Analysis of the Picture and Content Items of the Children's Picture Book for 5-6 Years Old in terms of Social-Emotional Field Outcomes and Indicators in MEB Preschool Education Program

Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the picture and content elements in 5-6 years old preschool children picture books in terms of social-emotional field outcomes and indicators of the Ministry of National Education 2013 Preschool Education Program. Method: The study is a qualitative research designed with document review method. The study examined 50 children's 60-72-month picture books belonging to 3 different publishing houses in the Bornova Mehmet Akif Ersoy Cocuk ve Genclik Library in Bornova district of Izmir province. Outcomes and indicators in the field of social-emotional development of Ministry of National Education 2013 Preschool Education Program were determined as criteria and were used as a data collection tool. Five researchers who conducted the study in the analysis part of the study evaluated illustrated children's books individually according to the social-emotional field outcomes and indicators in the program in terms of their pictures and content elements. The obtained data were analyzed with frequency and percentage values. In the study, Miles and Huberman's formula was used to calculate the reliability among the researchers and the concordance was found to be 0,92. Results: In the study, it was concluded that in the pictures and content items of illustrated children's books, while the highest level of importance is given to this learning outcome which is "Describes the feelings of others about an event or situation."; the learning outcome of "Takes responsibility in activities related to Ataturk" is not mentioned. Originality: It is known that there are limited number of resources which examine the content elements of illustrated children's books in terms of social-emotional field in the literature. It is also known that there is no study examining the visual elements of illustrated children's books in terms of social-emotional field. Conclusion: The data obtained as a result of the study show that studies should be carried out to increase the quality books that include gains that are not included at all, like those that are frequently included in picture children's books for preschool children

Successful haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in 44 children from healthy siblings conceived after preimplantation HLA matching

WOS: 000341378500012PubMed ID: 25066893Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the best therapeutic option for many acquired and inherited paediatric haematological disorders. Unfortunately, the probability of finding an HLA matched donor is limited. An alternative technique is PGD combined with HLA matching, which offers the possibility of selecting unaffected embryos that are HLA compatible with the sick child, with the aim of possible use of stem cells from the resulting baby in future. Since the first successful report for Fanconi anaemia a decade ago, the therapeutic success of this technique was reported in a few cases and for a limited number of disorders. Here, we report full recovery of 44 sick children who received HSCT from healthy infants conceived after pre-implantation HLA matching for the following 10 indications; beta-thalassaemia, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, Fanconi anaemia, sickle cell anaemia, acute myeloid leukaemia, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Glanzmann's thrombasthaenia, Diamond-Blackfan anaemia, X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy and mucopolysaccharidosis type I. No serious complications were observed among recipients and donors. Graft failure occurred in four children with beta-thalassaemia where a second HSCT was planned. Preimplantation HLA matching is a reliable technique and provides a realistic option for couples seeking treatment for an affected child when no HLA-matched donor is available. (C) 2014 Reproductive Healthcare Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved