Child abuse portrays health and well-being issues that can last for several years, including altering interpersonal behavior. Evidence has shown that these early negative experiences may cause changes in sensory modulation. This study aimed to understand if sensory over-responsivity (SOR) plays an important role in mediating the association between childhood abuse (emotional abuse, emotional neglect, sexual abu...
Introduction: In Portugal, the retention in school presents worrying figures. The indicator "Direct Paths to Success", created by the Ministry of Education, shows that the majority of students who did not finish secondary school in 2019 was because they failed a year or had a negative score in at least one of the national exams. Out of a universe of 456,368 students, only 201,937 (44%) had the so-called "direct...
A 1ª Conferência Lusófona de Terapia Ocupacional ocorreu no dia 9 de julho de 2021, em modo virtual (vídeo conferência). Esta conferência surgiu do Núcleo Académico da Terapia Ocupacional (NATO) da Rede Académica de ciências da Saúde da Lusofonia (RACS). Pretendeu dinamizar e disseminar a produção científica em Terapia Ocupacional, em língua portuguesa. Pretendeu também contribuir significativamente para a disc...
Introduction: In Portugal, the retention in school presents worrying figures. The indicator "Direct Paths to Success", created by the Ministry of Education, shows that the majority of students who did not finish secondary school in 2019 was because they failed a year or had a negative score in at least one of the national exams. Out of a universe of 456,368 students, only 201,937 (44%) had the so-called "direct...