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Despite calls for examining children's lives relationally, dominant accounts view childhood as biologically, culturally or economically determined. Based on ethnographic observations of children's life skills education programmes in Bangalore, this article shows how poor and marginalised children reposition themselves as 'better educated' and successful compared to peers, while a global network of professionals position them as 'at-risk', seeking to intervene in their lives. This article draws attention to how children can be seen as 'strategically opportunising actors', who creatively seek to make meaning of their lives despite structural and discursive constraints placed upon them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The purpose was to assess the level of learning in caregivers of children with Cerebral Palsy [CP] and the effectiveness of the Occupational Therapy Caregiver Education. Method: 15 caregivers [Mean age=41 years, 3males and 13 females] of children with CP attended a 2 day caregiver training workshop on "Handling of a CP child". They were given a questionnaire [English/ Marathi] comprising of demographic data, 15 questions pertaining to Brain and Development, Abnormal reflexes and their effect on brain development, Occupational Therapy process and hands on training, pre and post and questions relating to the perceived effectiveness of the workshop to caregivers and peers. Results: The score obtained pre-post from 10 participants on 15 questions [pre mean score=10.09 SD=.87, post mean score=12.73, SD=1.79] were statistically computed using paired t-test, t-value=4.47 at p value < 0.00 which indicates very highly significant results. The perceived effectiveness of the workshop was high [mean ~9out of 10] rated by parents and the peer group. Conclusion: Workshop was effective and efficient in inducing learning in caregivers of children with CP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Koro is a culture bound syndrome, endemic in South-East Asia. The present study attempts to correlate the socio-cultural and demographic variables of the patients with the occurrence of the Koro and the differences in presentation between the classical features of the Koro and the actual presentation of the disease that has been observed in the present study., Method: A cross-sectional observational study was performed and data collected during the period was compared, analyzed and studied. A total number of 70 patients who presented to the Department of Psychiatry with symptoms of Koro over the period of 5 days were taken into the study., Results: Most of the patients were, young, unmarried males belonging to a lower socioeconomic status. Most of these patients suffered the attacks in the evening mostly while at home. It was common in migrant and migrant lineage. Media had a major role to spread this epidemic., Conclusions: Koro epidemics are considered to be the result of panic that spread following the occurrence of symptoms in one or more individuals within the same geographical zone. While the issues concerning phenomenology, diagnosis and nosology of Koro are still being discussed, it is apparent that Koro which presents as an acute anxiety state is treatment responsive and has good prognosis., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)