INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AND HEALTH

 

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

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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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