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Universities are heeding to the call of its social responsibility by doing its role in value formation of the students who are formally enrolled in the institution and those who are out of school but have been deprived of decent and normal life. They are those who have serious behavioral and emotional difficulties, and their upbringing and family situation are often problematic. This paper presents a framework on how De La Salle University-Dasmarinas (DLSU-D) can intervene to improve the physical, social, emotional, mental, moral, economic, and spiritual life of the children-in-conflict with the law (CICL) in Cavite, Philippines. Some literatures are reviewed to provide inputs to the framework. A collaborative effort with the government and civil society partners is seen to be an effective strategy to achieve the goals. It is believed that DLSU-D could best respond to the challenges while maintaining its main values and goals of touching the minds, touching the hearts, and transforming the lives of the youth. It is hoped that through this framework, DLSU-D will be able to effectively sustain its mandate of promoting Christian values, life skills, and livelihood skills to its constituents. Improving their lives will increase their productive capacity which will positively contribute in the development of their communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Conclusion: Evoked otoacoustic emission (OAE) and auditory brainstem response (ABR) results for hearing screening among infants have good concordance. However, good correlation with the Griffiths Developmental Scales remains to be desired. Objective: To correlate hearing screening outcomes of a cohort of infants with developmental outcomes at 6 and 12 months. Subjects and methods: A cohort of pregnant women was identified in several communities in a rural area (Bulacan province) from April 2002 to February 2003 as part of a population-based study determining maternal exposure to pollutants and infant outcomes, with a total follow-up of 2 years. Pregnant mothers were identified and followed up until delivery at a secondary, provincial hospital. Hearing screening was performed with OAEs and ABR. Mental development of infants was assessed at 6 and 12 months using Griffiths Mental Developmental Scales - locomotor, personal-social, hearing and speech, hand and eye coordination, performance tests. Results: Among the 1086 babies recruited, there were 724 with hearing assessment. Of these 724 babies, 565 had both OAE testing and ABR. Overall in 1130 ears, OAE and ABR testing showed an observed agreement of 99%, agreement due to chance of 96%, and kappa agreement of 79% (p=0.00) in diagnosing bilateral hearing losses. OAEs had a sensitivity of 86.4% (95% CI 64-96.4%) and a specificity of 99.4% (95% CI 98.6-99.7%). At the end of the study, there were 708/724 (97.8%) infants with normal hearing, 7/724 (1.0%) with unilateral hearing loss, 8/724 (1.1%) with bilateral mild hearing loss, and 1/724 (0.1%) with bilateral profound hearing loss, who demonstrated consistent mental delay throughout. Follow-up rates for developmental examinations at 6 and 12 months were 98% and 81.25%, respectively. In these groups, there were 8 (1%) infants at 6 months and 18 (2.4%) at 12 months with developmental delay (Griffiths Mental Developmental Scales). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]