RESUMEN
Motivating burned children to participate actively in rehabilitation at the burn unit demands many creative ideas. To avoid resistance from the child towards the exercises, it is important to offer a variety of techniques. A new play technique is outlined here, based on the use of video games, that is capable of motivating and stimulating children of all ages--even the youngest--towards active participation in rehabilitation.
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Quemaduras/rehabilitación , Juego e Implementos de Juego , Niño , HumanosRESUMEN
In this study a further analysis of the psychological profile in the prepubertal fragile (X) (fra(X] male was performed. The results of the psycho-diagnostic examination of 23 fra(X) boys were compared to a control group of 17 males of the same age with 'non-specific' mental retardation. A number of important quantitative and qualitative differences were observed between the two groups. In the preschool age group the majority of fra(X) boys was mildly mentally retarded. In the school-age group, however, most boys were moderately to severely mentally retarded. This indication of a decline in intellectual performance with age in the fra(X) syndrome was confirmed by a longitudinal individual follow-up of seven fra(X) boys in this age group. In contrast to intellectual performance, appearance of the attention deficit disorder (or hyperkinesis), with its attendent overactivity and impulsiveness, decreases with age, and is independent of the intellectual level. Autistic behaviour was more frequently observed in the youngest fra(X) males, and was more pronounced in the moderately mentally retarded. In more than 50% of the boys of preschool age the association of hyperkinesis and autistic features was found. Language and speech development in the fra(X) syndrome is both symptomatic and specific. Beside a severe, global speech retardation, there are some distinct speech characteristics in the young fra(X) males such as rapid speech rhythm, speech impulsiveness and perseverative speech.
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Síndrome del Cromosoma X Frágil/psicología , Discapacidad Intelectual/genética , Psicología Infantil , Aberraciones Cromosómicas Sexuales/psicología , Factores de Edad , Trastorno Autístico/psicología , Niño , Preescolar , Humanos , Hipercinesia/psicología , Discapacidad Intelectual/psicología , Masculino , Pruebas Psicológicas , Trastornos del Habla/psicologíaRESUMEN
At the University Burn Unit in Leuven (Belgium), we have been working for 4 years now with a multidisciplinary reintegration program. Our team consists of a plastic surgeon (head of the unit), a physical therapist, a social worker and a child psychiatrist. We set up family, context-oriented counselling for the families of seriously burned patients. In this paper, we would like to illustrate some aspects of the importance of facial scars in our society as well as the consequences of such scars for the families of patients. These are 2 essential aspects which have to be taken into account so that the counsellors and family do not reach a deadlock. We discuss how this therapy can be applied. Cooperation with the school is a keystone in the application of such therapy. The teacher is involved as a reflection of the feelings of the parents. Via this intermediary they learn how to cope with their feelings and to talk about them. The team has experienced this as an important step in the construction of family therapy.