A new approach for the quantitative evaluation of drawings in children with learning disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1004-1010

  Galli, Manuela ^a,b   Vimercati, Sara Laura ^a   Stella, Giacomo ^b,c   Caiazzo, Giorgia ^b   Norveti, Federica ^b   Onnis, Francesca ^b   Rigoldi, Chiara ^a   Albertini, Giorgio ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Denver Developmental Screening Test; Drawing test; Learning disabilities; Optoelectronic system

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENVER DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING TEST; DRAWING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

ARM; ART; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HAND; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MASS SCREENING; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POSTURE;

EID: 79952456051     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.01.051     Document Type: Article

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