Families

Title Statements

Full title :Families / edited by Laraine Glidden, Marsha Mailick Seltzer.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Academic Press
Place of Publication:San Diego, CA
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 382 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780123744661, 0123744660
oclc:ocn495989314
LC Classification:RC570.I5
Dewey Decimal:616.89

Section I. Longitudinal comparisons -- Mothers and fathers together : contrasts in parenting across preschool to early school age in children with developmental delays -- The transition to adulthood for individuals with intellectual disability -- By choice or by chance : longitudinal perspectives on resilience and vulnerability in adoptive and birth parents of children with developmental disabilities -- Section II. Methodological and sample diversity -- Using large-scale databases to examine families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities -- A rich mosaic : emerging research on Asian families of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities -- Biomarkers in the study of families of children with developmental disabilities -- Siblings of children with intellectual disabilities : normal, average, or not too different? -- Section III. Interventions -- Family support interventions for families of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities -- Interventions aimed at improving child language by improving maternal responsivity.