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Title Exceptional life journeys : stories of childhood disorder / edited by Jac Andrews, Peter Istvanffy
Published Oxford : Elsevier, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents Part 1: Behavior Disorders -- Part 2: Emotional Disorders -- Part 3: Developmental and Learning Disorders -- Part 4: Eating and Health Related Disorders
Summary Most students in training to become teachers, psychologists, physicians, and social workers as well as many practicing professionals in these disciplines do not get the opportunity to fully understand and appreciate the circumstances of children, parents, and teachers who have had to cope and adapt to childhood disorder. Most professionals in the field of childhood disorders are well trained in assessment and treatment methods and are aware of the clinical, theoretical, and empirical foundations of the work they do. In their training, they get some experience in diagnosing the educational, psychological, social, and medical problems of children through their supervised clinical internships. In their training and in their professional practice they get to interview, discuss, consult and collaborate with children and their families regarding developmental issues and treatment plans, however, they rarely get an opportunity to fully realize and understand what it is like to have a disorder and what it is like to be a mother, or father, or teacher of children with disorders. This book provides an opportunity for students in training and professionals in the field to gain some awareness of the life journeys of some exceptional children, their families and their teachers. Focuses on those childhood disorders that are most common or what are sometimes referred to as high incidence disorders such as learning disabilities, autism, behavior disorder, depression, and anxiety Beyond, a clinical, empirical, and theoretical description of childhood disorders or a personal account relative to one particular disorder, this book provides rich narratives of experience from multiple perspectives with respect to numerous childhood disorders Provides readers with insight by sharing examples of personal contexts and situations, significant life issues, challenges and barriers, successes, and recommendations relative to particular circumstances
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Subject Child psychopathology.
Child psychiatry.
Child Psychiatry
Child psychiatry
Child psychopathology
Form Electronic book
Author Andrews, Jac
Istvanffy, Peter
ISBN 9780123852168
0123852161
1283320207
9781283320207
9780123852175
012385217X