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Autism Spectrum Disorder in Infancy and Early Childhood: The Model of the Centr...
Martins Halpern, Cristina; Caldeira da Silva, Pedro; Costa, Diana; Nascimento, Maria João; Mesquita Reis, Joana; Martins, Maria TeresaIntroduction: The Centro de Estudos do Bebé e da Criança in Hospital Dona Estefânia has organized a multidisciplinary model for children under three with suspected autism spectrum disorder, thus implementing the recent guidelines established by the Directorate General for Health. The aim of this study is to describe this model and case series.Material and Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of observed c...
Classifying Functioning of Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilit...
Vale, Maria do Carmo; Pereira-da-Silva, Luis; Pimentel, Maria João; Marques, Teresa Nunes; Rodrigues, Helena; Cunha, Gilda; Machado, Maria do CéuObservational cross-sectional study carried out in a pediatric neurodevelopment unit of a tertiary-care hospital. A sample of 355 children with median ((min.–max.) 1.0–17.3) years with intellectual disability (30.4% borderline, 43.1% mild, 19.7% moderate, 5.1% severe, and 1.7% profound disability) was seen over a period of 3 years. Based on clinical observation and psychological evaluation, a neurodevelopmental...
Mental retardation: case series of Dona Estefânia Hospital child development ce...
Amaral, Raquel; Pinto, Mónica; Pimentel, Maria João; Martins, Manuela; Vale, Maria CarmoMental retardation (MR) consists of a sub average general intellectual functioning (IQ < 70) that is associated with significant limitations in adaptative functioning which begins before age 18 years (DSM IV). It's our intention to characterize the children's population with MR observed at the Dona Estefânia Hospital Development Center, trough a retrospective study of the children which were assessed between Ja...