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Author Carr, Janet H.

Title Down's syndrome : children growing up / Janet Carr
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995

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Description xiii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Down's syndrome - implications of the diagnosis -- 2. Populations and procedures -- 3. The developmental study -- 4. Self-care and independence -- 5. Behaviour and discipline -- 6. Focusing on the individual -- 7. Effect on the families -- 8. Help from services -- 9. Summary and conclusions
Summary The collection of these unique data spanning the first 21 years of life enables Dr Carr to offer discussion and advice that will be of international relevance and an invaluable reference for all those concerned with the care, health and well-being of individuals with Down's syndrome and their families
The most common, most easily recognised and probably the most researched single condition causing learning disability is Down's syndrome. On the basis of extensive tests, interviews and questionnaires focusing on fundamental issues of development and upbringing, Dr Carr has followed the lives of a population-based cohort of people with Down's syndrome from birth to early adulthood. This volume details particularly the development of the study groups at the ages of 11 and 21 years with a longitudinal perspective reference to earlier years as appropriate. A wide range of factors are investigated, from abilities, behaviour, discipline and independence through to effects on the family and the provision of help from services
Analysis Children Down's syndrome
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index
Subject Down syndrome -- Patients -- Longitudinal studies.
Down Syndrome.
Longitudinal Studies.
SUBJECT England. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004739
LC no. 94046986
ISBN 052146532X (hbk.)
0521469333 (paperback)