Juniper Publishers- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (GJIDD) Cannabis has a long history in Central and South Asia, as it was used to produce hemp fibre for rope, clothing and paper, but was also consumed both for recreational and medicinal purposes. The two major neuro active components in cannabis are the psychoactive A9-tetrahydro-cannabinol (A9-THC) and the non-psychoactive cannabidiol (CBD). Recent years have seen a resurgence in interest in the therapeutic potential of compounds derived from cannabis, due to significant advances in our understanding of cannabis ingredients and endogenous brain cannabinoid (ECB) system, which consists of G-protein- coupled cannabinoid (CB) receptors, endocannabinoids such as N-Arachidonoylethanolamide (Anandamide) and 2-Arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), synthetic and degradative enzymes, and transporters. Common medical conditions for which marijuana is allowed in the US (i.e., those conditions shared by at least 80 percent...

Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (GJIDD) The ageless faux controversy of nature v. nurture continues to haunt the otherwise scientific literature of behavioral biology. One classic example-the evolutionary value of the opposable thumb-encapsulates the essence of unnecessarily conflicting attitudes in this useless confrontation. The standard saw offered by anatomists is that the pseudo-opposable thumb of New World anthropoids (e.g., Cebus) monkeys is mechanically limited to movements in one dimension-left and right-and thus limits the behavioral range of monkeys condemned to secondary evolutionary status by this structural inhibition. By way on contrast, Old World anthropoids were blessed with opposable thumbs which permitted swivelling action which in turn opened the way for humans to develop tool use as the pathway to biological predominance. Unfortunately, this is not true. A concerted study of manual prehension in anthropoids-a ba...

Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (GJIDD) This is a report of a clinical case in which the patient wishes to modify dysfunctional avoidance behavior, in order to be able to confront his fears of elevators, high places and planes. The presence of activator tasks between sessions as motivation for the final objective was of significant importance. Cognitive behavior therapy was used as base methodology. It was concluded that it is an effective and tangible treatment for the agoraphobic, providing assistance and bringing success and applicability in this case [ 1 ]. Keywords: Agoraphobia; Systematic desensitization; Cognitive behavior therapy Introduction This study has the objective of reporting a clinical case of cognitive behavior therapy, which is short term structured therapy, focused on the resolution of problems. According to Cognitive Behavior Therapy, the the...

Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (GJIDD) Saudi Arabia cared in developing legislation regulating the rights of people with special needs, which included health services in terms of preventive, curative and rehabilitative services. Including preventive genetic counseling, testing and laboratory analysis for early detection of diseases and taking necessary immunizations. Also, it took care of the aspects of education and educational training and rehabilitation, work, and sports, which is the right for those groups of people in the society. However, legislation considered as the first steps of helping disabilities (intellectual disabilities), but there are other factors needed to help intellectual disabilities and people with special needs in general in Saudi Arabia to give best result in helping those sects. To illustrate that, there is no precise percentage of the number of disabled in Saudi Arabia. A research in 1997 indicated that the ...

Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (GJIDD) Children with developmental coordination problems exhibit difficulties performing even seemingly simple motor tasks, discouraging them from engaging in age appropriate physical activities. It appears that playing active video games may have a positive impact on certain aspects of their motor performance and the willingness to be physically active. The purpose of the present pilot study was to examine if these positive effects can be evident in two children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) playing selected Xbox Kinect sports games. One eleven year old boy and a nine year old girl, diagnosed with DCD, were assessed using Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC2) and selected components of Bruininks Oseretsky Test (BOT2) at pre, mid, and post sessions, and two weeks after the program. Children engaged in Wake Racing, Climbing, Soccer, and Tennis games, in two 40-minute sessions p...

Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (GJIDD)          Railway companies aim to improve enterprise value by providing railway services to ensure users safety and peace of mind. Thus, in safety activities, the purpose is derived not only from accident prevention activities but also for lifting up motivation of employees. Among such safety activities, there is "the strategy of establishing the follow-up system” that some companies promote. This strategy is to establish and strengthen a follow-up system, which is an organizational system with a posture to prevent small errors and carry out tasks smoothly by helping each other as a team. This paper provides an analysis method for the progress of retention rate of the follow-up system and change in consciousness to safety activities to clarify a group with behavior posture of voluntary follow. Moreover, this paper aims to create an advice list for actual work in 10 categories...