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M. Kapur , S. R. Girimaji , G. G. Prabhu , G. N. N. Reddy , V. G. Kaliaperumal

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One hundred and fifty Pre-school children with equal number of males and females, fifty from a small township and one hundred from village areas in Southern India were studied on parameters of physical and psychosocial development, through direct observation, assessment and interview with mothers with reference to their home environments. In these children, psychosocial development in terms of gross motor, fine motor, conceptual readiness, language, and personal-social skills were found to be more closely associated with stimulating child rearing practices rather than macro-environmental factors such as residence, and parental education and income. There were some significant urban/rural differences in performances favouring urban children, which could be attributed partly to differences in child rearing practices.

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Home Environment, Psychosocial Development, Rural Pre-school Children

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J. Rozario , M. Kapur , Shivaji Rao

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In spite of having intelligence and regular class room teaching a significant percentage of children have reading disorders. 25 such students were identified and were divided randomly into 5 groups. Each group was given 25 sessions of remedial education. Remedial education consisted of teaching students the basic sight words, decoding skills and regular exercise based on their current level of reading achievement. The children were encouraged to monitor their own progress and verbal reinforcements were used to motivate them. The post assessment results indicate that there was significant improvement in reading skills after the remedial education. The strategies used and the implications of the study are discussed.

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Remedial Education, Reading Disorders, Basic Signt Words, Decoding Skills

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M. Kapur , I. Barnabas , M. V. Reddy , J. Rozario , H. Uma

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The present study is a preliminary report on the construction of a Developmental Psychopathology Check List for children in clinical settings in India. Cluster analysis was carried out on relevant demographic, psychosocial, and psychopathological parameters reported in 221 children attending a child psychiatric facility. The seven clusters to emerge were: hyperkinesis, autism, conduct disorder, learning disorder, hysteria, emotion disorder and psychoses. The checklist with 124 items, had satisfactory inter rater reliability and validity. The research and clinical implications of the Developmental Psychopathology Check List (DPCL) are discussed in the article.

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Developmental Psychopathology Children

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Aarti Lall Uma Hirisave , M. Kapur , D. K. Subbakrishna

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The study aimed at examining perceived peer relations and social competence in children with specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills. A sample of twenty children with disorders of scholastic skills aged, seven to twelve years and twenty controls matched on age, class and IQ were taken. The two groups were assessed on (i) A semi-structured interview schedule (ii) Malin's Intelligence Scale for Indian Children (MISIC) (iii) NIMHANS Index for specific learning disabilities (iv) Perceived peer relations questionnaire (v) Interpersonal competence scale -Teacher version. Results revealed that children with scholastic skill disorder perceived their relationship with peers as cordial. However teachers found these children as poorer in social competence and in dimensions of academics, popularity, affiliation and sportsmanship qualities.

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Scholastic Skill Disorders, Peer Relations, Social Competence

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M. Kapur ¹, S. Maini ², Agya Singh Kochar ³

Affiliations
1 Affiliation not given, IN
2 Department of Surgery, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IN
3 Glaxo Laboratories (India) Ltd., Bombay, IN

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