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The purpose of this study was:to ascertain the nature and extent of psychological and social problems in adolescents with congenital cerebral palsy or spina bifida with hydrocephalusto identify some of the factors associated with good or poor `adjustment'to assess the adequacy of services available, within and outside school, during the transition from school to life afterwardsto follow-up teenagers after they had left school to examine the changes during the transition to adult life.
Main Topics:
Variables Psychological adjustment ; social problems ; service provision ; school services, change in post-school year. Maternal health. Measurement Scales Rutter Teacher Scale (Scale B) : Rutter (1967) <i>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</i> Health Questionnaire (Malaise Inventory) : Rutter et al. (1970) in <i>Clinics in Developmental Medicine</i>, 35-6 (Spastics Society/Heinemann) Overall psychological adjustment and overall quality of social life : ratings calculated from questionnaires Pultibec system (for classifying functional severity of handicap) : Linden (1963) in <i>Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology</i>, 5, pp125-145
The respondents were traced mainly through Area Health Authority records. After the initial contact quite a large group of families were found to be ineligible for reasons of diagnosis, IQ, or school or family circumstances
Face-to-face interview
Self-completion : health questionnaire
