Developmental Assessment of the School-Aged Child with Developmental Disabilities (eBook)

A Clinician's Guide

M. S. Thambirajah (Autor)

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2011
336 Seiten
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-85700-325-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides full guidance on common developmental disorders and their assessment, focusing on mild to moderate disabilities in the school-aged child. Each chapter includes an account of normal development, including developmental milestones, an overview of the disorder, and its clinical assessment.

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Children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems who are referred to mental health services for assessment often have undiagnosed mild learning disabilities, and this guide is written for clinicians involved in making such assessments.It provides full guidance on common developmental disorders and their assessment, focusing on mild to moderate disabilities in the school-aged child. It covers intellectual disabilities, dyslexia, dyscalculia (mathematical disability), autism spectrum disorders, speech and language impairment, developmental coordination disorder, and emotional and personality development. Each chapter includes an account of normal development, including developmental milestones, an overview of the disorder, and its clinical assessment. This important professional guide will be invaluable for all child health and mental health professionals and trainees, including paediatricians, psychiatrists, mental health workers, clinical psychologists and educational psychologists.

Autor

M. S. Thambirajah is Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust. He has over 20 years' experience in the field, and is author of Understanding School Refusal, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Inhalt

Preface. 1. Introduction: General Issues in Development. 2. Developmental Disabilities (Disorders). 3. Developmental Assessment. 4. Acquisition of Reading: Developmental Dyslexia and Assessment of Dyslexia. 5. Acquisition of Mathematical Skills: Developmental Dyscalculia and Assessment of Dyscalculia. 6. Development of Speech and Language, Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and Assessment of SLI. 7. Development of Social Communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Assessment of ASD. 8. Development of Motor Skills, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and Assessment of DCD. 9. Development of Cognitive Abilities, Mild Intellectual Disability and Assessment of Mild Intellectual Disability. 10. Emotional, Personal and Social Development. Appendix I. Developmental Milestones. Appendix II. Developmental History: Parent Form. Appendix III. School Report Form. Appendix IV. Direct School Observation Form. Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2011
• Zusatzinfo: 58 tables, 22 figures
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Neurologie / Psychiatrie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: adolescents • ASD • Autism • Clinical Assessment • Co-ordination • disorders • Dyscalculia • dyslexia • educational psychologists • emotional problems • intellectual disability • Learning Disabilities • Mental Health • paediatricians • Personality • psychiatrists • speech impairment • undiagnosed
• ISBN-10: 0-85700-325-9 / 0857003259
• ISBN-13: 978-0-85700-325-6 / 9780857003256