Denise Dew-Hughes (ed.)

Educating Children with Fragile X Syndrome

A Multi-Professional View
Herausgeber: Dew-Hughes, Denise

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is Fragile X? The most common inherited cause of learning difficulties, affecting a child's ability to tackle key areas such as literacy and numeracy, and causing behaviour problems and social anxiety. What can teachers do to help children with Fragile X become more effective learners? This definitive text will provide essential support and information for teachers with the expertise of an international field of researchers, whose variety of perspectives contribute to a unique, multi-professional approach. Each chapter of the book suggests practical intervention strategies, based on sound educational principles expressed in clear non-specific terms. A range of important topics are considered, including: * the physical and behavioural characteristics of Fragile X * the effects of Fragile X on learning * medication and therapy * related conditions such as autism and attention deficit disorders. Breaking down the barriers of professional practice, this book establishes the groundwork for successful and valuable multi-professional teamwork. By providing immediate access to a body of empirical knowledge and advice from other disciplines, it will encourage teachers to incorporate this approach into their own practice. Everyone responsible for the education of a child with Fragile X syndrome should read this book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 375g
• ISBN-13: 9780415314886
• ISBN-10: 0415314887
• Artikelnr.: 21968573

Autorenporträt

Denise Dew-Hughes has vast teaching and learning experience. She is Specialist Advisor in Education in the Fragile X Society, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Fragile X syndrome and education Denise Dew-Hughes Part 1:
The child with Fragile X syndrome 1. Physical and behavioural
characteristics of Fragile X syndrome Randi Hagerman 2. The importance of
diagnosis Jeremy Turk 3. Cognitive strengths and difficulties Kim Cornish
4. Atypical language production of males with Fragile X syndrome Vicki
Sudhalter and Richard Belser 5. Educating girls with Fragile X Lesley
Powell Part 2: Education issues 6. The effects of Fragile X on learning
Marcia Braden 7. School placement and provision Denise Dew-Hughes 8. Formal
assessment and constructing an individual education profile Marcia Braden
9. Key issues in assessment Charles Gibb 10. Obtaining educational support
for a child with special needs: A structured approach for parents and
teachers Kate Schnelling and Denise Dew-Hughes Part 3: Education strategies
11. Classroom adaptations: Good practice and work habits Marcia Braden 12.
Home and school: Developing a genuine partnership Claire Wolstencroft 13.
Classroom strategies for Fragile X and autism Julie Taylor 14. Speech and
language therapy Cathy Taylor 15. Occupational therapy and sensory
integration therapy for individuals with Fragile X syndrome Dido Green Part
4: Development, Behaviour and Psychology 16. Development in the early years
Kim Cornish and Gaia Scerif 17. Behaviours and management Jeremy Turk 18.
Related conditions: Autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders
(AD/HD) Kim Cornish and Julie Taylor 19. Medication matters Jeremy Turk
Part 5: Family and social matters 20. The genetics of Fragile X syndrome
Angela Barnicoat and Barbara Carmichael 21. Adults with Fragile X syndrome
Greg O'Brien 22. Behaviour and cognitive profiles in adults Kim Cornish 23.
Women with Fragile X Lesley Powell 24. Support for individuals with Fragile
X syndrome Jeremy Turk Conclusion Denise Dew-Hughes