Developmental Assessment
eBook - PDF

Developmental Assessment

Theory, practice and application to neurodisability

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Developmental Assessment

Theory, practice and application to neurodisability

About this book

This handbook presents a new, practical and logical way of assessing development in preschool children that can be applied across the developmental spectrum.The reader is taught how to confirm whether development is typical and if it is not, is signposted to the likely nature and severity of impairments with a plan of action.The author uses numerous case vignettes from her 40 years' experience to bring to life her approach with clear summary key points and helpful illustrations.

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Yes, you can access Developmental Assessment by Patricia M Sonksen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Pediatric Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. About the Author
  4. Foreword
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 A developmental approach to the examination of preschool children: thinking developmentally
  9. Chapter 2 Practicalities
  10. Chapter 3 Vision
  11. Chapter 4 Hearing
  12. Chapter 5 Social Cognition
  13. Chapter 6 Non-symbolic cognition
  14. Chapter 7 Non-spoken symbolic development and imaginative play
  15. Chapter 8 Spoken language
  16. Chapter 9 Gross motor development
  17. Chapter 10 Upper limb development
  18. Chapter 11 Speech sound production: articulation and phonological processing
  19. Chapter 12 Gathering domain assessments into a comprehensive whole
  20. Chapter 13 Preliminary assessment of children with developmental delays and disorders and with severe single or multiple impairments
  21. Chapter 14 Developmental guidance
  22. Index