Reed / Warner-Rogers Child Neuropsychology

Concepts, Theory, and Practice
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5718-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 496 Seiten, E-Book

Based on the most up-to-date research, Child Neuropsychologyis a thorough and accessible guide to the key concepts and basicprocesses central to neuropsychological assessment and childevaluation. Essays by leading experts in the field cover basicneuropsychological functions and related disorders in the contextof brain development.
Divided into three parts, the text begins with clear definitionsof the concepts and methodology of brain development in childneuropsychology. Part two examines normal and abnormal functionaldevelopment. The final part considers professional practice andprovides valuable insights into the special problems ofneuropsychological assessment of infants and children in clinicaland educational settings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reed, Jonathan

Warner-Rogers, Jody

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction Jonathan Reed and Jody Warner Rogers
Section 1 Key Concepts.
2 The Importance of Tracing Developmental Trajectories forClinical Child Neuropsychology (Dagmara Annaz, AnnetteKarmiloff-Smith and Michael C. S. Thomas).
3 Child Brain Development (Hans J. ten Donkelaar).
4 Genetics of Learning Abilities and Disabilities: Implicationsfor Cognitive Neuroscience and Translational Research (Yulia Kovasand Robert Plomin).
5 Brain Plasticity: Evidence from Children with Perinatal BrainInjury (Judy S. Reilly, Susan C. Levine, Ruth Nass and JoanStiles).
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-motorDevelopment (Janette Atkinson and Marko Nardini).
10 The Neuropsychology of Children's Memory (ArthurMacNeill Horton and Henry Soper).
11 The Neuropsychology of Attention Development (Maxine Sinclairand Eric Taylor).
12 Executive Functions and Development (Clare Hughes and AndrewGraham).
13 Self-regulation in the Developing Brain (Rebecca Todd andMarc Lewis).
14 Social Neuroscience (Simon Baron-Cohen and BhismadevChakrabarti).
15 Reading (Usha Goswami).
16 Developmental Dyscalculia (Brian 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 andJane Hood).
20 Neuropsychological Assessment in Medical ContextsPsychological Assessment in Medical Contexts (Sarah Helps).
21 A Clinician's Guide to Child NeuropsychologicalAssessment and Formulation (Jody Warner Rogers and JonathanReed).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Reed is a clinical psychologist in private practicespecializing in child neuropsychology. He is a director andco-founder of a community child neuropsychology rehabilitationservice, Recolo UK Ltd. He has worked as a child neuropsychologistat Guy's Hospital, London and at the Royal London Hospital.
Jody Warner-Rogers trained at West Virginia University.She is a consultant clinical psychologist and pediatricneuropsychologist with the Paediatric Neurodisability Service atGuy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust.