental Disabilities
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Blondis, Thomas A., primary, Roizen, Nancy J., additional, Snow, Jeffrey H., additional, and Accardo, Pasquale J., additional
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- 1993
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16. Book Review: Handedness and Developmental Disorders, by Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop; published by MacKeith Press (1990) as Clinics in Developmental Medicine number 110 ; distributed by J.B. Lippincott Company; Philadelphia, 208 pages (including a 10 page appendix on handedness assessment procedures), price not given
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Accardo, Pasquale, primary
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- 1991
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17. A Tribute to Arnold J. Capute, M.D., M.P.H
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Pasquale J. Accardo
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Enthusiasm ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Psychoanalysis ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Tribute ,Empathy ,medicine.disease ,Cerebral palsy ,Chose ,Excellence ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Spastic ,Medicine ,business ,Clinical teaching ,media_common - Abstract
"When Arnold Capute goes through the spastic motions of a child with cerebral palsy (CP), an initial impression is that he is dramatizing his comments with rather callous mimicry. But no, he is not imitating a CP child. For the moment, as his head snaps backward and his arms flex uncontrollably, he is a CP child, just as later in discussing the primitive reflexes of infants (of which the fencing position is most common), he momentarily becomes a newborn infant. Dr. Capute is a man of unabashed empathy and enthusiasm and he is wholly convinced that medical therapy can do much more than previously to overcome developmental disabilities in children. So keen and articulate is Dr. Capute in elaborating on his subject matter that the Hopkins pediatric house staff chose him to receive the Alexander Schaffer Award this past June for excellence in clinical teaching. "
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- 1994
18. Excessive water drinking: a marker of caretaker interaction disturbance
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Accardo, Pasquale, Caul, Jefferies, and Whitman, Barbara
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Thirst -- Psychological aspects ,Abused children -- Care and treatment ,Foster home care -- Evaluation ,Health - Abstract
Excessive water drinking that is not associated with kidney problems is rare and thought to be primarily of psychological origin. Water intoxication can result in irritability, nausea, seizures, coma and even death. This syndrome has only been noted in adult psychiatric patients and in infants and young children. A retrospective study evaluated the characteristics of this syndrome within a population of pediatric patients. From 1,275 files from children referred to a hospital for developmental evaluations, it was determined that 213 of the children were in foster care, and 10 of the 11 excessive water drinkers were in this group. The average age was 3.27 years and all 10 of these foster children had documented histories of child abuse or neglect, six had a history of failure to thrive, four had been sexually abused, two had mentally retarded parents, and three had parents with severe psychopathology. In seven of these children the abuse or neglect had occurred within the previous year. These children were always thirsty and asking for water. One case report is presented of a 32-month-old girl who was removed from her home at 13 months because of neglect. In addition to excessive water drinking, she cried and suffered from diarrhea and vomiting throughout her first seven-month foster care placement. During her second foster placement her growth and behavior problems led to a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. At age four years 10 months, she was placed in a third foster home and within a few months all negative behaviors ceased and her growth accelerated. The first two foster families had clearly been unable to meet the emotional nurturance needs of this child. The authors believe that excessive water drinking should alert clinicians to the possibility of a deprivational home situation, since it is common to have parental reports of the child's behavior that differ from direct observation in both home and clinic settings. Families capable of raising normal children may not be able to supply the increased nurturance previously deprived children need. This should be evaluated before placement of these children with special needs is considered. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)
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- 1989
19. Toe Walking.
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Accardo, Pasquale and Whitman, Barbara
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WALKING ,AUTISM in children ,DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities ,CEREBRAL palsy ,CHILD development deviations ,LANGUAGE disorders - Abstract
Toe walking unassociated with an autistic disorder or cerebral palsy generally has been considered a normal infant gait. The incidence of toe walking in various diagnostic subgroups of 799 developmentally disabled children presenting to a tertiary-level multidisciplinary assessment clinic was reviewed to investigate the authors' clinical impression that toe walking may be a marker for language dysfunction. Toe walking was found to be more frequent in those diagnostic subgroups with more severe language disorders. Toe walking also correlated with lower IQ scores (p < 0.0001). The sensitivities, specificities, predictive validities and odds ratios all supported the hypothesized association between toe walking and language disorders. Further prospective studies of the neurodevelopmental outcome of children with toe walking are needed to determine whether this behavior can identify children at risk for language disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1989
20. Measures of Attention Deficit.
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Blondis, Thomas A., Accardo, Pasquale J., and Snow, Jeffrey H.
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ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder ,BEHAVIOR disorders in children ,NEURODEVELOPMENTAL treatment ,COGNITION disorders ,PEDIATRICS ,CHILD psychiatry - Abstract
After a detailed behavioral and developmental history has been supplemented by the use of formal questionnaires, the diagnosis of an attentional disorder can be further clarified by the judicious selection of psychoeducational and pediatric physical and neurodevelopmental examinations. The most common difficulty in the interpretation of psychoeducational test subscores and profiles is the significant overlap between the patterns generated by attentional deficits and those associated with memory-based learning disabilities. Certain other medical and behavioral conditions need to receive careful consideration prior to finalizing the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A thorough but focused general examination coupled with the pediatric neurodevelopmental examination can contribute to this differentiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1989
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21. Acute Leukemia.
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Fogarty, Kathryn, Volonino, Victoria, Caul, Jefferies, Rongey, Jan, Whitman, Barbara, O'Connor, Dennis, and Accardo, Pasquale
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ACUTE leukemia ,JUVENILE diseases ,RADIATION ,THERAPEUTICS ,RADIATION doses ,LEARNING disabilities ,THERAPEUTIC complications - Abstract
Thirteen elementary school age children with acute leukemia who had received cranial irradiation with dosages between 1,800 and 4,800 rads a mean of 6.3 years earlier were evaluated for the presence of learning disorders. The authors utilized both psychometric and educational tests. The results were analyzed according to a graduated regressed standard score procedure and yielded the following diagnoses: mental retardation, two (15%); learning disability in reading and mathematics, two (15%); learning disability in mathematics, five (39%); no psychoeducational diagnosis, four (31%). Of the nine children (69%) who qualified for a specific psychoeducational diagnosis, only three were receiving any special educational services. The failure of a previous assessment of this same group of children at our center and of other research reports to uncover a similarly high incidence of neurodevelopmental pathology may be due to the specific tests employed or to the later onset of measurable difficulties in these patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1988
22. Autism and Plumbism.
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Accardo, Pasquale, Whitman, Barbara, Caul, Jefferies, and Rolfe, Ursula
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AUTISM in children ,LEAD poisoning ,DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities ,CLINICAL medicine ,SYMPTOMS ,CHILD development deviations - Abstract
Six cases of inner city black children with both infantile autism and lead poisoning are reviewed. In three cases, developmental deviance seems to have been present before the possible impact of lead toxicity. In two cases the lead poisoning may have contributed to the onset or acceleration of developmental symptomatology. In one case the temporal sequence remains unclear. Possible patterns of interaction and the implications for clinical practice are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1988
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23. Linguistic and Auditory Milestones During the First Two Years of Life.
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Capute, Arnold J. and Accardo, Pasquale J.
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CHILD development ,DEVELOPMENTAL biology ,CHILDREN'S language ,CHILDREN ,VERBAL ability in children ,CHILD psychology - Abstract
Although language is recognized as one of the best predictors of development, the lack of a simple evaluation tool has contributed to the general pediatrician's unfamiliarity with linguistic milestones. This article describes a 32-item instrument for the recording and assessment by the practicing pediatrician of language milestones during the first two years of life. It notes that language needs to be recognized by the practicing pediatrician as the best predictor of future intelligence. More accurate recording of early language milestones may ultimately be of significant predictive value for later developmental language disorders such as dyslexia. The further refinement of instruments such as the present scale should sensitize the pediatrician to the striking regularities inherent in early language development and the role of language as the maximal common denominator for recognizing developmental disabilities.
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- 1978
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24. Measures of Attention Deficit
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Jeffrey H. Snow, Thomas A. Blondis, and Pasquale J. Accardo
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Psychometrics ,MEDLINE ,Physical examination ,Neuropsychological Tests ,03 medical and health sciences ,Child Development ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Humans ,Medicine ,Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ,Psychological testing ,Child ,Psychiatry ,Physical Examination ,Neurologic Examination ,Psychological Tests ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,medicine.disease ,Child development ,Test (assessment) ,Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Learning disability ,medicine.symptom ,business ,0503 education ,Algorithms ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
After a detailed behavioral and developmental history has been supplemented by the use of formal questionnaires, the diagnosis of an attentional disorder can be further clarified by the judicious selection of psychoeducational and pediatric physical and neurodevelopmental examinations. The most common difficulty in the interpretation of psychoeducational test subscores and profiles is the significant overlap between the patterns generated by attentional deficits and those associated with memory-based learning disabilities. Certain other medical and behavioral conditions need to receive careful consideration prior to finalizing the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A thorough but focused general examination coupled with the pediatric neurodevelopmental examination can contribute to this differentiation.
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- 1989
25. Learning Disabilities Following CNS Irradiation
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Pasquale J. Accardo, Jefferies Caul, Victoria Volonino, Kathryn Fogarty, Dennis M. O'Connor, Barbara Y. Whitman, and Jan Rongey
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Acute leukemia ,Pediatrics ,Intelligence quotient ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,Standard score ,medicine.disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,El Niño ,Acute lymphocytic leukemia ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Learning disability ,Physical therapy ,medicine ,Psychological testing ,medicine.symptom ,Medical diagnosis ,business ,0503 education ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Thirteen elementary school age children with acute leukemia who had received cranial irradiation with dosages between 1,800 and 4,800 rads a mean of 6.3 years earlier were evaluated for the presence of learning disorders. The authors utilized both psychometric and educational tests. The results were analyzed according to a graduated regressed standard score procedure and yielded the following diagnoses: mental retardation, two (15%); learning disability in reading and mathematics, two (15%); learning disability in mathematics, five (39%); no psychoeducational diagnosis, four (31 %). Of the nine children (69%) who qualified for a specific psychoeducational diagnosis, only three were receiving any special educational services. The failure of a previous assessment of this same group of children at our center and of other research reports to uncover a similarly high incidence of neurodevelopmental pathology may be due to the specific tests employed or to the later onset of measurable difficulties in these patients.
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- 1988
26. Linguistic and Auditory Milestones During the First Two Years of Life
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Arnold J. Capute and Pasquale J. Accardo
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business.industry ,Age Factors ,Infant, Newborn ,MEDLINE ,Infant ,Language Development ,Child development ,Linguistics ,03 medical and health sciences ,Language development ,Child Development ,0302 clinical medicine ,Hearing ,Child, Preschool ,030225 pediatrics ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Humans ,Medicine ,business - Abstract
Although language is recognized as one of the best predictors of develop ment, the lack of a simple evaluation tool has contributed to the general pediatrician's unfamiliarity with linguistic milestones. Here described is a 32-item instrument for the recording and assessment by the practicing pediatri cian of language milestones during the first two years of life.
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- 1978
27. A Marker for Language Disorders
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Pasquale J. Accardo and Barbara Y. Whitman
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Intelligence quotient ,business.industry ,Odds ratio ,medicine.disease ,Gait ,Cerebral palsy ,body regions ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,El Niño ,030225 pediatrics ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Intellectual disability ,Physical therapy ,Medicine ,Language disorder ,business ,Prospective cohort study ,human activities - Abstract
Toe walking unassociated with an autistic disorder or cerebral palsy generally has been considered a normal infant gait. The incidence of toe walking in various diagnostic subgroups of 799 developmentally disabled children presenting to a tertiary-level multidisciplinary assessment clinic was reviewed to investigate the authors' clinical impression that toe walking may be a marker for language dysfunction. Toe walking was found to be more frequent in those diagnostic subgroups with more severe language disorders. Toe walking also correlated with lower IQ scores (p < 0.0001). The sensitivities, specificities, predictive validities and odds ratios all supported the hypothesized association between toe walking and language disorders. Further prospective studies of the neurodevelopmental outcome of children with toe walking are needed to determine whether this behavior can identify children at risk for language disorders.
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- 1989
28. Autism and Plumbism
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Jefferies Caul, Ursula T. Rolfe, Barbara Y. Whitman, and Pasquale J. Accardo
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Male ,Urban Population ,Developmental Disabilities ,Lead poisoning ,Diagnosis, Differential ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Inner city ,Intellectual Disability ,Poverty Areas ,030225 pediatrics ,medicine ,Humans ,Autistic Disorder ,Psychological Tests ,Missouri ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Black or African American ,Lead Poisoning ,Clinical Practice ,El Niño ,Infantile autism ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Autism ,Female ,business ,Deviance (sociology) ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Six cases of inner city black children with both infantile autism and lead poisoning are reviewed. In three cases, developmental deviance seems to have been present before the possible impact of lead toxicity. In two cases the lead poisoning may have contributed to the onset or acceleration of developmental symptomatology. In one case the temporal sequence remains unclear. Possible patterns of interaction and the implications for clinical practice are discussed.
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- 1988
29. Acute leukemia. Learning disabilities following CNS irradiation
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K, Fogarty, V, Volonino, J, Caul, J, Rongey, B, Whitman, D, O'Connor, and P, Accardo
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Intelligence Tests ,Male ,Psychological Tests ,Leukemia ,Radiotherapy ,Learning Disabilities ,Brain ,Humans ,Female ,Radiotherapy Dosage ,Child ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Thirteen elementary school age children with acute leukemia who had received cranial irradiation with dosages between 1,800 and 4,800 rads a mean of 6.3 years earlier were evaluated for the presence of learning disorders. The authors utilized both psychometric and educational tests. The results were analyzed according to a graduated regressed standard score procedure and yielded the following diagnoses: mental retardation, two (15%); learning disability in reading and mathematics, two (15%); learning disability in mathematics, five (39%); no psychoeducational diagnosis, four (31%). Of the nine children (69%) who qualified for a specific psychoeducational diagnosis, only three were receiving any special educational services. The failure of a previous assessment of this same group of children at our center and of other research reports to uncover a similarly high incidence of neurodevelopmental pathology may be due to the specific tests employed or to the later onset of measurable difficulties in these patients.
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- 1988
30. Toe walking. A marker for language disorders in the developmentally disabled
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P, Accardo and B, Whitman
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Male ,Language Disorders ,Learning Disabilities ,Developmental Disabilities ,Intelligence ,Toes ,Cohort Studies ,Child, Preschool ,Intellectual Disability ,Communication Disorders ,Humans ,Female ,Autistic Disorder ,Child ,Gait - Abstract
Toe walking unassociated with an autistic disorder or cerebral palsy generally has been considered a normal infant gait. The incidence of toe walking in various diagnostic subgroups of 799 developmentally disabled children presenting to a tertiary-level multidisciplinary assessment clinic was reviewed to investigate the authors' clinical impression that toe walking may be a marker for language dysfunction. Toe walking was found to be more frequent in those diagnostic subgroups with more severe language disorders. Toe walking also correlated with lower IQ scores (p less than 0.0001). The sensitivities, specificities, predictive validities and odds ratios all supported the hypothesized association between toe walking and language disorders. Further prospective studies of the neurodevelopmental outcome of children with toe walking are needed to determine whether this behavior can identify children at risk for language disorders.
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- 1989
31. A Marker for Language Disorders
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Accardo, Pasquale, primary and Whitman, Barbara, additional
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- 1989
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32. Excessive Water Drinking
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Accardo, Pasquale, primary, Caul, Jefferies, additional, and Whitman, Barbara, additional
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- 1989
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33. Learning Disabilities Following CNS Irradiation
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Fogarty, Kathryn, primary, Volonino, Victoria, additional, Caul, Jefferies, additional, Rongey, Jan, additional, Whitman, Barbara, additional, O'Connor, Dennis, additional, and Accardo, Pasquale, additional
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- 1988
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34. Handedness and Developmental Disorders.
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Accardo, Pasquale
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JUVENILE diseases ,NONFICTION - Abstract
The article reviews the book "Handedness and Developmental Disorders," by Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop.
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- 1991
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