Audit report on the Ringgold County Early Childhood Iowa Area for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the Ringgold County Early Childhood Iowa Area for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the Taylor County Early Childhood Iowa Area for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the Taylor County Early Childhood Iowa Area for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the Iowa/Jefferson/Keokuk Early Childhood Iowa Area for the year ended June 30, 2014

Audit report on the Iowa/Jefferson/Keokuk Early Childhood Iowa Area for the year ended June 30, 2014

Audit report on the Iowa/Jefferson/Keokuk Early Childhood Iowa Area for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on the Iowa/Jefferson/Keokuk Early Childhood Iowa Area for the year ended June 30, 2015

Improving Information Problem Solving skills in Secondary Education through embedded instruction

This empirical study consists in an investigation of the effects, on the development of Information Problem Solving (IPS) skills, of a long-term embedded, structured and supported instruction in Secondary Education. Forty secondary students of 7th and 8th grades (13–15 years old) participated in the 2-year IPS instruction designed in this study. Twenty of them participated in the IPS instruction, and the remaining twenty were the control group. All the students were pre- and post-tested in their regular classrooms, and their IPS process and performance were logged by means of screen capture software, to warrant their ecological validity. The IPS constituent skills, the web search sub-skills and the answers given by each participant were analyzed. The main findings of our study suggested that experimental students showed a more expert pattern than the control students regarding the constituent skill ‘defining the problem’ and the following two web search sub-skills: ‘search terms’ typed in a search engine, and ‘selected results’ from a SERP. In addition, scores of task performance were statistically better in experimental students than in control group students. The paper contributes to the discussion of how well-designed and well-embedded scaffolds could be designed in instructional programs in order to guarantee the development and efficiency of the students’ IPS skills by using net information better and participating fully in the global knowledge society.

Measuring Intermediary Determinants of Early Childhood Health: A Composite Index Comparing Colombian Departments

In recent years there has been growing interest in composite indicators as an efficient tool of analysis and a method of prioritizing policies. This paper presents a composite index of intermediary determinants of child health using a multivariate statistical approach. The index shows how specific determinants of child health vary across Colombian departments (administrative subdivisions). We used data collected from the 2010 Colombian Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for 32 departments and the capital city, Bogotá. Adapting the conceptual framework of Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), five dimensions related to child health are represented in the index: material circumstances, behavioural factors, psychosocial factors, biological factors and the health system. In order to generate the weight of the variables, and taking into account the discrete nature of the data, principal component analysis (PCA) using polychoric correlations was employed in constructing the index. From this method five principal components were selected. The index was estimated using a weighted average of the retained components. A hierarchical cluster analysis was also carried out. The results show that the biggest differences in intermediary determinants of child health are associated with health care before and during delivery.

Measuring early childhood health : a composite index comparing Colombian departments

This paper presents a composite index of early childhood health using a multivariate statistical approach. The index shows how child health varies across Colombian departments, -administrative subdivisions-. In recent years there has been growing interest in composite indicators as an efficient analysis tool and a way of prioritizing policies. These indicators not only enable multi-dimensional phenomena to be simplified but also make it easier to measure, visualize, monitor and compare a country’s performance in particular issues. We used data collected from the Colombian Demographic and Health Survey, DHS, for 32 departments and the capital city, Bogotá, in 2005 and 2010. The variables included in the index provide a measure of three dimensions related to child health: health status, health determinants and the health system. In order to generate the weight of the variables and take into account the discrete nature of the data, we employed a principal component analysis, PCA, using polychoric correlation. From this method, five principal components were selected. The index was estimated using a weighted average of the components retained. A hierarchical cluster analysis was also carried out. We observed that the departments ranking in the lowest positions are located on the Colombian periphery. They are departments with low per capita incomes and they present critical social indicators. The results suggest that the regional disparities in child health may be associated with differences in parental characteristics, household conditions and economic development levels, which makes clear the importance of context in the study of child health in Colombia.

Acute leukemia in early childhood

Acute leukemia in early childhood is biologically and clinically distinct. The particular characteristics of this malignancy diagnosed during the first months of life have provided remarkable insights into the etiology of the disease. The pro-B, CD10 negative immunophenotype is typically found in infant acute leukemia, and the most common genetic alterations are the rearrangements of the MLL gene. In addition, the TEL/AML1 fusion gene is most frequently found in children older than 24 months. A molecular study on a Brazilian cohort (age range 0-23 months) has detected TEL/AML1+ve (N = 9), E2A/PBX1+ve (N = 4), PML/RARA+ve (N = 4), and AML1/ETO+ve (N = 2) cases. Undoubtedly, the great majority of genetic events occurring in these patients arise prenatally. The environmental exposure to damaging agents that give rise to genetic changes prenatally may be accurately determined in infants since the window of exposure is limited and known. Several studies have shown maternal exposures that may give rise to leukemogenic changes. The Brazilian Collaborative Study Group of Infant Acute Leukemia has found that mothers exposed to dipyrone, pesticides and hormones had an increased chance to give birth to babies with infant acute leukemia [OR = 1.48 (95%CI = 1.05-2.07), OR = 2.27 (95%CI = 1.56-3.31) and OR = 9.08 (95%CI = 2.95-27.96)], respectively. This review aims to summarize recent clues that have facilitated the elucidation of the biology of early childhood leukemias, with emphasis on infant acute leukemia in the Brazilian population.

The relationship between early age of first sexual intercourse and vulnerability to depression among adolescents

Past empirical literature has provided conflicted results regarding the association between adolescent coitus and depression. While some studies conclude that those youth who are sexually active may be at risk for depression, others provide contrary results, or findings that are only representative of high-risk sexual behaviors such as intercourse without a condom. Thus, the results are unclear as to whether depression results directly from coitus, or if this relationship is spurious; that is, there may be biological, psychological, or sociological variables that may predict both depression and early sexual intercourse. Using the Add Health restricted dataset, I analyzed the depressive symptomatology of adolescents over a seven-year time period. The final sample (n=6,51O) was comprised of 49.35% male (n=3,213) and 50.65% female (n=3,297) participants. Results indicated that the relationship between earlier adolescent sexual intercourse and later depressive symptomatology is spurious. Although an earlier age of first coitus is predictive of later depressive symptomatology, both variables appear to be concomitant outcomes of the biopsychosocial process. Thus, while one may be able to use early coitus as a marker for subsequent depressive symptomatology, it does not occur because of early coitus. Furthermore, the reverse relationship was not found to be significant in this study. That is, higher levels of depressive symptomatology do not predict an earlier age of first sexual intercourse in adolescents.

Unresolved states of mind with respect to attachment : developmental significance, subtypes, and relations to disrupted caregiving

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Mamès, profèsorn oun kindèr likht. Éducation en petite enfance en CPE. Le cas des femmes hassidiques Belz en services de garde en milieu familial accrédités.

La présente thèse est construite en trois parties. La première partie est précédée du chapitre 1 qui présente les premières données du travail de terrain sur les femmes hassidiques Belz, l’éducation des jeunes enfants et l’histoire de la communauté. La première partie est composée de trois chapitres qui analysent les notions relatives à la petite enfance, notamment sa définition et sa conception à travers l’histoire humaine récente et selon différentes cultures. Le chapitre 2 examine la question de la petite enfance en soi et des conditions qui la définissent. Le chapitre 3 analyse l’institutionnalisation de la petite enfance dans le monde moderne contemporain. Le chapitre 4 analyse l’avènement de la norme scientifique et son impact sur la petite enfance en ce qui a trait à l’éducation et au développement. Ces chapitres analysent notamment l’éducation en petite enfance en CPE (Centres de la petite enfance) au Québec. La deuxième partie de la thèse, composée aussi de trois chapitres, présente les paradigmes scientifiques et les cadres conceptuels dominants en petite enfance. Le chapitre 5 explique l’impact du « néolibéralisme » ou de la modernité avancée en petite enfance. Le chapitre 6 présente le nouveau paradigme du « postfondamentalisme » en petite enfance et le chapitre 7, celui de l’éco-éducation ainsi que la posture de « l’écosophie » en petite enfance. Ce dernier propose une application pédagogique de l’éco-éducation et de l’écosophie en petite enfance. La troisième partie fait état du travail de terrain en anthropologie au sein de la communauté féminine des Hassidim Belz de Montréal, notamment au sein des services de garde en milieux familial accrédités par le ministère de la Famille du Québec. Elle se divise en deux chapitres. Le chapitre 8 analyse l’incident de la Directive contre l’enseignement religieux en services de garde subventionnés. Le chapitre 9 propose les résultats du travail de terrain sur la philosophie de vie et la spiritualité des femmes hassidiques Belz de Montréal. La conclusion générale intègre le paradigme de l’éco-éducation et la posture de « l’écosophie » en petite enfance à la philosophie de vie et la spiritualité des femmes hassidiques Belz de Montréal. Elle propose un « réenchantement » du développement et de l’éducation en petite enfance.

La festa, memòria col·lectiva d’un poble. Cançons, balls i tonades de Manacor: un recurs a l’aula

Les manifestacions musicals dels actes festius de Manacor són el principal objecte d’estudi d’aquest treball, que pretén unir tres mons: la música i cultura tradicionals, la pedagogia i les noves tecnologies de la informació i la comunicació. Per entendre bé el significat de les cançons, balls i tonades que hem estudiat i organitzat seguint la roda de l’any, hem hagut d’endinsar-nos en les arrels de la nostra història i cultura per poder-les contextualitzar. El fil conductor han estat les festes populars, que guarden gran part de la memòria col·lectiva d’un poble. Hem afavorit l’ús pedagògic mitjançant fitxes d’anàlisi, aplicacions didàctiques i enregistraments de les cançons seleccionades, tot confiant que pugin servir de recurs per a qualsevol docent amb l’objectiu d’aprendre música i cultura tradicionals de Manacor i, per extensió, de les Illes Balears. La necessitat de facilitar el maneig del material que oferim en aquest treball i la voluntat de donar-li difusió han fet que prengués forma de pàgina web. Així, tota la informació —marc historicocultural, fitxes i enregistraments— està organitzada en format de web.

A perceção de Educadores de Infância, Professores do 1º ciclo e Educação Especial em relação às dificuldades no Ensino de crianças portadoras de Trissomia 21

A Trissomia 21 é uma problemática com alta incidência na nossa sociedade e possuí características muito específicas que variam de indivíduo para indivíduo. A educação de uma criança com Trissomia 21 deve ter a mesma finalidade da educação de qualquer outra, ou seja, é necessário dar-lhe todas as oportunidades e todo o apoio necessário para que possa desenvolver as suas faculdades cognitivas e sociais até ao máximo que lhe for possível. Proponho, neste trabalho, a apresentação ao leitor de um conhecimento mais profundo sobre a perceção dos Educadores de Infância, Professores do 1º Ciclo e Educação especial e em qualquer situação profissional em relação às dificuldades no ensino de crianças portadoras de Trissomia 21. Considero que este conhecimento é de extrema importância para professores e educadores, pois assim, poderão ter uma perceção das dificuldades que sentem no ensino destas crianças, quais os obstáculos existentes, os aspetos considerados facilitadores no ensino destas crianças, refletir sobre a necessidade de formação adequada para trabalhar com estas crianças e que estratégias são utilizadas com maior frequência no ensino destas crianças de forma a estimular adequadamente a criança e proporcionar um desenvolvimento adequado. O trabalho está estruturado em duas partes. Na primeira, através de uma revisão de literatura, são abordados assuntos relacionados com a Educação Especial, a Escola e a Educação Inclusiva, a Diferenciação Pedagógica, a Trissomia 21 e a intervenção educativa. A segunda parte cinge-se ao estudo empírico, o qual se desenvolve no âmbito de um modelo quantitativo de investigação, seguindo um plano não-experimental e descritivo. Conta com a amostra de 51 docentes. Alguns já trabalharam e trabalham com crianças portadoras de Trissomia 21, outros nunca trabalharam. A metodologia utilizada privilegiou a aplicação de um questionário para a recolha de dados. Perante a análise da informação recolhida constatou-se que, os docentes inquiridos têm a noção que o ensino deve ser adaptado a estas crianças e das estratégias que devem utilizar na intervenção em contexto escolar. A falta de apoio aos docentes, a falta de formação docente, a falta de equipamento/materialadequado ao desenvolvimento e ao ensino de qualidade destas crianças e a pouca colaboração de alguns encarregados de educação contribuem para o sentimento de insegurança no ensino das crianças portadoras de Trissomia 21.

Interpretation and expectation in childhood anxiety disorders: age effects and social specificity

Theory and treatment for childhood anxiety disorders typically implicates children’s negative cognitions, yet little is known about the characteristics of thinking styles of clinically anxious children. In particular, it is unclear whether differences in thinking styles between children with anxiety disorders and non-anxious children vary as a function of child age, whether particular cognitive distortions are associated with childhood anxiety disorders at different child ages, and whether cognitive content is disorder-specific. The current study addressed these questions among 120 7 - 12 year old children (53% female) who met diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder, other anxiety disorder, or who were not currently anxious. Contrary to expectations, threat interpretation was not inflated amongst anxious compared to non-anxious children at any age, although older (10 - 12 year old) anxious children did differ from non-anxious children on measures of perceived coping. The notion of cognitive-content specificity was not supported across the age-range. The findings challenge current treatment models of childhood anxiety, and suggest that a focus on changing anxious children’s cognitions is not warranted in mid-childhood, and in late childhood cognitive approaches may be better focussed on promoting children’s perceptions of control rather than challenging threat interpretations.

Early Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With and Without Tics

Introduction: Research suggests that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is not a unitary entity, but rather a highly heterogeneous condition, with complex and variable clinical manifestations. Objective: The aims of this study were to compare clinical and demographic characteristics of OCD patients with early and late age of onset of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS); and to compare the same features in early onset OCD with and without tics. The independent impact of age at onset and presence of tics on comorbidity patterns was investigated. Methods: Three hundred and thirty consecutive outpatients meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition criteria for OCD were evaluated: 160 patients belonged to the ""early onset"" group (EOG): before 11 years of age, 75 patients had an ""intermediate onset"" (IOG), and 95 patients were from the ""late onset"" group (LOG): after 18 years of age. From the 160 EOG, 60 had comorbidity with tic disorders. The diagnostic instruments used were: the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (DY-BOCS), Yale Global Tics Severity Scale; and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders-patient edition. Statistical tests used were: Mann-Whitney, full Bayesian significance test, and logistic regression. Results: The EOG had a predominance of males, higher frequency of family history of OCS, higher mean scores on the ""aggression/violence"" and ""miscellaneous"" dimensions, and higher mean global DY-BOCS scores. Patients with EOG without tic disorders presented higher mean global DY-BOCS scores and higher mean scores in the ""contamination/cleaning"" dimension. Conclusion: The current results disentangle some of the clinical overlap between early onset OCD with and without tics. CNS Spectr. 2009; 14(7):362-370