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This paper reports the case history of a patient who had bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) in which adjunctive treatment with teriparatide was used. The patient was treated for 5 years with alendronate for osteoporosis and developed ONJ after extraction of maxillary teeth. An implant was placed at the site of the extracted teeth. The pathology report confirmed the clinical diagnosis of ONJ; treatment was changed from alendronate to teriparatide and the ONJ resolved. To our knowledge, this is the third case history reported in the literature in which teriparatide was successfully used as adjunct therapy in ONJ because it has an anabolic effect and presumed role in accelerating bone healing. ONJ is a serious but infrequent condition that has been recently associated with nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate therapy. Teriparatide may be a useful adjunctive therapy when ONJ develops. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper reviews several different methods used to collect parent report data on children. The specific methods were categorized and discussed in three general categories including checklists, rating scales, and structured interviews. Each specific device was described in terms of its content, scoring, reliability, validity, factor structure, normative samples, and other findings regarding its application in clinical and research settings. Very few scales came close to meeting all of the psychometric standards that are important in evaluating self-report instruments. Many of the specific parent report devices have major deficits that prohibit any recommendation to use them. Considerable work is needed to improve the quality of this important assessment procedure by gathering more data on the better existing scales or generating new scales that meet all of the basic psychometric considerations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to present a program that is currently being used to teach communication skills to retarded individuals. The program is based on an operant analysis of language and uses shaping procedures to train each skill. Sample training programs for two skills, encourage-to-talk and on-topic questions, are presented. Furthermore, the components of the treatment program and procedures used to assess a trainee's progress are delineated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]