Brossura

ISBN 10: 0631206124 ISBN 13: 9780631206125

Casa editrice: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

This important new text is a comprehensive survey of current thinking and research on a wide range of developmental disorders.

• Highlights key research on normal and typical development
• Includes clinical case studies and diagrams to illustrate key concepts
• A reader-friendly writing style

From the Back Cover:

This important new text provides an up-to-date review of our knowledge of a wide range of developmental disorders of language, learning and cognition. Explanations for each disorder are considered in relation to our understanding of typical development. The book focuses on cognitive theories of each disorder but also considers their biological bases and methods of treatment. The text is ideal for undergraduate or graduate students of psychology and other academic and clinical audiences, including educational and clinical psychologists and speech and language therapists.

About the Author:

Charles Hulme is Professor of Psychology at the University of York. He has conducted research on a wide range of developmental disorders. His current research focuses particularly on interventions to ameliorate children’s reading and language difficulties.

Margaret J. Snowling is Professor of Psychology at the University of York and a qualified clinical psychologist. She is widely recognized as an expert in the field of children's reading and language difficulties.