Volume 12,
No. 1, January-March 2000
Selected proceedings
from The
Joy of Living
An International Conference of Persons with Down Syndrome
October 19-21, 1999,
Jerusalem, Israel
EDITORIALS
Changes for the International Journal of Adolescent
Medicine
and Health
Emanuel Chigier ............1
Health for all in
the 21st century
Joav Merrick .............3
REVIEWS
Aspects of Down syndrome
Joav
Merrick .............5
Quality of life: a central theme of the new
high-school curriculum guidelines for teachers
Shunit Reiter .............19
Effective strategic instruction: the fusion
of cognition and emotional approaches
Malka Margalit ............33
Medical concerns in Down syndrome
Joav Merrick ..............43
Musculosketeletal
concerns in Down syndrome
Joav
Merrick ............53
Visual concerns in Down syndrome
Joav Merrick, Kenneth Koslowe .................61
Obesity in persons with Down syndrome
Joav
Merrick .............69
Dental concerns
in Down syndrome
Joav Merrick and Joseph Shapira ...............75
Preventative dental health for person with
Down syndrome
Joav
Merrick and Joseph Shapira ............81
ORIGINAL
ARTICLES
The use of
psycho-drama in a group therapy with Down syndrome adolescents
Ziva Bracha ............85
book review..............96
CALENDAR of events.................99
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ISSN
0334-0139/12:1
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