| Description |
xix, 396 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Eunice Kennedy Shriver -- Introduction / Emily Perl Kingsley and Charles R. Kingsley -- 1. General Health Issues and Medical Care / Siegfried M. Pueschel and Maria Sustrova -- 2. Nutritional Concerns / Maria Sustrova and Siegfried M. Pueschel -- 3. Physical Growth / Christine E. Cronk -- 4. Adolescent Development and Sexual Maturation / Siegfried M. Pueschel -- 5. Gynecologic Concerns / Janet D. Lawson and Thomas E. Elkins -- 6. Selected Medical Conditions / Siegfried M. Pueschel and Maria Sustrova -- 7. Growing into a Social-Sexual Being / Jeanie P. Edwards -- 8. Promoting Adolescent Self-Competence / Laurie E. Powers and Darryn M. Sikora -- 9. Cognitive Functioning: Issues in Theory and Practice / Robert M. Hodapp -- 10. Language Development / Robin S. Chapman -- 11. Behavior Concerns / Monica Cuskelly and Patricia Gunn -- 12. Psychiatric Disorders / Beverly A. Myers -- 13. Inclusive Educational Schooling / Mary A. Falvey, Richard L. Rosenberg and Eileen M. Falvey -- 14. Secondary Education: Planning for the Future / H. D. Bud Fredericks -- 15. The Computer as a Tool for Learning / Joan Tanenhaus -- 16. Beyond High School: Postsecondary Education as a Transition Outcome / Elizabeth Evans Getzel, Karen F. Flippo and Katherine Mullaney Wittig [et al.] -- 17. Legal Protections for Students with Disabilities / Salome M. Heyward -- 18. Transition from School to Work / Richard G. Luecking and Ellen S. Fabian -- 19. Supported Employment: Providing Work in the Community / Paul Wehman, Wendy S. Parent and Darlene D. Unger [et al.] -- 20. Opportunities for Employment: Creative Approaches / David T. Helm, William E. Kiernan and Sara Miranda -- 21. The Role of the Family / Debra R. Langseth -- 22. Community Support and Participation: Getting Over a Fear of Heights / Jan A. Nisbet, Theresa Crowley and Nick Crowley -- 23. Promoting Quality of Life Through Recreation Participation / Linda A. Heyne, Stuart J. Schleien and John E. Rynders -- 24. Special Olympics and Athletes with Down Syndrome / Thomas B. Songster, George Smith and Michelle Evans [et al.] -- 25. Youth and Community Life: Expanding Options and Choices / Julie Ann Racino |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Down syndrome.
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Teenagers with disabilities -- Rehabilitation.
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Down Syndrome.
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Adolescent.
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Adaptation, Psychological.
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Adolescent.
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Down Syndrome.
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Disabled Persons -- psychology.
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Rehabilitation.
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Social Adjustment.
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| Author |
Pueschel, Siegfried M.
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Šustrovà, Maria.
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| LC no. |
96052748 |
| ISBN |
1557662819 (paperback) |
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