Working Memory and Clinical Developmental Disorders

Theories, Debates and Interventions
Herausgeber: Alloway, Tracy Packiam

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book summarises the current theoretical understanding and methods of assessment, with an examination of different intervention programs for working memory disorders. This comprehensive text will appeal to academics and professionals in the field of developmental disorders and atypical development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781138236493
• ISBN-10: 1138236497
• Artikelnr.: 52212152

Autorenporträt

Tracy Packiam Alloway is Professor of Psychology at University of North Florida. She has spent over a decade being part of cutting-edge research on the importance of Working Memory in education and has published over 100 research articles and book chapters. Her research has appeared in over 250 news articles, and she has been invited to comment on television and radio as an expert on Working Memory.

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Working Memory and intellectual disabilities
Chapter 3: Memory and language in children with SLI
Chapter 4: Working Memory and autism
Chapter 5: Working Memory & attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Chapter 6: Working Memory & Specific Learning Disorders: Reading
Chapter 7: Role of Working Memory in the language learning mechanism by
ear, mouth, eye, and hand in individuals with and without Specific Learning
Disabilities in written language
Chapter 8: Working Memory and Specific Learning Disability: Math
Chapter 9: Working Memory and low birth weight
Chapter 10: Developmental Coordination Disorder and Working Memory
Chapter 11: Working Memory in Down syndrome: Methodological considerations
and intervention implications
Chapter 12: Working Memory and TBI
Chapter 13: Working Memory and youth depression
Epilogue: Working Memory and clinical development disorders: Theories,
debates and interventions
Index