Down Syndrome: Neurobehavioural Specificity

Down Syndrome: Neurobehavioural Specificity
ISBN-10
0470029099
ISBN-13
9780470029091
Series
Down Syndrome
Category
Medical
Pages
234
Language
English
Published
2006-08-04
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
Jean-Adolphe Rondal, PhD, Juan Perera

Description

People with Down Syndrome show a specific developmental profile with strengths in social understanding and visual learning and memory, and more difficulties with motor processes, speech and language, and auditory-vocal short-term memory. It is important that parents, practitioners and teachers know this and adapt interventions and educational approaches to take account of this particular profile. This is the only book to date that explains the developmental profile of people with Down Syndrome from its many different angles. It covers a range of perspectives, including the biology, psychology, speech and language, health care, and social competence of both children and adults with Down Syndrome. All the information is gathered and placed in the context of the neuro-genetic science that is developing around this area.

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