Description |
xxiii, 622 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Series |
Plenum series on human exceptionality |
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Plenum series on human exceptionality.
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Contents |
Foreword : What we make of difference and the difference we make / James M. Kauffman -- 1. Theory and research in the study of childhood exceptionalities / Eric J. Mash and David J.A. Dozois -- 2. Psychological perspectives on exceptionality / Stephanie H. McConaughy and David R. Ritter -- 3. Biological and genetic factors in human development / Vikki F. Howard, Betty Fry Williams, and Pat Port -- 4. Psychosocial effects of environmental factors / Charles N. Oberg, Jolene Bertrand, and Sharon Muret-Wagstaff -- 5. Childhood disability and the family / Milton Seligman -- 6. Social and cultural perspectives / Anita K.F. Li -- 7. Determinants of psychosocial disorders in cultural minority children / Vicki L. Schwean ... [et al.] -- 8. Internalizing disorders of childhood and adolescence / Margaret C. Coleman and Jonathan C. Hoyle -- 9. Externalizing conditions / John E. Lochmann and Renata G. Szczepanski -- 10. Austim [sic] / Marjorie H. Charlop-Christy and Susan E. Kelso -- 11. Psychosocial characteristics of children with pervasive developmental disorders / Lonnie Zwaigenbaum and Peter Szatmari -- 12. Psychosocial aspects of neurological impairments in children / Margaret Semrud-Clikeman -- 13. Psychosocial correlates of physical and health disabilities / Sherwood J. Best -- 14. An alternate path to exceptionality : prenatal effects of teratogenic substances on developmental processes / Karen Kopera-Frye and Robert Arendt -- 15. Psychosocial correlates of mental retardation / Jo L. Nanson and Bruce Gordon -- 16. Gifted children : the promise of potential/the problems of potential / Ellen D. Fiedler -- 17. Psychosocial correlates of learning disabilities / Ruth Pearl and Mary Bay -- 18. Psychiatric disorders in children with speech, language, and communication disorders / Christiane A.M. Baltaxe -- 19. Emotional disorders in deaf children / Paul Arnold -- 20. The impact of visual impairments on psychosocial development / Sally M. Rogow -- 21. Early identification and intervention of psychosocial and behavioral effects of exceptionality / Tracy K. Wheatcraft and Bruce A. Bracken -- 22. Fostering resilience in exceptional children : the search for islands of competence / Robert B. Brooks -- 23. Looking ahead : the adjustment of adults with disabilities / Vicki L. Schwean |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Exceptional children -- Mental health.
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Exceptional children -- Psychology.
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Child, Exceptional -- psychology.
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Child Behavior Disorders -- psychology.
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Developmental Disabilities -- rehabilitation.
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Social Adjustment.
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Child.
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Author |
Saklofske, Donald H.
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Schwean, Vicki L.
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LC no. |
99020644 |
ISBN |
0306460637 |
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