Developmental disorders : a neuropsychological approach
By: Freides, David.
Publisher: Malden, MA Blackwell Publishers 2001Description: xiv, 586 p. : ill.ISBN: 1557865795.Subject(s): DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES | NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS | NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT | BRAIN DEVELOPMENT | COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT | COGNITIVE PROCESSES | EPILEPSY | SEIZURES | SLEEP DISORDERS | ATTENTION | ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS | ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) | MOTOR DISABILITY | MOTOR SPEECH DISORDERS | VISUAL DISABILITY | HEARING DISABILITY | SPEECH DISORDERS | LEARNING DISABILITY | DYSLEXIA AND LEARNING DISABILITIES | PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS | AUTISM | ACQUIRED DISABILITIES | BRAIN DAMAGE | BIRTH DEFECTS | INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | NEUROPATHOLOGYSummary: Presents an overview of disabilities affecting children that are due to some malfunction in the brain or nervous system. Works from the premise that these disabilities have occurred because of an impairment in the nervous system and therefore describes the workings of the nervous system, the child's response to the disability and the overall nature of the child's behaviour in order to explain why some treatments work, why some fail and why some are more effective than others. Divided into 5 parts: 1. Orientation to the way the brain functions 2. Disorders of state - includes epilepsy, sleep disorders and attention disorders 3. Disorders of specific modalities - motor, visual, hearing and language disorders 4. Disorders involving several modalities - academic and social learning disabilities, childhood psychoses, acquired brain damage, intellectual disabilityItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | IHC Library | 700 FRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | W005201 |
Presents an overview of disabilities affecting children that are due to some malfunction in the brain or nervous system. Works from the premise that these disabilities have occurred because of an impairment in the nervous system and therefore describes the workings of the nervous system, the child's response to the disability and the overall nature of the child's behaviour in order to explain why some treatments work, why some fail and why some are more effective than others. Divided into 5 parts:
1. Orientation to the way the brain functions
2. Disorders of state - includes epilepsy, sleep disorders and attention disorders
3. Disorders of specific modalities - motor, visual, hearing and language disorders
4. Disorders involving several modalities - academic and social learning disabilities, childhood psychoses, acquired brain damage, intellectual disability
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