M. S. Thambirajah

Developmental Assessment of the School-Aged Child with Developmental Disabilities

A Clinician's Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781849051811
• ISBN-10: 184905181X
• Artikelnr.: 33214407

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.