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Child Neuropsychology guides therapists and neurologists toward common goals: early, accurate diagnosis and finely focused interventions across disciplines. This groundbreaking volume brings vital perspectives to assessment and treatment. For clinical child practitioners as well as for advanced students, this book contains the essential tools needed to meet the complex challenges of diagnosing and treating brain-based illnesses.
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Table of Content
List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Part I: Anatomy and Physiology.- Introduction to Child Clinical Neuropsychology.- Functional Neuroanatomy.- Part II: Clinical Assessment.- Electropyshiology and Neuroimaging Techniques in Neuropsychology.- Integrating Neurological, Neurodiological, and Psychological Examiniations in Neuropsychological Assessment.- Neuropsychological Assessment Approaches and Diagnostic Procedures.- Part III: Childhood and Adolescent Disorders.- Severe Neuropsychiatric amd Externalized Disorders of Adolescence and Childhood.- Neuropsychological Correlates of Childhood and Adolescent Psychatric Disorders: Internalized Disorders.- Language-Related and Learning Disorders.- Metabolic, Biogenetic, Seizure, and Neuromotor Disorders of Childhood.- Acquired Neurological Disorders and Diseases of Childhood.- Part IV: An Integrated Intervention Paradigm.- Neuropsychological Intervention and Teratment Approaches for Childhood and Adolescent Disorders.- Clinical Case Studies.- Glossary.- References.- Name Index.- Subject Index.About the author
Anne Teeter Ellison teaches courses on assessment and interventions for personality, social, and emotional functioning; pediatric psychology in urban settings; and professional and historical issues in school psychology. Ellison has published several books on neuropsychiatry and neurodevelopment disorders of childhood, developmental interventions for ADHD, and adults with ADHD. Presently, she serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Learning Disabilities, as chair for the editorial board of Attention, and as secretary for the executive board of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (Ch.A.DD.).Ellison’s recent grant activity includes innovative assessments in mathematics funded through the National Science Foundation, and increasing social competence of adolescents in multicultural, urban schools, funded through the UWM Urban Research Center. Ellison is developing innovative interventions for increasing academic and behavioral competencies in urban middle school students and is exploring the unmet mental health needs of children in urban schools. Ellison came to UWM in 1980 after completing her doctorate at Northern Arizona University and her internship at the Institute for Child Development. Margaret Semrud-Clikeman is a Professor of School Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also Program Director of the School Psychology Program. Formerly, she was on the Neurology faculty at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis. Before becoming a university educator, Dr. Semrud-Clikeman worked as a school psychologist for 14 years in Wisconsin. She continues to maintain a consulting and neuropsychological practice part time.Dr. Semrud-Clikeman received her Ph.D. in School Psychology with specialization in neuropsychology and psychopathology from the University of Georgia in 1990. She hold an M.S. degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1974) and completed her undergraduate degree at Concordia College, Moorhead MN (1972).Currently, Dr. Semrud-Clikeman is also authoring a neuropsychological screening test for school psychologists for Pro Ed. In addition, she has presented at numerous national international conferences (including NASP and APA 2004 meetings) as well as an invited speaker for the Neuropsychology Group of the New York Academy of Sciences. She has also developed several workshops for school psychologists, including Introduction to Neuropsychology and Traumatic Brain Injury. She serves on the editorial board of Journal of Learning Disabilities (Sage Publications; quarterly) and School Psychology Quarterly (Guilford Publications for APA Division 16).
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 330 ● ISBN 9780387476728 ● File size 28.9 MB ● Publisher Springer US ● City NY ● Country US ● Published 2007 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2145208 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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