Robbie Woliver

Alphabet Kids - From ADD to Zellweger Syndrome (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide to Developmental, Neurobiological and Psychological Disorders for Parents and Professionals

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) to ZS (Zellweger Syndrome)-there seems to be an alphabet disorder for almost every behavior, from those caused by serious, rare genetic diseases to more common learning disabilities that hinder children's academic and social progress.

Alphabet Kids have disorders that are often concurrent, interconnected or mistaken for one another: for example, the frequent combination of ASD, OCD, SID and ADHD. If a doctor only diagnoses one condition, he or she may have missed others. As the rates of these disorders dramatically rise, Alphabet Kids explains it all. Robbie Woliver covers 70 childhood disorders, providing information on causes, cures, treatments and prognoses. Chapters include a comprehensive list of signs and symptoms, and the disorders are illustrated with often heartbreaking, but always inspirational true-life stories of a child with the particular disorder.

This comprehensive, easy-to-read go-to guide will help parents to sort through all the interconnected childhood developmental, neurobiological and psychological disorders and serve as a roadmap to help start the families' journey for correct diagnoses, effective treatment and better understanding of their Alphabet Kids.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846428876
• Artikelnr.: 49681825

Autorenporträt

Robbie Woliver is a New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning journalist and editor who was a columnist for Newsday, senior editor at Village Voice's suburban edition, writer for The New York Times and editor-in-chief of the Long Island Press, where he also helmed the newspaper's award-winning series "Our Children's Brains." He is the author of several books: Wyoming & March, Bringing It All Back Home, Hoot!, Creation and If I Knew Then, which won the 2005 Independent Publisher Book Awards for "Outstanding Book of the Year" and "Most Inspirational to Youth." In 2009, he was the recipient of the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, and Alphabet Kids garnered him another Independent Publisher Book Award. He lives in New York with his wife, Marilyn, son, Cory, and daughter, Emma.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. What You Need To Know. Warning. A. AAS: Aarskog Syndrome.
ADHD: Attention-Deficit/Hyperacivity Disorder. AN: Anorexia Nervosa. APD:
Auditory Processing Disorder. AS: Aarskog Syndrome. AS: Angelman Syndrome.
AS: Asperger Syndrome. ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorder. B. Binge-Eating
Disorder. Bulimia Nervosa. C. CA: Childhood Agoraphobia. CAD: Childhood
Adjustment Disorder. CAS: Childhood Apraxia of Speech. CBPD: Childhood
Bipolar Disorder. CSS: Clumsy Child Syndrome. CD: Childhood Depression. CD:
Conduct Disorder. CDCS: Cri Du Chat Syndrome. CDD: Childhood Disintegrative
Disorder. CdLS: Cornelia De Lange Syndrome. CLS: Coffin-Lowry Syndrome.
CMT: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. COS: Childhood Onset Schizophrenia. CS:
Cockayne Syndrome. DGS: Developmental Gerstmann's Syndrome. DPD: Dependent
Personality Disorder. DS: Down Syndrome. Dyscalculia. Dysgraphia. Dyslexia.
Dystonia. E. ED: Eating Disorder. EDS: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. ERLD:
Expressive-Receptive Language Disorder. F. FXS: Fragile X Syndrome. G. GAD:
General Anxiety Disorder. H. HPD: Histrionic Personality Disorder. HS:
Hyperlexia Syndrome. HTD: Hypothyroidism Disorder. L. LD: Learning
Disability. LKS: Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. LNS: Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome. M.
MCSS: Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Syndrome. MD: Muscular Dystrophy. MR:
Mental Retardation. MSDD: Multisystem Developmental Disorder. N. NLD:
Nonverbal Learning Disability. O. OCD: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. ODD:
Oppositional Defiance Disorder. P. PAPD: Passive-Aggressive Personality
Disorder. PD: Panic Disorder. PD: Personality Disorder. PDD: Pervasive
Developmental Disorder. PDD-NOS: Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not
Otherwise Specified. Phobias. Pica. PKU: Phenylketonuria. PPD: Paranoid
Personality Disorder. PWS: Prader-Willi Syndrome. R. RAD: Reactive
Attachment Disorder. RS: Rett's Syndrome. S. SAD: Seasonal Affective
Disorder. SAD: Separation Anxiety Disorder. SID: Sensory Integration
Disorder. SLD: Speech-Language Disorder. SLOS: Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome.
SM: Selective Mutism. SMS: Smith-Magenis Syndrome. SPD: Schizoid
Personality Disorder. SPLD: Semantic Pragmatic Language Disorder. STPD:
Schizotypal Personality Disorder. T. TS: Tourette Syndrome. W. WD: Wilson's
Disease. WS: Williams Syndrome. X. XXYS: Xxy Syndrome. Z. ZS: Zellweger
Syndrome. Resources: General Resources. Autism Resources. Eating Disorder
Resources. Learning Disability Resources. Index.