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Nadia Revisited
A Longitudinal Study of an Autistic Savant
- By Lorna Selfe.
Published June 2011
This book re-examines the case of Nadia, discovered as a child aged six, who had been drawing with phenomenal skill and visual realism from the age of three, despite having autism and severe learning difficulties. The original research was published in 1977 and caused great international interest.…
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Childhood Disorders
Second Edition
- By Philip C. Kendall, and Jonathan S. Comer.
Published May 2010
In this Revised Edition of Childhood Disorders, Philip C. Kendall and Jonathan S. Comer present current information about the full range of psychological disorders that occur in childhood, and discuss the major models that guide the thinking about each disorder. Specific criteria for diagnosis…
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Development and Prevention of Behaviour Problems
From Genes to Social Policy
- Edited by Richard E. Tremblay, Marcel A. G. van Aken and Willem Koops.
Published March 2009
This book brings together world leading researchers from diverse fields to explore the potential causes of the development of behaviour problems. The book presents theories that hope to influence public health, education and social policy in the prevention of the costly social troubles that…
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Abnormal Child Psychology
A Developmental Perspective
- By Linda Wilmshurst.
Published August 2008
Abnormal Child Psychology: A Developmental Perspective is intended for undergraduate and Masters-level students enrolled in courses in Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology. Written from a developmental perspective, the book is organized around five prominent and recurring themes: the…
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Language and Cognitive Processes in Developmental Disorders
A Special Issue of Language and Cognitive Processes
- Edited by Dorothy Bishop.
Published May 2001
This Special Issue encompasses studies of a wide range of developmental disorders, including Specific Language Impairment (SLI), reading disability, Williams Syndrome, hearing impairment and autistic disorder. Chiat contributes a theoretical analysis of the underlying nature of Specific Language…
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Childhood Disorders
- By Philip C. Kendall.
Published February 2000
In Childhood Disorders, Philip C. Kendall provides an up-to-date summary of the current information about the psychological disorders of childhood - their causes, nature and course - together with discussion and evaluation of the major models that guide psychological thinking about the disorders.…
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Psychopathology
- By John Stirling, and Jonathan Hellewell.
Published March 1999
Psychopathology is a psychologically based account of the major mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety and mood disorders as well as eating disorders.…
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Psychopathology
- By John D. Stirling, and Jonathan S.E. Hellewell.
Published March 1999
Psychopathology is a psychologically based account of the major mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety and mood disorders as well as eating disorders.…
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Autism and the Development of Mind
- By R. Peter Hobson.
Published February 1995
The purpose of this essay is to illustrate how the phenomenon of early childhood autism may cast light on issues that are central to our Understanding Of Normal Child Development - Issues Such As The Emotional origins of social experience and social understanding, the contribution of interpersonal…
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