Children with disabilities

Comprehensive, authoritative information from the most respected experts: For 30 years, that's what Children with Disabilities has given the thousands of students, faculty, and professionals who rely on it. Now this text is in a seventh edition, thoroughly updated with the very latest research, new instructor materials, and the critical issues professionals need to know as they prepare to work with children and families. The internationally editors bring together a who's who of contributors a mix of seasoned experts and fresh voices for a definitive compendium of information about developmental, clinical, family, education, and intervention issues.

As Life Begins. Genetics and developmental disabilities / Mark L. Batshaw, Andrea Gropman, and Brendan Lampher -- Fetal development / Adré J. du Plessis -- Environmental toxicants and neurocognitive development / Jerome Paulson -- Birth defects and prenatal diagnosis / Rhonda L. Schonberg -- Newborn screening: opportunities for prevention of developmental disabilities / Joan E. Pellegrino -- The first weeks of life / Chrysanthe Gaitatzes, Taeun Chang, and Stephen Baumgart -- Premature and small-for-dates infants / Khodayar Rais-Bahrami and Billie Lou Short. -- The Developing Child. Nutrition and children with disabilities / Rebecca M. Haesler and Jocelyn J. Mills -- Feeding and its disorders / Peggy S. Eicher -- Hearing and deafness / Pamela Buethe, Betty R. Vohr, and Gilbert R. Herer -- Vision and visual impairment / Brooke E. Geddie, Michael J. Bina, and Marijean M. Miller -- The brain and nervous system. Amanda Yaun, Robert Keating, and Andrea Gropman -- Muscles, bones, and nerves / Peter B. Kang -- Patterns in development and disability / Louis Pellegrino -- Diagnosing developmental disabilities / Scott M. Myers -- Understanding and using neurocognitive assessments / Lauren Ke…