MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'childhood development'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:02:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4360982&cid=t_286100_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fkids-with-dyslexia-predicting-their-reading-skills-with-mri%2F2011.01.17 An international team of researchers has developed a rather reliable test that predicts the future improvement of reading abilities in kids with dyslexia. The method uses functional MRI (fMRI) and diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DTI) to scan the brain, and data crunching software to interpret the data. The researchers hope that the finding will help parents and therapists uniquely identify which learning tools are best for each child. From the announcement by Vanderbilt University : The 45 children who took part in the study ranged in age from 11 to 14 years old. Each child first took a battery of tests to determine their reading abilities. Based on these tests, the researchers classified 25 children as having dyslexia, which means that they exhibited significant difficulty le... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4360982 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:02 +0100 4360982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942792&cid=t_286100_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdepression-in-preschoolers%2F2010.09.07 The New York Times Magazine recently featured an article on preschooler depression. Pamela Paul wrote: Diagnosis of any mental disorder at this young age is subject to debate. No one wants to pathologize a typical preschooler’s tantrums, mood swings and torrent of developmental stages. Grandparents are highly suspicious; parents often don’t want to know. “How many times have you heard, ‘They’ll grow out of it’ or ‘That’s just how he is’?” says Melissa Nishawala, a child psychiatrist at the New York University Child Study Center. And some in the field have reservations, too. Classifying preschool depression as a medical disorder carries a risk of disease-mongering. “Given the influence of Big Pharma, we have to be sure that every time a child’s ice cream falls off t... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942792 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3942792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3611906&cid=t_286100_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Factive-kids-outdoor-play-and-little-mishaps%2F2010.05.30 This study suggests that school children in this age group should be provided with daily recess. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Health in 30* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3611906 Sun, 30 May 2010 13:19:26 +0100 3611906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3592211&cid=t_286100_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-a-good-childhood-isnt-about-good-grades%2F2010.05.23 Spring and standardized school testing become synonymous in many areas of the country for many public school students, including for my own children attending schools in Massachusetts. As this annual rite of passage rolls around, I’m reminded of how important it is to help our kids remember that they’re so much more than the sum of their grades, test scores, and project results. Think back on your childhood: What do you remember? Is it the grades, the teachers, the homework amount? Did you have standardized tests and, if so, do you remember the results? I recall blips of taking tests and filling out scantron sheets for all sorts of tests throughout my educational life. I recall being in class when graded papers, projects and tests were handed back to us. But the moments I recall t... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3592211 Sun, 23 May 2010 16:00:42 +0100 3592211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2768665&cid=t_286100_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F05%2Fboys-and-girls-not-as-different-as-we-thought%2F For decades, psychologists and researchers have been telling us the same old thing — boys and girls are fundamentally different. Their brains are different, their childhood development is different, their perceptions of the world around them are different. It’s the old nature versus nurture debate, with many parents unmistakably believing that nature is the primary force in a child’s development and that all parents can do is hang on for the ride. But a new book by Lise Eliot, PhD, suggests that many of these differences are what we, the adults, make of them. She’s done the equivalent of a meta-analysis on the research foundation for gender differences between boys and girls, and put into a consumer-digestible format. The results are summarized in her new book, Pink... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2768665 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:21:19 +0100 2768665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1853656&cid=t_286100_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fchildren-learn-from-praise-adults-learn.html Researchers from the Netherlands found that children younger than the age of 12 haven't developed brain pathways that would help them to learn well from mistakes. Excerpt from the Science Daily article:"In children of eight and nine, these areas of the brain react strongly to positive feedback and scarcely respond at all to negative feedback. But in children of 12 and 13, and also in adults, the opposite is the case. Their 'control centres' in the brain are more strongly activated by negative feedback and much less by positive feedback."Exceptions certainly abound, as we assess many young children who are able to learn efficiently from their mistakes - but they are not the majority. The observations of this study are interesting, and could have significant implications for parents and teac... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1853656 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:01:00 +0100 1853656