Developmental Problems of Childhood and Adolescence

This book provides a practical guide to, and critical review of, community and individual professional interventions that could ease the lives of children with developmental disorders and mental health problems.<br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>A critical review of, and practical guide to, the interventions that could ease the lives of children with developmental disorders and mental health problems.<br /> </li> <li>Structured around the stages and developmental tasks in a child’s life span, from conception to teenage years.<br /> </li> <li>Discusses inherited disorders, intrauterine problems, neonatal and perinatal problems, early childhood attachment and physical disorders, disabilities at school, and problems associated with socialisation.<br /> </li> <li>Also covers problems that affect children at all ages, such as learning disabilities, abuse and various psychological and psychiatric disorders.<br /> </li> <li>Consistently considers the role of parents, the family, and the community in interventions.<br /> </li> <li>Written by a leading expert in clinical child and adolescent psychology and social work.<br /> </li> <li>Bridges the gap between psychosocial interventions and medically-based treatments.<br /> </li> <li>Can be used alongside Herbert’s <i>Typical and Atypical Development: From Conception to Adolescence</i> (BPS Blackwell, 2003).</li> </ul>