This book provides a broad introduction to an overview of developmental disabilities for future practitioners, educators, healthcare personnel, parents, and other lay people. KEY TOPICS: Written in a manner accessible to all, this book presents a coherent picture of developmental disabilities by focusing on etiology (causes and risk factors), clinical phenomena, social factors, service delivery models, historical factors, and prevention. It stresses the revolution in services for persons with disabilities over the past few decades and emphasizes the importance of using a lifespan developmental model in service and research. MARKET: For psychologists, educators, and special educators.
Drugs and Disabilities: Handle with Care
Drugs and Disabilities: Handle with Care
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The first interdisciplinary text on health issues concerning persons of all ages with intellectual and developmental disabilities designed for the classroom.
The most comprehensive text available for nurses who specialize in intellectual and developmental disabilities, this essential book helps readers improve patient outcomes with an evidence-based and person-centered approach to care.
Research on the human brain development has seen an upturn in the past years mostly due to novel neuroimaging tools that became available to study the anatomy and function of the developing brain.
Rather than a disability-focused text, this new book seeks to promote principles of best practices and self-determination through an occupational therapy lens.
In this book we have gathered some recent selected topics on neurodevelopmental disabilities which we hope will be of interest for the reader"--
... and eventually also Alzheimer's disease ) to the closely related neurodevelopmental disorders of the basal ganglia and the wider frontostriatal system ( Tourette's syndrome , obsessive compulsive disorder , attention deficit ...
"This unique book is written especially for those who work daily with individuals who have significant developmental disabilities.