Learning disabilities: analysis of 69 children.

Full Abstract

With this article we intend to demonstrate the importance of evaluation and follow up of children with learning disabilities, through a multidisciplinary team. As well as to establish the need of intervention. We evaluate 69 children, from Aline Picheth Public School, in Curitiba, attending first or second grade of elementary school, through general and evolutionary neurological examination, pediatric checklist symptoms, and social, linguistic and psychological (WISC-III, Bender Infantile and WPPSI-figures) evaluation. The incidence was higher in boys (84,1%), familiar history of learning disabilities was found in 42%, and writing abnormalities in 56,5%. The most frequent diagnosis was attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, in 39,1%. With this program, we aimed to reduce the retention taxes and stress the importance of this evaluation, and, if necessary, multidisciplinary intervention in the cases of learning disabilities.

Author information

Author/s: Meister, E K (EK); Bruck, I (I); Antoniuk, S A (SA); Crippa, A C (AC); Muzzolon, S R (SR); Spessatto, A (A); Gregolin, R (R);

Affiliation: Disciplina de Neuropediatria, Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil. edukm(-atsign-)terra.com.br

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Arq Neuropsiquiatr), published in Brazil. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2001-Jun; vol 59 (issue 2-B) : pp 338-41

Dates: Created 2001/07/19; Completed 2001/08/16; Revised 2009/11/11;

PMID: 11460175, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/11/2009, IMS Date: )

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