Lindsey Edwards, Susan Crocker

Psychological Processes in Deaf Children with Complex Needs

An Evidence-Based Practical Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a concise and authoritative guide for professionals working with deaf children and their families. It draws on the latest evidence to explain the impact of hearing impairment and uses case studies to focus on the key issues for assessment and intervention. It also suggests practical strategies for treatment and development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9781843104148
• ISBN-10: 1843104148
• Artikelnr.: 23256553

Autorenporträt

Lindsey Edwards, PhD, MSc, has previously worked at the Nuffield Hearing and Speech Centre, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, and the Whittington Hospital Health Psychology Service, UK. She is currently Clinical Psychologist at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for the Children Cochlear Implant Programme and Ear, Nose and Throat Service. Susan Crocker, MSc, is Consultant Clinical Psychologist working with children and families at the Donald Winnicott Centre, Child Development Service, City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust, UK, and was Clinical Psychologist at the Nuffield Hearing and Speech Centre, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, UK, for 10 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Foreword. 1. The Experience of Childhood Deafness. 2. Behavioural
and Emotional Disorders. 3. Self-concept, Self-Esteem and the Development
of Identity. 4. Specific Learning Difficulties. 5. Disorders of
Communication. 6. Paediatric Cochlear Implantation. 7. Tinnitus. 8.
Professional Issues. References. Index.