Eleanor Semel, Sue R. Rosner

Gebundenes Buch

Understanding Williams Syndrome

Behavioral Patterns and Interventions

Beschreibung

The 1st authoritative synthesis of our exploding knowledge about Williams Syndrome, this bk identifies prototypical features&provides problem-specific strategies for intervention.Essential reading for all those professionally,scientifically,& personally

Autor

Sue R. Rosner, Eleanor Semel

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 840g
• ISBN-13: 9780805826173
• ISBN-10: 0805826173
• Artikelnr.: 22447546

Rezensionen

"[The book] offers a valuable illustration of the way in which treatment and intervention depend on a solid foundation of basic science....Overall, [it] represents an important contribution, both as a sourcebook and as a confirmation of the importance of parallel and interacting programmes of basic science and intervention."
Williams Syndrome Foundation UK Magazine

"In Understanding Williams Syndrome, Eleanor Semel and Sue Rosner provide a fascinating overview on how [this] disorder has fared as a test of direct genotype-phenotype links....the book...plays a crucial role in relating research to intervention....The reader is left with a sense of encouragement that with this growing body of (sometimes very

practically informed) knowledge, the prospects for individuals with the disorder to lead fulfilling lives are increasingly bright."
Cortex

"Highly readable and well organized, the book offers a wealth of information on the behavioral patterns of individuals with WS in four major areas: language, perceptual-motor functioning, specific aptitudes, and behavioral problems....Semel and Rosner succeed in making their book useful as well as informative....educational and clinical guidelines are integrated into a broader framework, which provides a general intervention approach to education and treatment of persons with WS....Besides its significant contribution to the research on WS, the book exemplifies the value of the study of atypical populations to the study of language."
Language in Society

"...the first comprehensive source book on the behavioral patterns of individuals with Williams syndrome. Not only does it summarize and analyze the research literature, it...provides problem-specific interventions, general guidelines for addressing problems...and innovative techniques for developing the potential of many individuals with Williams syndrome....combining research findings with real-life examples, clinical observations, and anecdotal reports...[it] goes beyond generalities by describing variation among individuals with the syndrome...as well as subgroups...[The authors]...are the ideal people to pull these strands together, both with respect to research and to intervention..."
Ursula Bellugi
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, The Salk Institute; From the Foreword