Capute & Accardo's Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in Infancy and Childhood: Volume I: Neurodevelopmental Diagnosis and Treatment

Neurodevelopmental Diagnosis and Treatment
Herausgeber: Accardo, Pasquale

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Expanded with coverage of today's most critical topics and written by more than 90 physician experts, these two volumes comprise the third edition of the core text for certification in neurodevelopmental disabilities in pediatrics. In Volume I, students and professionals will get extensive information on the scientific basis of disability, etiologies, assessment, and practice issues. Then, in Volume II, readers will explore more than 2 dozen specific disorders, and the latest assessment and intervention strategies for each. These editions now include - sections focused on autism, learning disorders, and attention disorders - 13 new chapters on critical topics such as neuroimaging, Turner syndrome, Rett syndrome, neurochemistry, and molecular genetics - more contributors from a broader range of disciplines, including epidemiology, radiology, and audiology

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brookes Publishing Company
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 704
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 262mm x 182mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1569g
• ISBN-13: 9781557667564
• ISBN-10: 155766756X
• Artikelnr.: 21497205

Autorenporträt

Ann W. Cox, Ph.D. Director, National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Larry W. Desch, M.D., FAAP, directs both the clinical and educational aspects of developmental pediatrics at Hope Children's Hospital, a major teaching affiliate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. He completed his fellowship training in developmental disabilities at the University of Kansas Medical School and did postfellowship work for 3 years with Drs. Al Healy, Mark Wolraich, and James Blackman at the University of Iowa. Since then, Dr. Desch has served on the faculties of the University of Missouri and University of Wisconsin medical schools. He is a clinical associate professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine. Over the years, Dr. Desch has also assisted various state agencies that deal with children with a wide spectrum of disabilities and has served on a number of advisory boards and committees for children with disabilities of state chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) (including as a past chair of the committee in Missouri). He is also active in a number of national academic and professional organizations, including the AAP (the Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and the Section on Children with Disabilities), the Society for Developmental Pediatrics, the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, and the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research. Within the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Dr. Desch serves as chair of the Continuing Education Committee. Louis Pellegrino, M.D., is a pediatrician who completed subspecialty training in Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics at the University of Rochester, New York. Following his fellowship training, he joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine as an assistant professor and was Medical Director of the Cerebral Palsy Program at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Children's Seashore House. He is now Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He has written extensively on the subject of cerebral palsy and maintains cerebral palsy as a primary focus in his clinical, teaching, and academic pursuits, working in a variety of medical and educational settings in collaboration with many different professionals who devote themselves to the care of children with developmental disabilities. Dr. Pellegrino is board-certified in pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, and the Society for Developmental Pediatrics. He lives in Hillsborough, New Jersey with his wife, Joan, and daughter, Elizabeth. Nancy J. Roizen, M.D., is the Chief of the Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology at University Hospital of Cleveland's Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland. She is certified in neurodevelopmental disabilities and developmental-behavioral pediatrics. > Bruce K. Shapiro, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Arnold J. Capute, M.D., M.P.H. Chair in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, and Vice President of Training, The Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland. Pasquale J. Accardo, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He received his medical degree from Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York; completed his pediatric residency at James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, and obtained his developmental pediatrics training at the John F. Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children (now called the Kennedy Krieger Institute), an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. He is subcertified in neurodevelopmental disabilities in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Accardo is the author and editor of several books including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: The Clinical Spectrum (York Press, 2001); Austim: Clinical and Research Issues (York Press, 2000), and Developmental Disabilities in Infancy and Childhood, Second Edition, Volumes I and II (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 1996).