Children's Association Research Articles

The Association of Down Children

The Down's Children's Association is not a welfare organisation, but for assistance it tries to collaborate as best it can with existing structures; it is instead an organisation for collecting and disseminating information on Down's syndrome (mongolism); for supporting parents, doctors, teachers, social and health workers in general; for promoting studies and research; for continuous updating; for consultancy at all levels. It may also be added that it is currently considered by many to be in the vanguard for the modernity and functionality of its approach.

Profiles of young children's home environment and association with their development.

This study aimed to identify profiles of young children's early home environment and explore their association with development in motor, inhibitory control, language, and emotional competence skills. The sample included 2,158 children (51.4% male), 35.47 months old on average. Four home environment profiles emerged: high support and high discipline (HS-HD), high support and low discipline (HS-LD), average support and average discipline (AS-AD), and low support and low discipline (LS-LD). Notably, children from higher socioeconomic status (SES) families were more likely to be associated with HS-HD and HS-LD profiles. Girls exhibited a higher likelihood of belonging to the HS-LD profile. Utilizing regression analyses, children showed the highest motor, inhibitory control, language, and emotional competence development when they were in the HS-LD home environment profile. A concerning finding is that high discipline from parents was negatively associated with children's development, despite providing a high-quality physical environment. The text highlights the positive implications of providing a high-quality home learning environment and offers constructive recommendations for improving practice and future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

A study on creative drawing strategies based on the human head features in children's realistic figure drawings

Creative strategies used in drawing practice determine the visual effects of drawing. Drawing strategies reflect children's understanding, association, and summarisation of the visual features of objects. In the case of the human head, visual features are composed of positional, contour, and structural features. This study assessed the creative strategies of children aged 7–12 years based on their drawings of the visual features of the eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and neck in realistic figures. Children's strategies for creating visual features of the human head were classified into four types: hidden, abstract, summarised, and realistic. The results showed that most children used abstract creation strategies to represent the visual features of the nose and mouth in their drawings. Most children expressed the visual features of the eyes and neck using summarised creative strategies. A few children applied realistic creative strategies to draw the visual features of eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. Children used simplified structural features as a strategy to understand the visual features of the human head before creating their drawings. Most of the children tended to express the overall features of the human head with less curvature or number of contour lines in their drawings. Children regard the eyes and mouth as the major elements when drawing the visual features of the human head. Children regard eyebrows, noses, and ears as secondary elements expressing human heads. Accordingly, teachers need to educate children to understand and summarise the visual features of these secondary elements. Teachers also need to guide children in converting the visual elements from their understanding to the graphical elements in drawings.

Sosialisasi dan Pendampingan Anti Narkoba Karang Taruna di Dusun Clebung Bawah, Soronalan, Sawangan, Magelang

Clebung Bawah Hamlet is one of the developing areas, there are community organizations such as PKK RT, women's farmer group (KWT), posyandu cadres, youth organization (Karang Taruna), and TPQ children's association. However, there is one educational activity that has not been held in this hamlet, namely outreach about the dangers of drugs, and juvenile delinquency. Apart from that, it is also necessary to reactivate positive community activities, such as village cleaning. To overcome this problem, the methods used through PPMT activities are education through outreach about the dangers of drugs and juvenile delinquency, revitalization of the village cleaning, and greening. The result of PPMT activities is that before the activity, PPMT implementers approach residents by participating in routine community activities such as community service and reciting the Koran. The next activity is to conduct outreach with anti-drug and juvenile delinquency material from a health and legal perspective. The implementation of socialization went smoothly and well. The youth receive material from “Program Pengabdian Masyarakat Terpadu (PPMT)” implementers well. Socialization is one form of activity that can be carried out to educate residents about the dangers of drugs and juvenile delinquency. The next activity is the revitalization of village cleaning activities, which are carried out alongside reforestation and the provision of rubbish bins. Village cleaning and greening activities are positive activities that can be used as alternative activities for teenagers while preserving noble culture and protecting the environment.

Peran Organisasi Santri Gabungan Anak Timur Sekitar Dalam Mengembangkan Ghirah Pembelajaran di Musthafawiyah Purba Baru

The purpose of this research is 1) to look at the history of the founding of the East Surrounding Children's Association organization in Mustafawiyah. 2) To see the role of the Surrounding Eastern Children's Association organization in maintaining the passion for learning in Musthafawiyah Purba Baru. This type of research is a qualitative research type with a qualitative descriptive approach method. Data collection techniques in this research are observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis techniques use data reduction and data presentation. The data source in this research is the management of the Association of Surrounding Eastern Children (GATIS). The results of this research are 1) that in the East Surrounding Children's Association organization which was founded on September 28 2015, which was spearheaded by alumni and continued by the seventh class, among those who participated in establishing this organization were: Ilhan Syahfutra, Maulana Malik Ibrahim and Muhammad Yusuf. 2) The role of the surrounding Eastern Children's Association organization in developing Ghirah, they create several activities which can increase their enthusiasm for learning, including: Carrying out Mudzakarah, Special Guidance, holding competitions between fellow branch organizations, etc.

The Role of Parents in the Sexual Education of Children Aged 5-6 Years in Marenu Village, Aek Nabara Barumun District, Padang Lawas Regency

This study aims to describe the role of parents in the sexual education of older children aged 5-6 years in Marenul Village, Aek Nabara Baru District, Padang Lawas District. The research method used is a qualitative method by using data collection techniques through observation and interviews. Subjects in this study were 8 elderly people out of 32 elderly people. The data analysis technique used in this research uses the Miles and Hulberman model, namely data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The findings of this study are the role of parents in the sexual education of children in the village of Marenul Suldah either, which can be seen from their role as positive role models (wearing clothes that cover their private parts, exemplifying how to clean their genitals, exemplifying how to care for their own tulbulh), as child supervisors. good ones (supervising the child's environment, selecting friends, supervising children's viewing either from smartphones or television, supervising children's friends of the opposite sex and providing religious education). As a good guide, (prohibiting other people from touching their tulbulh, limiting children's association, prohibiting touching the genitals of friends of the opposite sex), and as a giver of good understanding (introducing tulbulh members, giving an understanding of the awareness that tulbulh given by the creator must be maintained and cared for, providing an understanding of sexual education with interesting media).

The Role of the Family in Shaping the Character of Broken Home Children in Wanath Hamlet, Leihitu District, Central Maluku Regency

This research is a qualitative descriptive study that aims to determine the role of the family in shaping the character of broken home children in Wanath Hamlet, Kec. Leihitu Kab. Central Moluccas. This research was conducted in Wanath Hamlet, Leihitu District, Central Maluku Regency. Primary data collection was carried out through interviews with a number of informants who were considered to be directly involved. Based on the results of interviews conducted by researchers, it was revealed that most of the children who were in a broken home family situation had negative characters, one of which was being a child who liked to fight when ordered, did not listen when his parents advised him, but some of them who like to help their parents when their parents are sick. The activities of the children in Wanath Waisane Hamlet are not far from helping their parents at home, both boys and girls. If men help by adding water and for women cooking and cleaning the house. , in this case it becomes a separate task for the family in shaping the character of the child to be even better. Therefore, the family's efforts, in this case the parents of broken home children, by giving advice to their children and also applying rules that can make children their children get better or even limit their children's association. In addition to the efforts that have been made by the family, of course there must be obstacles to lack of communication, cell phones and also environmental factors of friendship, for example, but the rules and advice that are carried out by parents do not rule out the possibility of being a supporting factor for the role of parents of broken home kids.

Sosialisasi Produk Hukum Tentang Undang-Undang Perlindungan Anak di Sekolah Menegah Pertama (SMP) Negeri 1 Tasikmadu Kabupaten Karanganyar

In essence, the regulation regarding children has been regulated in the Indonesian constitution, which is related to the regulation of human rights which is regulated in the 1945 Law of the Republic of Indonesia Article 28b paragraph 2 of the 2nd Amendment, August 18, 2000 clearly stipulates that children's rights are survival, growth and development as well as the right to protection from violence and discrimination. Childhood is a period of formation of character, personality and character. Forms of child protection are carried out from all aspects, starting with coaching in the family, social control over children's association. Law Number 35 of 2014 and also Law Number 11 of 2012 concerning the Juvenile Criminal Justice System principally aims to provide and protect children's rights so that they can live, grow and develop and participate optimally, and obtain protection from acts of violence and discrimination. The method of implementing this service is carried out in several activities, namely the survey stage, namely socialization. With the aim of realizing a Golden Generation of Child Protection Awareness

Upbringing potential of leadership in the modern children's movement

In the article from the perspective of a new field of knowledge – sociokinetics studying the social movement of children – we describe the main socio-psychological factors and conditions for the formation of the upbringing potential of the leader of children's public association; we reveal the structure and features of the socio-pedagogic reality of the children's social movement, its invariant properties, features as well as psychological and pedagogic principles of inter-age interaction in the children's association, features of social upbringing; we reveal the basic humanistic constants of the upbringing potential of leadership in the modern children's association.

Multidisciplinary care for women victims with disabilities

If disability increases the risk of violence, violence also increases disability, especially for women. Within the Women Safe & Children association, which takes care of women and children who are victims of violence, a multidisciplinary team supports people with disabilities. A general practitioner, a gynecologist, a psychologist, a psycho-corporate practitioner, a lawyer... all these professionals offer a multi-faceted view of this particular form of violence in order to provide better care.

Group cohesiveness in children free-play activity: A social network analysis.

Despite the ethnic diversity and presence of Amerindian communities in all Brazilian states, the indigenous population suffers from a long process of invisibility and stereotyping. Aiming to increase interethnic associations, together with Mbya-Guarani leaders we promoted interventions in which indigenous and non-indigenous children shared free playtime. We hypothesised that free play activity would stimulate group cohesiveness, mitigating ethnic group avoidance in children's playgroups. Twenty-one Mbya-Guarani and 61 non-indigenous children participated in two "Encounters for Play." We recorded children's social interactions during the free playtimes. We selected the first and last 10minutes of each encounter and performed scans every 30s registering spatial proximity (children who were up to 1m of each other) and play. Then, we applied Social Network Analysis to explore the children's association pattern at the beginning and end of playtime in each encounter. Our results show free play activity was effective in stimulating group cohesiveness. Children' proximity association pattern and playgroup configuration changed between clips, and there was a significant correlation between both categories' associations. We conclude that the encounters have potential applicability as an intervention to mitigate ethnic group avoidance in children.

Features of the organisation of theatrical activities among rural schoolchildren

The definition is given, upbringing possibilities of theatre activities are identified; their main form is children's association. Theatre association is seen as an upbringing environment where pedagogues and children solve a set of tasks of children’s upbringing and socialising in the process of theatrical activity. Particular attention is paid to the fact that, when organising theatrical activities, one should take into account the peculiarities of the region, the societas and the specifics of rural school. Rural school often assumes the functions of additional education for children and adults; it is the centre of cultural and leisure activities for the whole population. Problems when organising theatre activities for rural children are considered; it is also noted that setting up a theatre group in a school helps to overcome the socialisation difficulties of rural children. A number of favourable factors, positively influencing the organisation and development of children’s theatrical activity, their socialisation, include close ties of school and societas, closeness of children to nature, development of interaction of children with parents, with fellow villagers, rural spiritual and moral environment, development of integrative connections. It is noted that theatrical activity in a number of rural schools is a system-forming one, i.e. it unites the activities of all actors, it contributes to the integration of general education and additional education of rural schoolchildren. Peculiarities of the content, forms, methods and technologies that can be used when organising theatrical activity of rural schoolchildren are considered.

Pola Internalisasi Nilai Keislaman Keluarga Muhammadiyah Dan Islam Abangan

Family is a very effective school in instilling the value of internalization. For this reason, the purpose of this study are 1) What is the diversity of Muhammadiyah and Islam Abangan families? 2). What is the pattern of internalization of Islamic values ??that occurs in the family of Muhammadiyah and Islam Abangan? 3). What is the problem encountered in the effort to internalize Islamic values ??and what is the solution to overcome it?
 This study used a qualitative descriptive design with a research cite in the Kulon Progo Regency Kokap District. The research subjects consisted of 5 main families in the Head of Muhammadiyah Hargomulyo consisted of 3 Muhammadiyah families and 2 Muslim families of Abangan Hargomulyo. The research method used interview, observation and documentation while data analysis used reduction, display and verification.
 The results of this study were 1). The religious diversity of the Muhammadiyah and Abangan families in principle has similarities, both Muhammadiyah and Abangan, faithfully believe in God. Only in the Abangan family did the belief system occur syncretism between the teachings of Islam and the culture of anismism, Hinduism and Buddhism. In prayer worship activities, most Abangan families did not carry out Islam faithfully, for the implementation of fasting was same, only Abangan families knew a number of fasts that the Prophet had never taught. In the activity of family charity, the abangan family did a lot of slametan, while Muhammadiyah did not. For social issues, both Muhammadiyah and Abangan there was no difference. 2). The pattern of internalization of religious values ??included material internalization in the creed (faith), worship and morals. The method used in the internalization process was indoctrination, exemplary and habitual behavior. 3). The problems of internalizing religious values ??included parenting, the level of children's association, technological advances and bustle, caused communication patterns to be constrained

Effect of social and environmental determinants on overweight and obesity prevalence among adolescent school children.

Background:Overweight and obesity among children and adolescents is a public health concern.Objective:To assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its association with social and environmental determinants among the adolescent school children of Tirupati town of Andhra Pradesh, India.Materials and Methods:Data was collected by interviewer-administered method from school children aged between 12 to 16 years. The sample consisted of 2258 subjects (1097 boys and 1161 girls). Overweight and obesity were defined by body mass index (BMI) based on the current method recommended by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention 2000. Data on social and environmental determinants were collected by using a pre-tested and validated questionnaire.Results:In the present sample, 11.2 percent and 4.8 percent of boys and 10.3 percent and 4.8 percent of girls were overweight and obese. The literacy level of parents, family income and child sleep duration significantly associated with overweight. Parental level of education was a risk factor for overweight (Mother: 1.570; 95% CI: 1.048-2.354). Similarly increase in family income (OR = 1.529; 95% CI: 1.089-2.148) and child sleep duration <7 hrs per day (OR = 2.006; 95% CI: 1.194-3.371) raised children's association in gaining weight.Conclusion:Our study reinforces the burgeoning prevalence of overweight and obesity among the adolescents. Interventional measures taken should consider family, school and physical environment to check the problem of overweight/obesity.

Abstract 16054: Ventricular-Arterial Coupling Biphasically Correlates to Ventricular Diastolic Chamber Stiffness in Children–Association With Aldosterone Activation

Introduction: Left ventricular–arterial coupling (LVAC), the ratio of end–systolic to effective arterial elastance (Ees/Ea), determines end–systolic pressure and stroke volume in a given preload. LV diastolic chamber stiffness (LV–K) is an important diastolic property to affect LV filling. However, the relationship between Ees/Ea and LV–K in children remains unestablished. Aldosterone (ALD) accelerates LV and arterial stiffening. Hypothesis: This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that Ees/Ea may affect LV–K through ALD regulation in children. Methods: During catheterizations for children with biventricular circulation (N=75, median 2.5 years), blood samples for ALD were collected, and LV pressure and area relationships (PAR) were recorded using high-fidelity pressure–guidewire and echocardiographic AQ method during steady state and transient IVC occlusion. LV–K was obtained by dividing the pressure difference between LV minimal and end-diastolic pressure (EDP) by stroke volume. ALD levels were transformed into common logarithm. Results: Ees/Ea biphasically correlated to LV–K, which was approximated by downward convex parabola with a minimum at 0.9 of Ees/Ea (R=0.61, P&lt;0.0001). Ees/Ea also bipahsically correlated to log ALD, which was approximated by downward convex parabola with a minimum at 0.8 of Ees/Ea (R=0.45, P&lt;0.005). Moreover, LV–K linearly correlated to log ALD (R=0.38, P&lt;0.005). There was no significant relationship between LV–K and relative wall thickness. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate that Ees/Ea bipahsically correlated to LV–K and ALD. Dilated LV with low Ees/Ea accompanies elevated filling pressure and shows restrictive physiology with higher LV–K. On the other hand, when Ees/Ea is higher than normal range, this study indicates that there should be an increased LV diastolic stiffness which is not always associated with wall hypertrophy. Because LVAC abnormality may induce LV stiffening associated with ALD activation, chronic inhibition therapy of renin–angiotensin system to keep Ees/Ea within appropriate range may inhibit LV stiffening directly and through LVAC &amp; LV–K interaction.

Understanding children's concept formation and writing emergence from the perspective of graphical multi-signification: evidence and pedagogical implications

This qualitative study examined children's concept formation and writing emergence from the perspective of graphical multi-signification by observing the free drawing activities provided by four girls and six boys, aged four to five, in a Chinese class at a Chinese heritage language school in the USA. Children's capacity for graphical multi-signification may develop in a consistent transition process, first producing pictographic symbols and then consistently transitioning to the use of ideographic symbols for multi-signification, with children's contingency association, focus variation, and extension chain characterising their formation of concepts and complex thinking. To enhance children's learning, a child's drawing may be transformed into a teaching-appropriate two-part conceptual structure, with the first part depicting the child's operations of a within-group and between-group extension chain and the second part presenting the conceptual sequential extensions with respect to literal, contextual, and extensive signification embedded in the child's drawing.

Family-Based Behavioural Intervention Program for Obese Children: An Observational Study of Child and Parent Lifestyle Interpretations

BackgroundFamily-based behavioural intervention programs (FBIPs) against childhood obesity have shown promising results, but the mediating mechanisms have not been identified. The aim of this study was to examine changes in obese childreńs lifestyle habits during a 2-year FBIP according to their own and parents’ reports, the concordance between these reports and the correlations to change in post-intervention z-BMI.MethodsAn observational study of 26 children (8.3–12.0 years) and their parents participating in a 2-year FBIP was performed. Weight and height were measured from baseline to 12 months after the end of the program. Eating habits and physical- and sedentary activity were reported separately by children and parents. Data were analysed with regard to concordance between parents’ and children’s reports and association between the lifestyle reports and change in z-BMI at the study endpoint using descriptive statistics and parametric and non-parametric tests.ResultsAccording to both children’s and parents’ reports, the level of physical activity among the children had increased after the intervention as well as the agreement between the informants’ reports. According to the children, eating habits had improved, while the parents’ reports showed an improvement only with regard to binge eating. The concordance between children and parents regarding eating habits was slight to fair also after the intervention. No statistically significant associations between changes in lifestyle reports and changes in z-BMI were observed.ConclusionsChild and parent reports of physical activity were found to converge and display an improvement in a 2-year FBIP, while the reports on eating habits showed a more refractory pattern. Changes in concordance and agreement between children and parents reports did not correlate with weight reduction. Further methods development and studies of the processes during family-based interventions against childhood obesity are warranted.

Convenience foods in children's diet and association with dietary quality and body weight status

Pre-prepared commercial foods (convenience foods, CFs) are one aspect of modern dietary habits. The present paper examines the association between CF consumption and dietary quality or body weight status in a sample of German children and adolescents. Linear mixed-effect regression analyses using data from 586 participants (296 boys, 3-18 years) in the Dortmund Nutritional Anthropometric Longitudinally Designed Study, who yearly completed 1890 3-day dietary records and anthropometric measurements in 2004-2008, was used. CF intake (percent total food intake) showed no significant association with macronutrient intakes (%E), with exception of a significant positive association with polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) intake (P<0.0001). Considering only high-energy-dense (ED)-CF (40% of the CF intake), there was a significant negative association with total protein, carbohydrate and saturated fatty acid intake (%E) (P<0.05), and a positive with total fat and PUFA (P<0.01). The nutrient quality index (harmonic mean of 10 vitamins and minerals as the percentage of the reference intakes) showed a significant negative trend with increased consumption of CF (P=0.0013). No significant association between baseline or change in consumption of CF and baseline or change in parameters of body weight (standard deviation score of body mass index (weight/height(2)) or percentage body fat (%BF) estimated from skinfolds) was found. Among boys, baseline consumption of high-ED-CF significantly predicted change in %BF during the study period (β 0.104, P=0.0098). Our results point to an impairment of dietary quality with high consumption of CF and to a small but positive association between consumption of high-ED-CF in boys and weight.

The Crippled Children's Association of S.A., Inc.

Australian Occupational Therapy JournalVolume 19, Issue 4 p. 184-184 The Crippled Children's Association of S.A., Inc. First published: October‐December 1972 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1630.1972.tb00575.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume19, Issue4October‐December 1972Pages 184-184 RelatedInformation

Awareness, understanding and attitudes towards epilepsy among Iranian ethnic groups

Objective This study is an attempt to identify and specify the differences among five major Iranian ethnic groups, i.e. Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, and Arab regarding their awareness, understanding and attitudes towards epilepsy and their beliefs about the treatment of epilepsy. Method This survey was carried out cross-sectionally on a sample containing 500 participants from five major ethnic groups in Iran. These groups were selected using cluster random sampling method in April and May 2008. A standardized questionnaire was used for data collection which was composed of four parts: sociodemographic grounds, awareness of epilepsy, attitudes toward epilepsy and causes of epilepsy. Results The results of the analysis suggest that Iranian ethnic groups were significantly different in their awareness of epilepsy ( p < .001) and in this regard the level of awareness about epilepsy was quiet high. Most of the respondents in all ethnic groups emphasized physical causes of epilepsy and rejected metaphysical causes. Iranian ethnic groups’ attitudes toward their children's marriage with a person suffering from epilepsy and their living in isolation was highly negative, but they had positive attitude regarding their children's association with those who have epilepsy and their employment and their having children. There was a significant difference among these groups in their beliefs about the treatment of epilepsy ( p < .05). Although a great number of people in different ethnic groups emphasized the treatment of epilepsy but a quite large number also were unaware of the treatment. Conclusion The level of awareness, understanding and also beliefs about epilepsy among Iranian ethnic groups was fairly desirable. In spite of this, Iranian's attitudes about their children's marriage with people who have epilepsy were highly negative as it was in other parts of the world. Although they had a positive attitude about their employment, childbearing, and their association with healthy people.