Forty children with Verbal‐Performance IQ discrepancies on the WISC/WISC‐R were studied in regard to clinical findings on psychological, educational, speech‐language, and medical evaluations. Significant delays in the development of verbal when compared to preformance skills were observed frequently in this referred sample. The verbal deficits were mostly developmental in nature, rather than secondary to emotional or family background factors. These children's developmental difficulties were frequently complex ones that benefitted from multidisciplinary assessment and treatment planning. It was emphasized that future research in regard to these intellectual patterns should be conducted within the confines of more neuropsychologically oriented approaches.
s i t i v i t v t o t h e behavior o f oremature i n f a n t s i n t h e f i r s t 6Stimulant treatment of A t t e n t i o n D e f i c i t Disorder (ADD) remains months o f l i f e . I t has been' assumed t h a t t h i s d i f f e r e n c e i s a r e s u l t o f t h e mothers' experience o f t h e i n f a n t s ' behavior a f t e r discharge. This study r e p o r t s on the a t t i t u d e s o f mothers o f preterm i n f a n t s before h o s p i t a l discharge. Twenty-two mothers o f AGA preterm i n f a n t s (28-32 weeks g e s t a t i o n ) w i t h medical comp l i c a t i o n s completed t h e Cohler Maternal A t t i t u d e Scale, a 233 i t e m L i k e r t -t y p e instrument, when t h e i r i n f a n t s reached 34 weeks post-conceptional age. We examined 5 issues which assess a t t i t u d e s towards maternal and i n f a n t attachment and i n f a n t sepa r a t i o n . Scores were compared w i t h Cohler's norms o f 212 f u l lterm uncomplicated d e l i v e r i e s . Two issues had elevated values: "period o f r e c i p r o c a l exchange1'(2%-5 months,pc 0.01), and "period o f e a r l y d i r e c t e d i n f a n t a c t i v i t y " ( 5 -9 months,p < 0.02). There were no s t a t i s t i c a l l y s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e s i n t h e three remaining issues ( " f o c a l i z a t i o n on t h e mother", "widening r e c ip r o c i t y o f interchange", and "female s e x u a l i t y " . ) This suggests t h a t mothers o f ill prematures tend t o be more s e n s i t i v e t o t h e i n f a n t s ' e a r l y e f f o r t s a t s t i m u l a t i n g and opening new areas o f r e c i p r o c i t y w i t h t h e mother, and t h a t maternal a t t i t u d e s toward premature i n f a n t s a r e formed before h o s p i t a l discharge o f t h e baby.c o n t r o v e r s i a l , i n p a r t , because adverse medication responses t o c o g n i t i v e t e s t i n g i n t h e l a b o r a t o r y suggests t h a t medication may impair learning. Some i n v e s t i g a t o r s recommend t h a t pharmacologic treatment be based upon response t o l e a r n i n g t e s t s i n t h e laborat o r y . However, t h e r e l i a b i l i t y of l e a r n i n g t e s t s w i t h i n and a c r o s s dose l e v e l s has not been e s t a b l i s h e d . Therefore, t r e a tment recommendations based upon such t e s t i n g remain controversial. 23 males, age 6-12, w i t h ADD were assessed on .3, .5 and .75 mg/ kg of methylphenidate and placebo on a paired a s s o c i a t e l e a r n i n g t a s k i n t h e laboratory, i n a n a c u t s d o u b l e -b l i n d , drug-placebo paradigm. Data c o n s i s t s of t h e t o t a l e r r o r s made while l e a r n i n g a l i s t of picture-number a s s o c i a t i o n s t o c r i t e r i o n . T e s t -r e t e s t r e l i a b i l i t y was assessed i n 10123 s u b j e c t s . A t o t a l of 84 medic a t i o n response l e a r n i n g curves were c l a s s i f i e d a s f a v o r a b l e (fav) adverse (adv) o r non-response compared t o placebo. I n 12/23 subj e c t s , both f ...
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