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The effect of combined orthodontic-orthognathic treatment was estimated, specifically the impact of pre-surgical orthodontic treatment, on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). The research question was formulated using the PICO method. The search was carried out in MEDLINE via PubMed, CINAHL, psychINFO, Embase, and Cochrane (until February 3, 2020). Inclusion criteria were patients aged ≥ 17years who underwent combined orthodontic-surgical treatment, quality of life assessment, and study design of randomized controlled trial, controlled clinical trial, prospective cohort study, observational study, intervention study, or cross-sectional study. The ROBINS-1 tool was used to assess the risk of bias within studies. A random effects meta-analysis was conducted when appropriate. The quality of evidence was assessed using the GRADE approach. Six studies were analyzed. The OHIP-14 and/or OQLQ-22 questionnaires were used to measure the OHRQoL. All six studies had a serious risk of bias. Two studies (87 participants) were included in a meta-analysis showing improvement of OHRQoL when comparing before and after treatment were compared (mean 14.85 scale points, 95% confidence interval 10.36;19.35). Studies indicate a decrease in OHRQoL during the pre-surgical orthodontic treatment phase but improvement after orthodontic-orthognathic treatment. Data substantiating these results are limited, and the quality of evidence is low. Further research is needed to assess the impact of pre-surgical orthodontic treatment on the OHRQoL in an orthognathic trajectory. Patients should be well informed about the effect facial/esthetic changes may have on their OHRQoL during sequential phases of orthodontic-orthognathic treatment.

Abstract Developing social innovation and entrepreneurship competences and skills of children and young people is on the agenda of European educational policy-makers. The European research and innovation project “DOIT – Entrepreneurial skills for young social innovators in an open digital world” suggests using makerspaces and tools, within schools and externally, to promote practice-based social innovation and entrepreneurial learning of children and young people. This article first gives an overview of different types of maker-spaces, addresses the concept of maker education, and highlights common development goals of such education with entrepreneurship education regarding particular attitudes and competences. The main part then describes the DOIT learning program that allows children and young people (6–16 years) to acquire skills and an entrepreneurial mind-set for turning creative ideas into potential social innovations. This program is currently trialed in DOIT pilots in different types of makerspaces in ten European countries. The article describes learning processes and outcomes that are promoted by the program with two examples that are different regarding the makerspaces, topics and other aspects. Some first experiences and lessons learned from these and other pilots are summarized.

La artesanía desde su identidad basada en el hacer manual, el arte y la cultura, no siempre se ha visto relacionada con el mundo de las tecnologías. Sin embargo, los avances del último tiempo en desarrollo de materiales inteligentes y nuevas plataformas tecnológicas de código abierto han permitido el surgimiento de un nuevo concepto "Computational Craft" que alude justamente a esta unión virtuosa entre computación y tradición artesanal. La siguiente publicación aborda cómo los avances en la creación de textiles electrónicos pueden acercarse al mundo de las técnicas tradicionales, potenciando particularmente las características expresivas y comunicativas de la técnica chilena de la arpillera. Para ello, se expondrá el trabajo de investigación aplicada desarrollado por la autora en el marco del curso internacional Fabricademy: A new textile and technology academy.

As language may be an important barrier for ethnic minority families to access health care, interpreters can be a valuable aid to reach these families. Little is known, however, about the effects of using interpreters in mental health care. The present study investigated whether the use of interpreters affected treatment outcomes of Multisystemic therapy (MST) in the Netherlands. Ninety-one cases with an interpreter were compared with 91 cases without an interpreter. The two groups were matched regarding age, gender, imposed sanction, and therapist. Each case’s progress, treatment duration, and treatment outcomes were obtained. For 61 of the matched pairs, long-term re-conviction rates were retrieved from official judicial records. Comparing the cases with interpreter and the matched controls revealed no significant differences. Moreover, the treatment outcomes were the same for professional and family interpreters. Although there was a trend toward higher recidivism rates during MST when an interpreter had been used, the long-term judicial data did not reveal any differences between the interpreter group and the matched control group. Thus, it seems that in a highly structured and goal-oriented treatment like MST, both professional and family interpreters can be used to obtain treatment outcomes comparable with those of native speakers.

This meta-analysis, including six studies (13 effect sizes) and 164 adolescents, examined the effectiveness of individually oriented treatment (which means that the intervention contained at least an individual component, possibly in combination with group and/or family therapy) with CBT-elements for adolescents with severe aggression problems. A large and homogeneous overall effect size was found (d = 1.139) indicating consistency across studies. The included studies examined the effect of three interventions, namely, mode deactivation therapy (MDT; four studies), stress-inoculation therapy (1), and the cell-phone program (1). This multilevel analysis demonstrated that only few individually oriented interventions have been developed and evaluated, while four of the included studies used a weak research design. Effective individually tailored interventions for youths with severe aggression problems (who are unsuitable for group treatment) are scant. There may be added value if group interventions are supplemented with more individually tailored evidence-based interventions.

Objectives The present study focused on the sustainability of the effects of Multisystemic Therapy (MST) on delinquency and recidivism.

This single-case study illustrates how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be of use in the treatment of cognitive distortions in sex offenders who themselves have been victimized in their childhood. A 56-year-old man did not perceive his childhood sexual experiences as negative. As a consequence, he could not see any harm in his own offending in later life. He spent one year in cognitive-behavioral group therapy barely making any progress. After nine EMDR sessions, most cognitive distortions appeared to be resolved. He was able to attend his group sessions in a more open and involved manner.

This paper gives an insight into Waag Society’s research and design approach on the development of educational games for children, illustrated by a description of the project StoryBOX. The innovative pilot StoryBOX stimulates the development of language in the form of intuitive play. Tangible, technologically enriched objects enable children, aged six/seven, to learn by playing together. By addressing creative, collaborative and spatial skills a playful approach to learning a language is developed. This approach connects to an existing educational format used in Dutch primary schools. A key aspect of this project was to involve pupils and teachers in the design process to assure that the final product would suit the needs of the end-users. The National Language Education Center (Expertisecentrum Nederlands) evaluated the effects of working with StoryBOX in short sessions. They concluded that StoryBOX could be beneficial to pupils who encounter difficulties within the normal school curriculum.

This review of the literature investigates the possibilities of the incorporation of neurofeedback into the repertoire of forensic psychotherapy. After a brief description of the method, an overview of the empirical evidence of its efficacy in specific areas of treatment is presented. This evidence is then translated into possible applications of neurofeedback in various areas of offender treatment including domestic violence, various other forms of violent and anti-social behavior, certain forms of sexually abusive behavior, and criminal behavior of an obsessive–compulsive nature. It is stressed in this review that neurofeedback is still a relatively new subject of empirical research. Therefore, more research is needed to establish its value for the field of forensic psychotherapy more precisely.