Identifying the Developmentally Delayed Child
Selected Papers of the Third International Conference on Early Identification of Children Who Are Developmentally "At Risk," Teton Village, Wyoming
Description:... Identifying the developmentally delayed child presents some unique guidelines for the identification and prevention of the secondary disabling of children at risk for handicapping conditions. This one volume gives you tried and tested screening devices that are easy to apply allowing the reader to identify those at risk children much earlier than ever before. The result of the Third International Conference on Early Identification of Children Who Are Developmentally ''Át Risk,'' the book rovides an international make-up of representation, with outstanding contributions by such eminent authors as Emmy E. Werner, Robert B. McCall, and Michael Lewis. The papers present the most important descriptions to date of the validation, development, refinement, and utilization of a variety of screening scales as well as discussions of the theory and issues involved in early identification. This book is a must if you are a practitioner in special education, nursing, child development, social work or pediatrics. It offers you the innovative screening instrumentation you need to remediate as soon as possible, so that each child you work with can live a more productive, satisfying life.
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