Vivências de cuidado familiar à criança dependente de tecnologias: subsídios para a enfermagem

Crianças dependentes do uso de tecnologias para viver necessitam de cuidados diferenciados, tanto dos profissionais da saúde como de sua família. Para o enfermeiro atuar junto à família da criança dependente do uso de tecnologias é necessário que compreenda quais são os recursos importantes para o enfrentamento de situações estressantes que envolvem, necessariamente, o conviver com a doença e o cuidado. Ao vivenciar a relação com essa família, o enfermeiro estuda e desenvolve sua prática de aprendizado e de ensino sobre o cuidado humano, criando o fazer profissional e, nesse processo de aprender/ensinar/criar, ele concebe, organiza e expressa ações de cuidado. A compreensão da experiência da família no processo de cuidar da criança em seu cotidiano pode subsidiar as intervenções da enfermagem nessas situações. Assim, objetivou-se conhecer as vivências de famílias no cuidado às crianças dependentes de tecnologias. Realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva e exploratória no primeiro semestre de 2014. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com treze familiares cuidadores de crianças dependentes de tecnologias atendidas em uma Unidade de Pediatria de um hospital universitário do sul do país e submetidos à análise temática. Encontraram-se como categorias: caracterização da população do estudo; identificação da percepção do familiar cuidador a cerca do cuidado à criança dependente de tecnologia; recepção do diagnóstico da criança; mudanças do cotidiano familiar em função do cuidado à criança; profissionais de saúde e a enfermagem: contribuições para a instrumentalização do familiar cuidador; facilidades e dificuldades encontradas pelo familiar cuidador durante o cuidado à criança dependente de tecnologia; recebimento de ajuda da rede de apoio social para o cuidado à criança. Acredita-se que este estudo possibilitou a compreensão da experiência de famílias no processo de cuidar da criança dependente de tecnologias em seu cotidiano, subsidiando as intervenções da enfermagem nessas situações.

A comparison of social interaction between groups of multiply handicapped and hearing-impaired children

This paper reviews a study to determine the differences between multiply handicapped and deaf children in social interactions.

Dependent and neglected children : report of the Committee on Socially Handicapped--Dependency and Neglect /

"Section IV--The handicapped: prevention, maintenance, protection. C. C. Carsten, Chairman."--p. [iii]

Children and family services institutions and community services to the visually handicapped, fiscal year ending June 30, 1963 /

On cover: Annual report, 1963.

Educational robotics as a learning aid for disabled children

Severe disabled children have little chance of environmental and social exploration and discovery, and due this lack of interaction and independency, it may lead to an idea that they are unable to do anything by themselves. This idea is called learned helplessness and is very negative for the child cognitive development and social development as well. With this entire situation it is very likely that the self-steam and mood of this child. Trying to help these children on this situation, educational robotics can offer and aid, once it can give them a certain degree of independency in exploration of environment. The system developed in this work allows the child to transmit the commands to a robot. Sensors placed on the child's body can obtain information from head movement or muscle pulses to command the robot to carry the tasks. Also, this system can be used with a variety of robots, being necessary just a previous configuration. It is expected that, with the usage of this system, the disabled children have a better cognitive development and social interaction, balancing in a certain way, the negative effects of their disabilities. © 2011 IEEE.

Use of myoelectric signals to command mobile entertainment robot by disabled children: Design and control architecture

Severely disabled children have little chance of environmental and social exploration and discovery. This lack of interaction and independency may lead to an idea that they are unable to do anything by themselves. In an attempt to help children in this situation, educational robotics can offer and aid, once it can provide them a certain degree of independency in the exploration of environment. The system developed in this work allows the child to transmit the commands to a robot through myoelectric and movement sensors. The sensors are placed on the child's body so they can obtain information from the body inclination and muscle contraction, thus allowing commanding, through a wireless communication, the mobile entertainment robot to carry out tasks such as play with objects and draw. In this paper, the details of the robot design and control architecture are presented and discussed. With this system, disabled children get a better cognitive development and social interaction, balancing in a certain way, the negative effects of their disabilities. © 2012 IEEE.

Films on the handicapped;

Mode of access: Internet.

Parents' guide to the development of preschool children with disabilities : resources and services /

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Class list, program for physically handicapped, 1964-65.

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Overcoming barriers to inclusion of children with disabilities in the local schools : a blueprint for change :executive summary: /

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Orientation and mobility for the visually handicapped : a guide for parents.

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A guide for establishing special classes for the educable mentally handicapped /

Preface signed by Ray Graham and Dorothy M. Seigle.