NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF CHILDREN IN CONDITIONS OF ORPHANAGE

• Main Authors: A.V. Pavlikov, T.A. Kuznetsova, T.M. Nechaeva
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: "Paediatrician" Publishers LLC 2010-01-01
• Series: Voprosy Sovremennoj Pediatrii
• Online Access: http://vsp.spr-journal.ru:80/jour/article/view/887

<p><em>In conditions of orphanage, neuropsychological development is estimated of children aged from 3 months old up to 3 years 4 months old, without central nervous system damage and without major development defects, examined, correspondingly, in 2001 (n = 87) and in 2007 (n = 59). The estimation was performed with the use of two computer methods. The analysis of neuropsychological development estimation results by ?Profile of development? program and ?GNOM? program gave comparable results: neuropsychological development pathology group accounted for 85% and 86% correspondingly, moreover, violations are notified in all spheres of neuropsychological development without gender or age differences. However, ?Profile of development? program provides deviations in specific activity of a child in the form of a diagram, thus enabling to monitor all spheres of neuropsychological development in detail. This gives a pediatrician an opportunity to coordinate medical, psychological and pedagogic activities aimed at rehabilitation of children in conditions of deprivation.</em><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Key words: children, neuropsychological development, computer program, deprivation.</em></strong><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>(<em><em>Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — </em></em>Current Pediatrics. – 2010;9(3):<em>26-28</em>)</em></span></p>