Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children and Adolescents

A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment

Christopher J. Nicholls

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781138215894
• eBook ISBN:
  9781315408644
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Mental Health in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children and Adolescents provides an innovative perspective on developmental disorders in youth, one focused on embracing and working with the "messiness" and many variables at play in child and adolescent development. The volume's approach is aligned with the NIMH Research Domain Criteria project, which hopes to move away from categorical diagnosis toward multidimensional analysis. Each chapter focuses on a particular aspect of development, cluster of diagnoses, or clinical concern. The book also emphasizes humility, an awareness of diversity and difference without stigma, and support for collaborative and integrative healthcare. This is an essential volume for practitioners hoping to improve how they evaluate and treat developmental disorders in children.

Index

Page numbers in bold indicate tables on the corresponding pages.

absence seizures 22

Academic Achievement Battery 145

academic learning disorders see learning disorders

accidents 23

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 18

acquired medical illness and injury 22–24; see also specific type

adaptation to assessment and condition 45, 50–51

adaptive behavioral functioning 82–83, 85

Adderall 105, 113

adequate basal consideration 83

adoption, foreign 9

adverse childhood experiences 160

agenesis of corpus callosum 12

Ages and Stages Questionnaire 122

alleles 7

amblyopia 19

American Academy of Pediatrics 102, 178

American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 81

American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disorders (AAIDD) 86

American Association of Mental Retardation 78

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology 19

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 17, 178

American Psychiatric Association 63, 78, 100, 120

American Psychological Association 81

amphetamines 68, 114

Anderson, Vicki 125

anencephaly 9–10, 13

anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) 106

Apgar, Virginia 17

Apgar Score 17

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) 92–93

Army Alpha and Beta intelligence tests 77

Asperger, Hans 68, 119

Asperger’s disorder 68, 121

assertiveness training 115

assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders: adaptation to 45, 50–51; adaptive behavior and 85; answered questions and, noting 168; attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder 101–104; autism spectrum disorders 128–129; background questionnaires and 159–161; behavioral observations and 164–166; better questions and, asking 69–70; clinical interview and 101–102; comprehensive 138; concordance-discordance method of 138; consent and 31, 157–158; course of condition and 52–53; cross-battery 138–139; dimensional 68–72; discrepancy/consistency method of 138–139; economic situation of patient and 29; environmental factors and 72; error in, minimizing 166–168; family input and 128; family as patient and 33, 159; genetic 128; grief reaction to 45, 49–50; guardianship and 31; individualized 138; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and 40–41; information gathering and 144; initial interview and 158–159; intellectua...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Series Editor’s Foreword
• Introduction
• Section I Dimensions of Being Different
• Section II The “Usual Suspects”
• Section III The Role of the Clinician
• Index