Children with Vision Impairment
Mac Keith Press (Verlag)
978-1-911612-33-9 (ISBN)
International team of experts present up to date vision and neuroscience research and assessment and management approaches.
Multidisciplinary approaches for improving function, learning and activity in children with vision impairment.
New approach to childhood vision impairment with a focus on assessment, function and participation.
Covering all vision disorders and levels of vision impairment, including eye disorders, cerebral vision impairment and complex disability.
A useful resource for developmental/and neurodisability paediatricians and clinicians including clinical, neuro- and educational psychologists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists; paediatric ophthalmologists and eye clinic staff; mobility/habilitation specialists, educationalists of vision impairment and others; community family support and social care workers.
Naomi Dale is a Consultant Clinical psychologist and Paediatric Neuropsychologist (Neurodisability) at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London UK and Professor in Paediatric Neurodisability (with specialist interest in Vision Neurodisability) at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health London, specialising in vision neurodisability and neurodevelopmental disorders. Naomi is a leading senior professional and clinical lead in the field of developmental visual impairment and Chief Investigator of the Developmental Vision research programme – a national grant-funded research programme, which is internationally renowned. Alison Salt is Honorary Consultant Paediatrician (Neurodisability) and Honorary Associate Professor, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children London UK, and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and a senior co-investigator in the Developmental Vision research programme. Alison is a consultant Paediatrician in the Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, Child and Adolescent Health Service, Perth Children’s Hospital, Western Australia and Clinical Associate Professor, University of Western Australia. Alison has many years of clinical and research expertise in the field of childhood visual impairment and complex neurodevelopmental disorders. Jenefer Sargent has worked as a Consultant Paediatrician in the Neurodisability service at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children UK since 2001, working within the multidisciplinary Developmental Vision Clinic and the Developmental Communication service. She has expertise in the developmental consequences of severe visual impairment, and the visual, communication and learning needs of children with severe motor speech impairment and teaches on both these topics regularly at local and national level. Rebecca Greenaway is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Paediatric Neuropsychologist within the Neurodisability Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children London UK. Rebecca has expertise in developmental, cognitive and neuropsychological assessment of children with neurodevelopmental needs, including children with genetic, metabolic and neurological conditions. Rebecca’s research interests include autism, visual impairment, epilepsy and metabolic conditions.
Author Appointments
Foreword
Preface
1 Introduction
Naomi Dale, Alison Salt, Jenefer Sargent, and Rebecca Greenaway
PART 1 Eye disorders, vision and brain
2 Childhood vision functions, classification and causes of childhood visual impairment
Ameenat Lola, Solebo, Jugnoo, and Sangeeta Rahi
3 Congenital eye disorders: genetics and clinical phenotypes
Mariya Moosajee and Ngozi Oluonye
4 Assessment and habilitation of vision in infants and young children
Alison Salt and Jenefer Sargent
5 Cerebral visual impairment
Naomi Dale, Els Ortibus, Jenefer Sargent, and Richard Bowman
6 Vision assessment of children with complex neurodisability
Jenefer Sargent, Alison Salt, and Elisa Fazzi
7 Brain development and plasticity
Francesca Tinelli and Andrea Guzzetta
PART 2 Child development and learning from birth to older childhood
8 Early years, early intervention and family support
Naomi Dale, Elena Sakkalou, and Jackie Osborne
9 Motor development and hand function
Julia Smyth and Alison Salt
10 Language and communication development
Steve Rose, Kim Bates, and Rebecca Greenaway
11 Social communication and autism spectrum disorder
Naomi Dale and Alison Salt
12 Cognition
Rebecca Greenaway and Simon Ungar
13 Experience of parenting a child with vision impairment
Christopher Clark and Kate Clark
PART 3 Further approaches to habilitation
14 Orientation, Mobility and Independence Skills: Habilitation Approaches
Jessica Hayton and Susan Mort
15 Technological aids for spatial perception and mobility
Monica Gori and Giulia Cappagli
16 Low vision aids and assistive technologies for reading, learning and education
Michael Crossland, Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, and Ngozi Oluonye
17 Reading Approaches for Braille Readers
M Cay Holbrook and Kim T Zebehazy
PART 4 Social relationships and participation
18 Psychological wellbeing, mental health and behaviour
Clare Jackson
19 Self-concept and social relationships for quality of life and participation
Mathijis Vervloed and Sabina Kef
20 Towards autonomy and independence in adolescence
Graeme Douglas, Mike McLinden, and Rachel Hewett
21 Personal experiences from a young person
Holly Tuke
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.01.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Mac Keith Press Practical Guides |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 239 mm |
| Gewicht | 567 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-911612-33-6 / 1911612336 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-911612-33-9 / 9781911612339 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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