Childhood epilepsy: language, learning, and emotional complications

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Children with epilepsy often have interrelated language, learning and/or behavior complications which persist beyond seizure control. In this comprehensive book, William Svoboda distils a lifetime of clinical experience into three areas which address the main points of difficulty, looking at why the problems arise and assessing treatments.

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Full title :Childhood epilepsy : language, learning, and emotional complications / William B. Svoboda.

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Publication Date:2004.

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Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

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Description:1 online resource (xvi, 656 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0511184719, 9780511184710, 0511187351, 9780511187353, 0511186428, 9780511186424, 0521823382, 9780521823388
oclc:ocm69663547
LC Classification:RJ496.E6
Dewey Decimal:618.92/853

Speech and language problems. Language: the challenge ; Speech, language, and communication ; Speech and language problems in epilepsy ; Seizure types and speech and language risks ; Language regression with epilepsy syndromes ; Other epilepsy language syndromes ; Seizure-management effects ; Evaluation of speech and language problems ; Management of speech and language problems in epilepsy ; Behavior consequences -- Learning problems. Learning challenges ; The development of learning ; Learning difficulties ; Learning problems with seizure types ; Modifying factors ; Transient cognitive impairments of epilepsy ; Attention and alertness ; Memory ; Executive functioning ; Academics ; Antiepileptic medication effects ; Effects of other therapies ; Diagnosis ; Gaining help ; Frustrations of learning problems -- Behavior problems. Mental health needs ; Psychologic development ; Seizure types and modifying factors ; Overview: extrinsic factors ; Behavior problems: general ; Attention deficit disorders ; Anxiety disorders ; Mood disorders ; Disruptive behavior problems ; Psychoses of epilepsy ; Non-epileptic events ; Possible treatment issues ; Helping with psychiatric problems ; Epilog.

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Behavior disorders in children Child Child Behavior Disorders -- therapy Children children (people by age group) ENFANT Enfants Enfants en difficulté d'apprentissage -… Epilepsie Épilepsie chez l'enfant Epilepsy -- Complications Epilepsy -- therapy Epilepsy in children gedragsstoornissen HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health Kinderen Language Disorders -- therapy Language disorders in children Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities -- therapy