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Author Talay-Ongan, Ayshe.

Title Early development risk and disability : relational contexts / Ayshe Talay-Ongan
Published Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Pearson Education, [2004]
©2004

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Description xix, 371 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
regular print
Contents 1. Setting the stage -- 2. Development and interventionin social and relational contexts -- 3. Biological roots: gnetics and early brain development -- 4. Prenatal development, risk and the newborn -- 5. Socioeconomic and familial risk, developmental psychopathologoy -- 6. Language and communication: development and disorders -- 7. Learning disabilities, literacy and attention disorders -- 8. Cognitive development and disabilities, and pervasive developmental disorders -- 9. Gifted and talented children -- 10. Perceptual management -- 11. Neurogenic impairment and chronic illness -- 12. Current best practice in early intervention: families, inclusion, communities
Summary An Australian text for students of early childhood and allied disciplines who provide educational or support services to young children with a difference or a disability, and their families. Focusing on developmental difference, it equips students and professionals for working effectively in inclusive settings
Analysis Physically disabled - issues & welfare (Australia)
Mental Health/Disabilities-services & welfare
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-359) and index
Subject Children with disabilities -- Services for.
Children with disabilities.
Infants -- Development.
Child development.
Children -- Diseases -- Risk factors.
Developmental Disabilities.
Developmental Disabilities.
Child.
Child Development.
Early Intervention (Education)
Infant.
Risk Factors.
LC no. 00002471
ISBN 1741031583 paperback