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Development and Disability
Vicky Lewis
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Description for Development and Disability
Hardcover. As in the first edition,"Development and Handicap", this edition reviews research on the development of blind children, deaf children, and children with spina bifida, cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome and autism. With over 1100 references, it includes research on children with developmental co-ordination disorder. Num Pages: 464 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFG; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 776.
"Development and Disability" is the fully revised edition of the successful text, "Development and Handicap", first published in 1987. As in the first edition, Vicky Lewis reviews research on the development of blind children, deaf children, and children with spina bifida, cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome and autism. In addition, she includes research on children with developmental co-ordination disorder. For each disability, Vicky Lewis provides background information on the nature of the disability, assessment, incidence, and causal factors. She then summarizes what is known about the effect of each disability on the development of motor skills, perception, cognition, communication, emotion and ... Read more
"Development and Disability" is the fully revised edition of the successful text, "Development and Handicap", first published in 1987. As in the first edition, Vicky Lewis reviews research on the development of blind children, deaf children, and children with spina bifida, cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome and autism. In addition, she includes research on children with developmental co-ordination disorder. For each disability, Vicky Lewis provides background information on the nature of the disability, assessment, incidence, and causal factors. She then summarizes what is known about the effect of each disability on the development of motor skills, perception, cognition, communication, emotion and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631234661
SKU
V9780631234661
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Ref
99-1
About Vicky Lewis
Vicky Lewis is Professor of Education at the Open University. She is a developmental psychologist who has been involved in research with children with disabilities for over 30 years. Her early research focused on children with Down's syndrome and more recently she has worked with blind children and children with autism. She is particularly interested in how children with disabilities ... Read more
Reviews for Development and Disability
"Vicky Lewis has written a must - a book that no one involved in the diagnosis, treatment, education or care of children with disabilities can neglect... What is particularly impressive is Lewis's ability not only to present all the essential facts of disability but at the same time to convey what it is like to be disabled...The book ... Read more