A Family-Based Intervention for Early Elementary Students With Reading and Behavioral Difficulties: A Pilot Study.

We created and tested a family-based intervention with families of children in Grades 1 and 2 with reading and behavioral difficulties to investigate its impact on text comprehension. Developed with input from parents, reading experts, and behavior specialists, Family-RISE (Reading Intervention with Supports for Engagement) integrates evidence-based practices for enhancing students' knowledge of narrative texts with effective behavioral supports to maximize student engagement and minimize disruptive behaviors to help parents engage successfully in shared storybook reading. We assessed the effects of Family-RISE on children's narrative text comprehension using a multiple-baseline design. A functional relation was established between Family-RISE and narrative text comprehension, indicating Family-RISE substantially improved narrative text comprehension. Furthermore, nonoverlap of all pairs, Tau-U, and standard mean difference effect sizes were all considered large in favor of the intervention. Family members reported that the intervention was highly usable, feasible to implement, and socially valid. These findings underscore the promise of the Family-RISE intervention and the value of developing interventions that simultaneously support reading and behavior for children with co-occurring difficulties in these areas.

Reading Intervention for Students with ASD in the Middle Grades: An Alternating Treatment Study of Embedded Interests Reading and Expository Text Conditions.

AIM: We conducted two separate but related multiple baseline with alternating treatment single-case design studies to investigate the effect of the same reading intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder being implemented under different conditions. METHOD: We conducted a researcher-implemented study in a public school (Study 1) and a teacher-implemented study in a specialized private charter school for children with ASD (Study 2). In each study, we compared a typical intervention approach with interest-based text intervention that included reading on each child's interest area. The treatment included systematic vocabulary instruction and main-summarization strategy instruction. RESULTS: Findings from Study One showed consistent increases in comprehension and vocabulary outcomes compared to baseline. In Study Two the baselines phases were unstable with small differences in mean scores detected for vocabulary during the intervention phase favoring the interest-based treatment for three of four participants. CONCLUSION: The results across studies were mixed indicating the importance of taking into account contextual factors including student characteristics and learning environment.

Complicaciones pulmonares asociadas a ventilación mecánica en el paciente neonatal / Pulmonary complications associated with mechanical ventilation in neonates

Resumen: Introducción: Se buscó determinar la incidencia de complicaciones pulmonares asociadas a ventilación mecánica en pacientes ingresados a un servicio de cuidados intensivos neonatales (UCIN) en un hospital de 2° nivel. Metodología: Estudio analítico retrospectivo en expedientes de recién nacidos ingresados a una sala de UCIN y que recibieron ventilación mecánica en un hospital de segundo nivel de atención médica. Se recabaron datos demográficos, de la ventilación mecánica, la intubación y complicaciones reportadas en el expediente clínico y se analizaron en el programa estadístico SPSS 20. Resultados: De los 53 pacientes seleccionados se encontraron un total de 40 complicaciones. La incidencia anual de las complicaciones pulmonares asociadas a ventilación mecánica en el área de UCIN del servicio de Neonatología, en un hospital de segundo nivel en Sonora fue de 49.05% (IC 95% 0.35-0.62). Las complicaciones pulmonares más frecuentes fueron: atelectasia 35%, neumonía 27.5%, neumotórax 15%, displasia broncopulmonar 15%, neumomediastino 15% y hemorragia pulmonar 2.5%. Conclusiones: La presentación de complicaciones pulmonares secundarias a ventilación mecánica en pacientes neonatales es similar a lo reportado en países en desarrollo. La atelectasia es la complicación pulmonar más frecuente en los pacientes neonatales sometidos a ventilación mecánica.

Abstract: Background: To determine the incidence of0 associated with mechanical ventilation in patients admitted to a service in a second level hospital NICU. Methods: Retrospective analytical study records of newborns admitted to NICU room and receiving mechanical ventilation in a secondary hospital health care. Demographic data, of mechanical ventilation, intubation and complications reported in the clinical record were collected and analyzed in SPSS 20. Results: 53 patients selected a total of 40 complications found. The annual incidence of pulmonary complications associated with mechanical ventilation in the area of service neonatology NICU, at a second level hospital at Sonora was 49.05% (95% CI 0.35 to 0.62). The most frequent pulmonary complications were atelectasis 35%, pneumonia 27.5%, pneumothorax 15%, bronchopulmonary dysplasia 15%, pneumomediastinum 15% and pulmonary hemorrhage 2.5%. Conclusions: The presentation of pulmonary complications secondary to mechanical ventilation in neonatal patients is similar to that reported in developing countries. Atelectasis is the most common pulmonary complication in neonatal patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.

[Pulmonary complications associated with mechanical ventilation in neonates]. / Complicaciones pulmonares asociadas a ventilación mecánica en el paciente neonatal.

BACKGROUND: To determine the incidence of0 associated with mechanical ventilation in patients admitted to a service in a second level hospital NICU. METHODS: Retrospective analytical study records of newborns admitted to NICU room and receiving mechanical ventilation in a secondary hospital health care. Demographic data, of mechanical ventilation, intubation and complications reported in the clinical record were collected and analyzed in SPSS 20. RESULTS: 53 patients selected a total of 40 complications found. The annual incidence of pulmonary complications associated with mechanical ventilation in the area of service neonatology NICU, at a second level hospital at Sonora was 49.05% (95% CI 0.35 to 0.62). The most frequent pulmonary complications were atelectasis 35%, pneumonia 27.5%, pneumothorax 15%, bronchopulmonary dysplasia 15%, pneumomediastinum 15% and pulmonary hemorrhage 2.5%. CONCLUSIONS: The presentation of pulmonary complications secondary to mechanical ventilation in neonatal patients is similar to that reported in developing countries. Atelectasis is the most common pulmonary complication in neonatal patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.