Atypical Child Development in Context

ISBN-13: 9781137302632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 298 str.

Sheffield Hallam Janet (Faculty of Development and Society

Opis

With a wealth of new research findings, case studies, real-life examples and figures, this is the ideal resource for anyone wanting to learn more about atypical child development.

Spis treści

1. Typical and Atypical in Child Development 2. Risk and Resilience and Atypical Child Development 3. Child Abuse 4. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties: Internalising and Externalising Disorders 5. Genetic and Pervasive Developmental Disorders 6. Learning Disability 7. Approaches to Intervention 8. Atypical Child Development and Social Issues.

O autorze

Dr. Janet Empson is currently Visiting Fellow to the Faculty of Development and Society at Sheffield Hallam University following a career of nearly thirty years of research and lecturing in developmental psychology at various universities in the UK. She has held the positions of Research Fellow on a project on transmitted deprivation at the University of Hull, and Principal Lecturer and Head of Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University. She has contributed chapters to a number of books and has written two textbooks on child development.