Sökning: "multiple disabilities"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 49 avhandlingar innehållade orden multiple disabilities.

1. 1. Föräldrar med funktionshinder : om barn, föräldraskap och familjeliv

   Författare :Marie Gustavsson Holmström; Bengt Erik Eriksson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; parents with disability; disabled parents; parenthood; notions on children; family life; cerebral palsy; spinal cord injury; multiple sclerosis; funktionshinder; funktionsnedsättning; föräldraskap; familjeliv; Disability research; Handikappsforskning; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : An increasing number of people with disabilities are choosing to become parents. However, several official goverment reports and other evidence points to the fact that parents with disabilities sometimes experience negative bias and distrust of their capacities as parents. LÄS MER

3. 2. The kaleidoscope of communication : Different perspectives on communication involving children with severe multiple disabilities

   Författare :Cecilia Olsson; Siv Fischbein; Mats Granlund; Juliet Goldbart; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dyadic interaction; pre-symbolic communication; multiple disabilities; system theory; communication process; communication models; Education; Pedagogik;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of six publications presenting a theoretical framework, a methodological proposal and three empirical studies. The aim of the work is; to gain knowledge on how children with severe multiple disabilities communicate with their caregivers, to analyse how different research strategies can add knowledge from different perspectives on communication, and to develop models for analysing and describing the dyadic interaction. LÄS MER

4. 3. Proximal processes of children with profound multiple disabilities

   Författare :Jenny Wilder; Gunilla Preisler; Mats Granlund; David McNaugton; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; profound multiple disabilities; interaction; behavior style; family accommodation; social networks; systems theory; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis four empirical studies dealt with children with profound multiple disabilities and their parents with regard to: (a) how parents perceived interaction with their children (b) how observed child/parent interaction was linked to behavior style of the children as perceived by the parents (c) how parents of children with profound multiple disabilities perceived child/parent interaction and behavior style of their children in comparison to parents to children without disabilities matched for communicative ability and age respectively, and, (d) how social networks and family accommodations were linked to child/parent interaction and child behavior style over time for these families according to parental appraisals. The results in study I showed that child/parent interaction occurred through out the day and constituted of mutual experience and joy. LÄS MER

5. 4. Children with severe/profound intellectual and multiple disabilities - characteristics and communication interventions

   Författare :Anna Rensfeldt Flink; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Severe profound intellectual disability; multiple disability; parent-mediated communication intervention; augmentative and alternative communication; speech-language pathologists;

   Sammanfattning : Children with severe or profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (S/PIMD) communicate presymbolically and need support in all aspects of daily life. Communication intervention studies are scarce, and so is research focusing on characterization of S/PIMD. LÄS MER

7. 5. Diagnostic, prognostic and management aspects of different types of multiple sclerosis

   Författare :Petra Nilsson; Lund Neurologi; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; optic neuritis; multiple sclerosis; cerebrospinal fluid; magnetic resonance imaging; prognosis; cognition; diagnosis; primary progressive multiple sclerosis; tumefactive MS; craniectomy;

   Sammanfattning : Background: The aim in the thesis is to study diagnostic issues, clinical features, therapy, and prognosis in selected demyelinative disorders of the nervous system: optic neuritis (ON), primary progressive MS (PPMS), and tumefactive MS (a very rare acute demyelinating disorder). Methods: From an initial cohort of 110 patients with ON collected 19 to 31 years ago, a new follow-up survey was conducted in 50 patients who on a previous follow up had not developed MS. LÄS MER