Nanci A. Sullivan

Walking with a Shadow (eBook, PDF)

Surviving Childhood Leukemia

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Childhood cancer, particularly leukemia, is on the rise. Leukemia strikes one child in every 25,000, and most often does so between the ages of 3 and 7. Annually, more than 2,700 children are diagnosed with leukemia in the United States. Due to advances in biotechnology and medicine, survival rates for this once-deadly disease now stand at 80%. But the psychological effects of diagnosis, removal from school, treatment, and remission or cure, linger. Here nine long-term survivors of childhood leukemia share their vivid memories and give us insight into the physiological changes, psychosocial and educational difficulties that became a constant shadow in their lives. Author Nanci Sullivan provides recommendations for ways teachers, counselors and other professionals may better help young students with leukemia cope.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313051395
• Artikelnr.: 68528459

Autorenporträt

NANCI A. SULLIVAN has 24 years experience as a practitioner, researcher, and administrator in education and special education.