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Laraine Glidden, St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA
Included in series
International Review of Research in Mental Retardation,
Description
International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects,
classification systems, syndromes, etc. of mental retardation. Contributors come from wide-ranging perspectives, including genetics,
psychology, education, and other health and behavioral sciences.
Volume 35 of the series offers chapters on theory and research, social
cognition and social competence in children with Down Sydrome, the Flynn Effect and the role of IQ, remaining open to quantitative, qualitative
and mixed-method designs, active support, child abuse, and the role of siblings of children with mental retardation.
The wide range
of topics covered in these chapters make Volume 35 of the International Review of Research in Mental Retardation a particularly valuable
resource for academic researchers in developmental and cognitive psychology, as well as those in neuropsychology.
Audience
Academic researchers in developmental and cognitive psychology, as well as neuropsychology.
Contents
Chapter 1
Theory and Research on autism: Do We Need a New Approach to Thinking About and Studying This Disorder?
Thomas L. Whitman and
Naomi Ekas
Chapter 2
Social Cognition in Children with Down Syndrome
Katie R. Cebula and Jennifer G. Wishart
Chapter 3
The Development
of Social Competence Among Persons with down Syndrome: From Survival to Social Inclusion
Grace Iarocci, Jodi Yager, Adrienne Rombough
and Jessica McLaughlin
Chapter 4
The Flynn Effect and the Shadow of the Past: Mental Retardation and the Indefensible and Indispensable
Role of IQ
James R. Flynn and Keith F. Widaman
Chapter 5
Remaining Open to Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed-Method Designs: An Unscientific
Compromise, or Good Research Practice?
Keith R. McVilly, Roger J. Stancliffe, Trevor R. Parmenter, and Rosanne M. Burton-smith
Chapter
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Active Support: Development, Evidence Based and Future Directions
Vaso Totsika, Sandy Toogood and Richard P. Hastings
Chapter 7
Child
Abuse Among Children with Disabilities: What We Know and What We Need to Know
Marisa H. Fisher, Robert M. Hodapp and Elisabeth M. Dykens
Chapter 8
Siblings of Children with Mental Retardation: The Role of Helping
Elizabeth Midlarsky, Mary Elizabeth Hannah, Erel Shvil,
and Amanda Johnson
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Hardbound, 356 pages, publication date: DEC-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-366234-7
ISBN-10: 0-12-366234-6
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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