Close Of Treatment Research Articles

Teaching Academic Vocabulary to Sixth-Grade Students With Disabilities

Adolescents with disabilities have great difficulty with academic content in middle school, and their teachers have difficulty teaching them to understand and use academic language. We taught teachers of sixth-grade students with learning disabilities, more than half of whom were also English language learners (ELLs), to implement about 15 min of daily interactive vocabulary instruction in their intact special education English/language arts classes. Three schools were assigned randomly to treatment (two schools) or control conditions (one school, 52 students total). We developed instructional routines to introduce four new words per week in three 4-week units to test for replicability. ANCOVAs (with each cycle’s pretest and intelligence quotient as covariates) were conducted on taught vocabulary, all of which favored the treatment condition with effect sizes ranging .6 to .7 per cycle. Near-transfer effects to vocabulary usage were weaker, with significant effects in the last two cycles. Effects were similar for students with disabilities who were ELLs and native English speakers. Treated students maintained their knowledge of words 4 to 24 weeks following the close of treatment.

Acupuncture Treatment in Geriatric Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Study

The main goal of geriatric rehabilitation reconditioning following an acute illness is rapid restoration of normal activity. Key elements are pain control, restoration of bowel function, sleep, appetite and general well being, alongside physical activity. The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the effect of acupuncture as an adjunct to medical and physical rehabilitation in geriatric patients. The setting was a university-affiliated large city general hospital. The participants comprised 27 consenting consecutive patients in a subacute geriatric rehabilitation department. The interventions consisted of biweekly acupuncture treatment in conjunction with medical and physical therapy. The outcome measures of pain, appetite, quality of sleep, bowel function and general well being were assessed using a 10-point Likert scale at the onset and close of treatment. The results showed that a significant post-treatment improvement was seen in pain ( p=0.005), appetite ( p=0.0034), bowel function ( p=0.029) and general well being ( p=0.0012) scores in patients' treatment when compared with pretreatment baseline scores. The “quality of sleep” score showed a trend towards improvement ( p=0.073). In conclusion, acupuncture may be beneficial as an adjunctive treatment in geriatric postacute illness rehabilitation. Randomized controlled trials are needed to further assess the role of acupuncture as part of treatment management for restoring normal physical activity in geriatric patients.

Traitement précoce des classes II en thérapeutique «Distal Active Concept». Stabilité à 30 mois de la croissance squelettique et de la longueur d'arcade

This cephalometric study evaluates the stability of skeletal and dento-alveolar changes after 6 to 9 months of early orthodontic treatment of Class II malocclusions with the Distal Active Concept (DAC). An analysis of the results showed significant skeletal changes, notably an average of 8.5 mm of mandibular growth, which remained stable after the close of treatment. However, the correction of the maxillary incisal protrusion relapsed slightly. The treatment-provoked lower incisal labial inclination proved to be temporary, with the lower anterior teeth returning to their initial position at the close of the 30-month post-treatment observation period.

An experiment in family reunification: Correlates of outcomes at one-year follow-up

The purpose of this article is to describe findings from an evaluation of a program developed to reunify foster children with their biological parents. In a study with random assignment of foster children to a “routine services” control group or an experimental family reunification service, the experimental condition was found to be effective in returning children to their homes. This report focuses on the rate at which children in experimental and control groups returned home during the service period and afterwards. In addition, the correlates of reunification during the treatment period and return to foster care during the follow-up period are examined. The data suggest that relatively brief and intensive family-centered services can significantly affect reunification rates. The experimental service was superior to routine reunification at the close of treatment and throughout the one-year follow-up period. Consisting of building strong and motivating alliances with family members, the provision of skills training, and assistance with meeting family members' concrete needs, family reunification services appear to offer new promise to children who are placed in family foster care.

Change in general and specific perceived locus of control in alcoholics as a function of treatment exposure.

Fifty alcoholics successfully completing a 2-month rehabilitation program were administered the I-E Scale and a drinking locus of control scale during their first week in treatment and again the week prior to discharge from treatment. A test--retest non-alcoholic control group was administered the I-E Scale at a 7-week interval. Alcoholics were significantly more internal with regard to their behavior in general and their drinking behavior in particular at the close of treatment than at the onset. The control group evidenced no change. It was suggested that the alcoholics perceived internality was a function of exposure to treatment rather than a predisposing personality dimension.