Developmental Disability and Behaviour - (Clinics in Developmental Medicine (Mac Keith Press)) by Christopher Gillberg & Gregory O'Brien (Hardcover)

About the Book

A comprehensive and practical overview of developmental disability and behavioural problems.

Book Synopsis

This important treatise reviews the latest clinical models for working with developmental disability and behavioral problems. In the first section contributions explore the causes and nature of behavior problems among people with physical, learning, language, and sensory disabilities, and such specific conditions as epilepsy and acquired brain damage, while those in the second section describe the assessment approaches for evaluating these behaviors. The third section covers treatment strategies emphasizing the importance of an eclectic approach. The contributors, all acknowledged experts in their fields of pediatrics, psychology, and psychiatry, provide a comprehensive overview of this set of major challenges, indicating the importance of auditory detection, understanding, measurement, and treatment.

From the Back Cover

This book reviews clinical models for working with developmental disability and behavioural problems. The first section explores the causes and nature of behaviour problems amongst people with physical, learning, language and sensory disabilities, and some key specific conditions. The second section describes the assessment approaches that clinicians will find most useful in evaluating behaviour. The third section covers treatment approaches emphasising the importance of a broad, eclectic approach. The contributors, all acknowledged experts in their fields of paediatrics, psychology and psychiatry, provide a comprehensive overview of this set of major challenges, emphasising the importance of auditory detection, understanding, measurement and treatment.

Review Quotes

"Overall this is a timely addition to the increasing literature providing a fine understanding, with management recommendations, for developmental disability in children." The Canadian Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review

"This book makes a great contribution to the subject. It has a unique, multidisciplinary approach. Clinicians and other professionals dealing with this field will certainly find the book interesting and useful for the understanding, assessment and treatment of behavioural problems in children." European Journal of Paediatric Neurology