A Clinical Handbook on Child Development Paediatrics
By- Sandra Johnson, MBChB, DPaed, FRACP, FRCPCH, FACLM, Clinical Senior Lecturer Discipline of Paediatrics And Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney. Consultant Developmental Paediatrician, Child Development Paediatrics Private Practice, Pennant Hills, Sydney.
This handbook offers a succinct study of Childhood Development Paediatrics with practical applications for helping the child and family through all areas of the developmental process.
The book covers diverse topics like developmental delay, learning difficulties, attention deficit disorders, autism, Asperger syndrome, behaviour difficulties, language disorders, school refusal, bullying, emotional difficulties, neurological impairments that affect development (examples being cerebral palsy and brain injury) and motor coordination problems.
It also offers online case scenarios on autism, ADHD, school refusal and truancy, cerebral palsy and child abuse and neglect. The cases are followed by questions to test the acquired knowledge of the student on these topics.
This practical guide to child development is ideal for trainee paediatricians, registrars, paediatricians and general practitioners.
Audience
Paediatric Trainees - physician trainees in Paediatrics taking the qualification through the College of Physicians
Paperback, 320 Pages
Published: October 2012
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-7295-4089-6
Contents
Chapter 1: Normal development
Chapter 2: Developmental assessment in the young child
Chapter 3: Motor and Coordination problems
Chapter 4: Vision and Hearing LossChapter 5: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Chapter 6: Specific Learning DisordersChapter 7: Language Disorders
Chapter 8: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderChapter 9: Behaviour difficulties
Chapter 10: School Refusal and TruancyChapter 11: Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Chapter 12: Cerebral PalsyChapter 13: Developmental and Intellectual Disability
Chapter 14: Child Abuse and NeglectChapter 15: Legal Issues related to Child Development
