Romania's abandoned children: deprivation, brain development, and the struggle for recovery
by Nelson, Charles A.,, III, (Charles Alexander)
"The implications of early experienc for children's brain development, behavior, and psychological functioning have long absorbed caregivers, researchers, and clinicians. The 1989 fall of Romania's Ceauşescu regime left approximately 170,000 children in 700 overcrowded, impoverished institutions across Romania, and prompted the most comprehensive study to date on the effects of institutionalization on children's well-being. 'Romania's Abandoned Children', the authoritative account of this landm…
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- Full title :Romania's abandoned children : deprivation, brain development, and the struggle for recovery / Charles A. Nelson, Nathan A. Fox, Charles H. Zeanah.
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"The implications of early experienc for children's brain development, behavior, and psychological functioning have long absorbed caregivers, researchers, and clinicians. The 1989 fall of Romania's Ceauşescu regime left approximately 170,000 children in 700 overcrowded, impoverished institutions across Romania, and prompted the most comprehensive study to date on the effects of institutionalization on children's well-being. 'Romania's Abandoned Children', the authoritative account of this landmark study, documents the devastating toll paid by children who are deprived of responsive care, social interaction, stimulation, and psychological comfort."
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- Publication Date:2014.
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- Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:x, 402 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780674724709, 0674724704
- oclc:ocn840460756
- LC Classification:HV887.R6
- Dewey Decimal:362.7309498
Table of Contents
Beginning of a journey -- Study design and launch -- The history of child institutionalization in Romania -- Ethical considerations -- Foster care intervention -- Developmental hazards of institutionalization -- Cognition and language -- Early institutionalization and brain development -- Growth, motor, and cellular findings -- Socioemotional development -- Psychopathology -- Putting the pieces together.
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