ISBN:
0443038406
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9788131230206
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 391 p)
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ill
Edition:
10th ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Development of the Infant and the Young Child : Normal and Abnormal
DDC:
612.65
Keywords:
Child development deviations
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Child development
;
Child development Testing
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Child development..
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Child development deviations..
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Child development ; Testing
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Abstract:
This is the tenth edition of a classic work on child development by Ronald Illingworth (1909-1990), the renowned English paediatrician who was Professor of Child Health at the University of Sheffield. This book was first published in 1960, and Professor Illingworth revised it frequently. It was translated into several languages and is used throughout the world. Since the publication of the ninth edition of this book in 1987, a sea of changes has happened in the discipline of child development. To bridge this gap Dr. MKC Nair and Dr. Paul Russell have supported Professor Illingworth's extraord
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Biography; Preface to the Tenth Edition; Preface to the Ninth Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1: Developmental Testing: An Overview; Evolution of developmental testing; Studies of individual children; Developmental tests-historical aspects; Importance of knowledge of normal development; Value of developmental assessment; Screening or specialist assessment?; Psychologist or clinician? different attitudes; Predictive value; Developmental assessment measures; Developmental prediction: what we can and cannot do
Description / Table of Contents:
Dangers of developmental assessmentSummary; Chapter 2: Prenatal and Perinatal Factors Relevant to Developmental Assessment and Diagnosis; Preconception: genetics; Metabolic diseases; Chromosomal abnormalities; Personal factors; Consanguineous marriage; Incestual abuse and pregnancy; Other early factors; Multiple pregnancy; Irradiation; Drugs taken in pregnancy; Infections in pregnancy; Social factors; Relative infertility; Placental and other uterine problems; Maternal stress; Abnormal presentation; Low birth weight babies; Postmaturity; Neonatal hypoxia; Neonatal convulsions
Description / Table of Contents:
Birth injury, brain damage and cerebral palsyChapter 3: Environmental Factors and Development; Experimental Work; Concept of the Sensitive Period; Early Learning; Nutrition and Development; Culture, Practice and Development; Family and Development; Emotional Deprivation; Enrichment Programmes; Environment and Adopted Children; Desirable Qualities in the Home; Estimation of the Part Played by Environment; Environment and the Handicapped Child; The Effect of Drugs; Chemical Hazards; Cerebral Irradiation in Malignant Disease; Severe Head Injury; Meningitis and Encephalitis; Vaccine Damage
Description / Table of Contents:
Near-DrowningSummary; Chapter 4: Abilities and Reflexes of the Newborn; Abilities of the Newborn; Reflexes and Reactions in the Newborn Period; Oral Reflexes; Eye Reflexes; Moro Reflex; The Startle Reflex; The Grasp Reflex; Foot Reflexes; Hip Reflexes; Placing and Walking Reflexes; Heel Reflex; Leg Straightening Reflex (A Righting Reflex); The Magnet Reflex; Trunk Incurvation (Galant's Reflex); The Perez Reflex; Redressement du Tronc; The Tonic Neck Reflexes; Tonic Labyrinthine Reflexes; Righting Reflexes; The Landau Reflex; The Parachute Reaction; Tendon Reflexes; Ankle clonus
Description / Table of Contents:
Superficial ReflexesThe Palmomental and Similar Reflexes; Head Thrust Responses; The Jaw Jerk; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Normal Development; The Principles of Development; The Sequence of Development; The Average level of Development at Different Ages; Screening Tools for Early Detection of Developmental Delay; Chapter 6: Variations in the General Pattern of Development; Variations in Intelligence; Intellectual Superiority; Delayed Maturation ('Slow Starters'); Meningitis or Encephalitis: Prognostic Difficulties; Unexplained Temporary Cessation of Development
Description / Table of Contents:
Severe Microcephaly with Initial Normal Development
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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