A Clinical Handbook on Child Development Paediatrics

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. Key Features Deals with developmental
issues unlike comprehensive paediatric or child psychiatry texts Concise text providing practical tips Clinically and
practically orientated (e.g. history, physical examination, assessment techniques) Comparison of normal and
abnormal/normal development Definitions (Chapters.8,11,12) to clarify terms Several chapters (e.g. Chapters 8,9,10)
inform about special problems/illnesses, which are increasing in incidence Online case scenarios on autism, ADHD,
school refusal and truancy, cerebral palsy and child abuse and neglect are available on Student Consult. Combines
physical and psychological problems in the development of children, which might be already present at birth (Cerebral
Palsy) or which might be apparent later in life (Chapter 8)


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Chapter 1: Normal development Chapter 2: Developmental assessment in the young child Chapter 3: Motor and Coordination
problems Chapter 4: Vision and Hearing Loss Chapter 5: Autism Spectrum Disorders Chapter 6: Specific Learning Disorders
Chapter 7: Language Disorders Chapter 8: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Chapter 9: Behaviour difficulties
Chapter 10: School Refusal and Truancy Chapter 11: Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents Chapter 12: Cerebral
Palsy Chapter 13: Developmental and Intellectual Disability Chapter 14: Child Abuse and Neglect Chapter 15: Legal
Issues related to Child Development