Product Description: While it's well known that the incidence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is skyrocketing in the general population, it's less well known that ASD is even more common in people with Down syndrome. When Down Syndrome and Autism Intersect offers a thorough examination of the unique profile of a Down Syndrome-Autism Spectrum Disorder (DS-ASD) diagnosis and best practices for screening, treatment, and caretaking through the lifespan...read more

Product Description: Child psychology is a constantly expanding field, with dozens of specialized journals devoted to major disorders springing up in recent years. With so much information available – and the prospect of overload inevitable – researchers and clinicians alike need to navigate the knowledge base with as much confidence as they do the nuances of diagnosis and their young clients’ complex social, emotional, and developmental worlds...read more

Professionals, families, and students can rely on this fully illustrated, comprehensive resource for all of their disability reference needs. Along with extensive coverage of genetics, heredity, pre- and postnatal development, specific disabilities, family roles, and intervention, this edition features new chapters on substance abuse, AIDS, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, behavior management, transitions to adulthood, and health care in the 21st century. It also reveals the causes of many conditions that can lead to developmental disabilities. The convenient selection of appendices includes a new one that describes the properties and uses of a wide variety of medications.

Product Description: Intersubjectivity refers to the motivation and capacity to connect and share one's own inner world with that of another person. This book addresses the questions: how does this precious human communication develop in infancy, and what can or should be done when it does not develop? The author presents a unique chronicle describing the day-by- day emergence of intersubjectivity in her infant son, born with neurodevelopmental disabilities...read more

Product Description: Besides the usual parenting challenges, parents of disabled children face added obstacles that can tax the resolve and resources of even the strongest families. Peggy Lou Morgan has developed a powerful system for obtaining dramatically better care for children with one or more serious disabilities...read more

An accessible workbook designed specifically for parents of children with developmental disabilities. Offering practical, hands-on advice and step-by-step instructions for drawing up and implementing behaviour plans, it contains interactive checklists and activities that help to monitor and assess behaviours and track a child's development.

Product Description: This manual is designed as a guide for parents, teachers and caregivers dealing with children up to the age of six who are afflicted by developmental disabilities. The author provides details of more than 400 non-formal activities along with guidelines on how to use them both at home and in pre-school settings...read more

Discusses daily and long-term care requirements, including medication, rehabilitation, nutrition, education, and legal rights of children with disabilities. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Music therapy has long been regarded as a useful form of intervention with people with developmental disabilities. It is now increasingly practised in medical settings as well. This work focuses on this area and on the growing interest in using music therapy in paediatrics and neurology...read more

Product Description: When a child is diagnosed with a disability, parentscan be overwhelmed by daily physical and emotional demands. This helpful volume offers expert advice on a wide range of medical and educational issues. And it provides coverage of the daily and long-term care requirements of disabilities such as * mental retardation * autism * hearing impairment * Down syndrome * visual impairment * communication disorders * seizure disorders * spina bifida * multiple disabilities * cerebral palsy * muscular dystrophy Detailed chapters explore behavior management, treatment, nutrition, dentistry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and commonly used medicines...read more

Product Description: Presents materials covering the components of caring for children with developmental disabilities. For distribution by the health care professional, the guide includes information sheets, instructions, and checklists for 0

Product Description: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Textbook on disabilities and their treatments. For students and practitioners in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, psychologists, and physicians. 48 U.S. contributors...read more

Product Description: This sensitively written and highly readable guide includes specifics on the detection, prognosis, and treatment of various conditions and detailed information on education, intervention, advocacy, financial planning, and technological advances that may affect the lives of children with special needs...read more

Provides parents with practical information for meeting the daily physical and emotional needs of their developmentally disabled child

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Instructs parents of mentally retarded or physically disabled children in proven methods of best caring for them