Daily Archive for May 26th, 2006

Braggin’ mom

Published on 26 May 2006 in Families and News. 0 Comments

Over on a blog called “Nut House,” Sissy has an entry about an event indicating her son’s progress. As with many personal blogs, I have little way to check this story, but it’s still pretty interesting on its own merits. It’s great that the the boy got an award (and what an award!) and that his mother is proud of him.

Hey yall I have to brag a little bit!!! I got a call from My youngest sons school on Monday saying that they are going to give Luke a award and a prize with it. They wanted us to be there. So today i woke up and went to the school to watch them give him the award.

Link to Sissy’s entry.

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Literacy and behavior problems

Published on 26 May 2006 in Acting in, Acting out, Autism, Depression, News and Research. 0 Comments

Here’s an abstract from PubMed discussing links between behavior disorders and literacy problems.

Literacy and mental disorders.

Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2006 Jul;19(4):350-354

Authors: Maughan B, Carroll J

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review examines recent evidence on the comorbidity between literacy problems and psychiatric disorder in childhood and discusses possible contributory factors. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent studies confirm the substantial overlap of literacy problems with a range of emotional/behavioural difficulties in childhood. Literacy problems and inattention may share genetic influences, contributing to associations with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. To an extent, links with conduct problems may be also mediated by attentional difficulties. In addition, findings suggest bidirectional influences whereby disruptive behaviours impede reading progress and reading failure exacerbates risk for behaviour problems. Associations between literacy problems and anxiety disorders are not entirely mediated by inattentiveness. Rather, comorbid anxiety disorders seem likely to arise from the stressors associated with reading failure. Findings in relation to depression are less consistent, but suggest that poor readers may be vulnerable to low mood. Children with autism seem more likely to face problems in reading comprehension than the decoding difficulties more prominent in other disorders. SUMMARY: Literacy problems are associated with increased risks of both externalizing and internalizing disorders in childhood, with different mechanisms likely to be implicated in each case. When comorbid problems occur, each is likely to require separate treatment.

PMID: 16721162 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Link to the PubMed source.

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