Biomedical subjects

C M Verduyn

Publications and source records attributed to C M Verduyn.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1990

Social skills training in schools: an evaluation study.

A study evaluating the effectiveness of a school-based social skills programme is described. All children in three year bands of an Oxford middle school were screened for behaviour problems. Subjects selected were allocated at random to eight sessions of social skills training with four booster sessions later or to a no treatment control group. Change was assessed by teacher, parent and self-report measures. Results suggested a significant improvement in social activity, parental report of social behaviour and self-esteem in the treatment as compared to the control group, which persisted at 6 month follow-up. Self-esteem changes were age and gender related. Implications for school-based social skills programmes are discussed.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1983

Behavioural management of sleep problems.

The outcome of 19 consecutive children referred with sleep disorders and managed by behavioural methods is described. An 84% success rate is reported, which was maintained at 6 months' follow up. Successful outcome was associated with absence of marital discord and attendance of both parents at treatment sessions.

Behavior Therapy↗

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A survey of mothers' impressions of seizure precipitants in children with epilepsy.

In a survey of 446 children with epilepsy attending a regional EEG unit, mothers of nearly 90% of the children reported factors that appeared to act as precipitants of their children's seizures. The relationship between these factors and the seizures ranged from consistent triggers to an occasional association. There were no differences in incidence according to sex, site of focus, or type of epilepsy. Associations between environmental events or internal states are so commonly perceived by mothers that routine inquiry would appear warranted. If the event can be corroborated as a seizure precipitant, application of psychological methods of seizure control may be appropriate; if the event cannot be corroborated, needless anxiety about particular situations for a child may be avoided.

Adolescent↗