Developmental Disorders of Language Learning and Cognition

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-631-20611-8
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 907 g

This important new text is a comprehensive survey of current thinking and research on a wide range of developmental disorders. - Highlights key research on normal and typical development
- Includes clinical case studies and diagrams to illustrate key concepts
- A reader-friendly writing style

Zielgruppe

advanced undergraduate and post graduate students of psychology and other academic and clinical audiences, including speech and language therapists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hulme, Charles

Snowling, Margaret J

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates vi

List of Figures vii

List of Boxes xi

Acknowledgments xii

1 Understanding Developmental Cognitive Disorders 1

2 Reading Disorders I: Developmental Dyslexia 37

3 Reading Disorders II: Reading Comprehension Impairment 90

4 Specific Language Impairment 129

5 Mathematics Disorder 172

6 Developmental Coordination Disorder 209

7 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 243

8 Autism 284

9 Understanding Developmental Cognitive Disorders: Progress and Prospects 327

Glossary 355

References 364

Subject Index 411

Author Index 422

Über Autor(innen)

Charles Hulme is Professor of Psychology at the University of York. He has conducted research on a wide range of developmental disorders. His current research focuses particularly on interventions to ameliorate children’s reading and language difficulties.
Margaret J. Snowling is Professor of Psychology at the University of York and a qualified clinical psychologist. She is widely recognized as an expert in the field of children's reading and language difficulties.