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L B Pearson

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PubMed1983

Intestinal parasites: diagnostic and treatment guidelines.

The incidence of intestinal parasite infection is on the increase in the United States due, in part, to the recent entry into this country of more than 500,000 Southeast Asian refugees. Most symptoms of parasitic infections are nonspecific and many infected individuals are asymptomatic. Stool specimens are used to identify the specific organism. Treatment, which varies depending on the infecting organism, is presented. Patient education especially in the area of hygiene is important to prevent reinfection.

Adult↗
PubMed1982

Cognitive development of severely and profoundly mentally retarded individuals.

Corman and Escalona's scales for Object Permanence and Spatial Relationships were readministered to 71 severely and profoundly mentally retarded individuals five years after the last previous administration of the scales. Gains in mean scores were small but statistically significant for both scales. In addition, significantly more subjects gained than lost on Spatial Relationships, though not on Object Permanence. These findings provide evidence that the cognitive development of at least some severely and profoundly retarded individuals continues into early adulthood, even in the absence of special programs designed to promote such development.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

Psychometric properties of two measures of intrinsic motivation.

Howard's Maze Test and Maw and Maw's Which-to-Discuss Test were individually administered to 25 educable mentally retarded junior high school students. Although the internal consistency of both tests was acceptably high (.81 to .90, respectively), scores were essentially unrelated to a host of demographic and other types of variables. Moreover, the correlation between scores on the two instruments was only -.06. It was suggested that the tests might better be described as measures of diversive curiosity and specific curiosity, respectively, than as measures of intrinsic motivation.

Adolescent↗