Children with Down syndrome : a developmental perspective / edited by Dante Cicchetti, Marjorie Beeghly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cicchetti, Dante, editor.

Beeghly, Marjorie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Down syndrome.

Child development.

Down syndrome--Patients--Family relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 472 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume offers a state-of-art review of what is known about young children with Down syndrome from a developmental perspective. The underlying theme of the book is that children with Down syndrome, despite their constitutional anomalies and their additional medical and biological problems, can be understood from a normative developmental framework. Interventions guided by developmental principles in the biological, educational and psychological realms are more likely to result in informed knowledge about how best to help children with Down syndrome and their families. Children with Down Syndrome will appeal to researchers, theoreticians, educators, and clinicians in a range of disciplines, as well as to parents, social policymakers, and other advocates for the best interests of children with Down syndrome.

Contents:

Applying the developmental perspective to individuals with Down syndrome / Robert M. Hodapp, Edward Zigler

An organizational approach to the study of Down syndrome: contributions to an integrative theory of development / Dante Cicchetti, Marjorie Beeghly

Temperament and Down syndrome / Jody Ganiban, Sheldon Wagner, Date Cicchetti

Interactions between parents and their infants with Down syndrome / Jiri Berger

Attention, memory, and perception in infants with Down syndrome: a review and commentary / Sheldon Wagner, Jody Ganiban, Dante Cicchetti

Sensorimotor development of infants with Down syndrome / Carl J. Dunst

The growth of self-monitoring among young children with Down syndrome / Claire B. Kopp

Early conceptual development of children with Down syndrome / Carolyn B. Mervis

Language abilities in children with Down syndrome: evidence for a specific syntactic delay / Anne E. Fowler

Beyond Sensorimotor functioning: early communicative and play development of children with Down syndrome / Marjorie Beeghly, Bedonna Weiss-Perry, Dante Cicchetti

Peer relations of children with Down syndrome / Felicisima C. Serafica

Families of children with Down syndrome: ecological contexts and characteristics / Keith A. Crnic

Early intervention from a developmental perspective / Donna Spiker.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-511-58178-5

0-511-00022-7