The neurodiversity movement advocates seeing autism as a variation on cognitive information processing rather than a disorder. Healing practices related to homosexuality and other forms of sexual identity (trans, bi, etc.) will become punishable. Will trying to cure a neurodiverse person from autism …

Sommige kinderen hebben in de klas moeite met luisteren, ondanks een goed werkend gehoororgaan en normale gehoordrempels. Luisterproblemen en andere ontwikkelingsstoornissen, zoals een taalontwikkelingsstoornis, dyslexie, autisme spectrum stoornis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hebben overlappende …

Vanwege passend onderwijs krijgen docenten Nederlands in het middelbaar beroepsonderwijs (mbo) steeds vaker te maken met studenten met taalontwikkelingsstoornissen (TOS). In het mbo is de term TOS vaak nog onbekend, waardoor studenten met TOS niet altijd worden opgemerkt, terwijl TOS het meest voorkomende …

Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) is effective for trauma-related nightmares and is also a challenge to patients in finding access to their traumatic memories, because these are saved in non-verbal, visual, or audiovisual language. Art therapy (AT) is an experiential treatment that addresses images rather …

Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a multisystemic, autosomal dominant connective tissue disorder that occurs de novo in 25%. In many families, parent and child(ren) are affected, which may increase distress in parents. To assess distress, 42 mothers (29% MFS) and 25 fathers (60% MFS) of 43 affected children, …

The present study focuses on how the CO-OP ApproachTM can be applied in a group setting with children with DCD.

The aim of this study was to assess the criterion validity of a new screening instrument, the Early Language Scale (ELS), for the identification of young children at risk for developmental language disorder (DLD), and to determine optimal age-adjusted cut-off scores. We recruited a community-based sample …

A significant proportion of adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) experience difficulties in physical functioning, mood and social functioning, contributing to diminished quality of life. Generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) is a risk factor for developing CMP with a striking 35-48% of …

Background Substance use disorders (SUDs) are prevalent in the general population, tend to follow a chronic course, are associated with many individual and social problems, and often have their onset in adolescence. However, the knowledge base from prospective population surveys and treatment-outcome …