The importance of reading aloud for childrens development of language

The main thing we wanted to find out with this thesis was, can reading aloud help the natural language development. We also wanted to know how libraries in Sweden work with reading aloud and if children with reading and writing problems are being helped by being read to. We also wanted to find out what authoritarians on literature think a good reading-aloud novel should contain. To find this out we decided to do a literature study, we have taken part of a number of authoritarian opinions on this matter and we also studied some theories on this subject. We also decided to do a couple of interviews to exemplify how regular libraries work with reading aloud. The theories we worked with were foremost Piagets and Vygotskijs theories of cognitive and language development. We used these theories to develop our point of view on the matter of language development and to enlighten the result we got through our literature studies and interviews. What we found was that a number of factors is to be considered when it comes to language development, and that reading aloud through imitation could be an important part of it. We also found that most libraries around Sweden have some sort of project developed to increase reading in their cities and to spread the joy of reading and reading aloud. What a good reading aloud novel should contain is very difficult to say, it is very individual. Different people need and want different things from the books they read, although the cognitive and emotional level of the children should be considered when choosing books for them. We think the subject of our thesis is very important because parents tend to spend less time with their children today than they did earlier.Uppsatsnivå:

”...för det är mitt liv, det är mig det handlar om” : en intervjustudie om delaktighetens betydelse för kroniskt sjuka

När sjukdom drabbar en människa, förändras tillvaron. En av sjuksköterskans uppgifter är att hjälpa och stötta patienten att finna mening i sin nya situation och med andra förutsättningar än tidigare. Ska patienten kunna leva sitt liv så självständigt som möjligt, behöver vården utgå från patientens behov, och utformas så att patienten kan vara delaktig. Syftet med studien är att få förståelse för vad delaktighet kan innebära för kroniskt sjuka patienter i mötet med vården. Som metod för att svara på studiens syfte, valdes en kvalitativ ansats med intervjuer som datainsamling. Sex intervjuer genomfördes och analyserades utifrån en fenomenologisk-hermeneutisk analysmetod. Under analysen växte två huvudteman med underteman fram. Resultatet visar att delaktighet kan innebära att bli lyssnad till. Det är centralt för informanterna, då önskan finns om att vården ska utgå från informantens tankar, behov och kunskap. Detta innefattar även tankar kring att erhålla relevant information för att kunna vara delaktig. En faktor som påverkade känslan av delaktighet eller ej för informanterna, var kontinuiteten bland vårdpersonalen. När en relation kunde byggas upp, gav det trygghet och känsla av delaktighet. Resultatet av studien ger förståelse för hur vårdpersonal kan arbeta för att patienter med kronisk sjukdom ska kunna vara delaktiga

Survival at 19 years of age in a total population of children and young people with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2011; 53:808–814 doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04027.x PMID: 21745199

AIM The aims were to investigate survival of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to search for modifiable factors that influence survival in CP. METHOD The total population of children with CP in southern Sweden born between 1990 and 2005, and followed from 1994 to 2010 comprised 718 children. The study included 708 of these children (297 females, 411 males) participating in a secondary prevention programme. CP subtype, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels, and comorbidities were described. Kaplan-Meier survival curves were plotted. The following factors were investigated using Cox regression analysis: GMFCS level (co-varies with overall health), size of health care catchment area, gastrostomy feeding, and sex. RESULTS The estimated survival at 19 years of age was 60% in children with the most severe gross motor limitations (GMFCS level V). Death occurred throughout childhood. All children at GMFCS level I or II, and 96% of the whole CP population, survived. The mortality risk in childhood CP was three times higher in catchment areas that covered small populations than in areas with a large population. Gastrostomy feeding was associated with a ninefold increased risk of dying, regardless of GMFCS level and catchment area. INTERPRETATION Fragile children with CP, as indicated by GMFCS level V and gastrostomy feeding, had the lowest chance of surviving childhood. Health care catchment area seemed to influence survival rate