Child Neuropsychology (eBook, ePUB)

Concepts, Theory, and Practice
Redaktion: Reed, Jonathan; Warner-Rogers, Jody

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Based on the most up-to-date research, Child Neuropsychology is a thorough and accessible guide to the key concepts and basic processes central to neuropsychological assessment and child evaluation. Essays by leading experts in the field cover basic neuropsychological functions and related disorders in the context of brain development. Divided into three parts, the text begins with clear definitions of the concepts and methodology of brain development in child neuropsychology. Part two examines normal and abnormal functional development. The final part considers professional practice and provides valuable insights into the special problems of neuropsychological assessment of infants and children in clinical and educational settings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444357189
• Artikelnr.: 38305953

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Reed is a leading UK clinical psychologist in child neuropsychology. He works in both private practice and at Guy's Teaching Hospital London. His major interest is in deciphering the clinical utility of the work from the rapidly expanding research field of neuroscience. Jody Warner Rogers works in private practice, and is an international expert on ADHD and has published several book chapters and scientific papers.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction Jonathan Reed and Jody Warner Rogers. . Section 1 Key
Concepts . 2 The Importance of Tracing Developmental Trajectories for
Clinical Child Neuropsychology. Dagmara Annaz, Annette Karmiloff-Smith and
Michael C.S.Thomas3 Child Brain Development. Hans J. ten Donkelaar. 4
Genetics of Learning Abilities and Disabilities: Implications for Cognitive
Neuroscience and Translational Research. Yulia Kovas and Robert Plomin. 5
Brain Plasticity: Evidence from Children with Perinatal Brain Injury. Judy
S. Reilly, Susan C. Levine, Ruth Nass and Joan Stiles. 6 Neuroimaging in
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders. Paramala J Santosh and Ruksana
Ahmed. 7 The Concept and Development of General Intellectual Ability. Mike
Anderson. . Section 2 Theory of neuropsychological development . 8 The
Neuropsychology of Language Development. Frederic Dick, Robert Leech and
Fiona Richardson. 9 The Neuropsychology of Visuo-spatial and Visuo-motor
Development. Janette Atkinson and Marko Nardini. 10 The Neuropsychology of
Children's Memory. Arthur MacNeill Horton and Henry Soper. 11 The
Neuropsychology of Attention Development. Maxine Sinclair and Eric Taylor.
12 Executive Functions and Development. Clare Hughes and Andrew Graham. 13
Self-regulation in the Developing Brain. Rebecca Todd and Marc Lewis. 14
Social Neuroscience. Simon Baron-Cohen and Bhismadev Chakrabarti. 15
Reading. Usha Goswami. 16 Developmental DyscalculiaBrian Butterworth. .
Section 3 Practice. 17 Neuropsychological Assessment in a Neurological
Setting. Ingram Wright and Peta Sharples. 18 Neuropsychological Assessment
in Child Mental Health Contexts. Ian Frampton. 19 Applications of
Neuropsychology in Schools. Sue Harrison and Jane Hood. 20
Neuropsychological Assessment in Medical Contextspsychological Assessment
in Medical Contexts. Sarah Helps. 21 A Clinician's Guide to Child
Neuropsychological Assessment and Formulation. Jody Warner Rogers and
Jonathan Reed. Index. . . . . . . . . .