Dictionary of Developmental Disabilities Terminology

by Accardo, Pasquale J.

• ISBN13: 9781598570700
• ISBN10: 1598570706
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-01
• Publisher: PAUL H. BROOKES PUBLISHING CO, INC.

Summary

Professionals will get more than 4,000 disability terms, with the clearest, most accurate definitions in this third edition of the bestselling dictionary. The go-to disability reference since its first edition was published in 1996, this comprehensive dictionary gives readers jargon-free definitions of all the terms they¿ll need to know to work effectively with children, adults, and other professionals. A diverse team of experts carefully reviewed and revised every entry in this new edition, making each definition as clear, user friendly, and up to date as possible. Readers will get 800 all-new entries that reflect the latest developments in the disability field, streamlined, easy-to-use entries on assessment tools, more information on rapidly changing topic areas like autism and genetics, definitions of new medications and legislations, and more. The ultimate reference for anyone who cares for or works with individuals with developmental disabilities, this dictionary is also the perfect complement to any course on disability.

Author Biography

Pasquale J. Accardo, M.D., is James H. Franklin Professor of Developmental Research in Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. Barbara Y. Whitman, M.S.W., Ph.D., is Professor of Pediatrics at St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. vii
About the Editors	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Guide to the Dictionary	p. xvii
A not B error to AYP	p. 1
babbling to BVMGT	p. 48
CA to cytomegalovirus (CMV)	p. 72
DA to DYT	p. 123
E trisomy to eye-hand coordination	p. 153
Fabry disease to FYI	p. 174
g factor to gyrus	p. 194
H & P to Hz	p. 212
I and R to IVIG	p. 232
Jacksonian seizure to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA)	p. 255
Kabat to kyphosis	p. 258
La Leche League to lymphonodular hyperplasia	p. 264
MA to MZ twins	p. 278
NACD to nystatin	p. 309
OAD to oxycephaly	p. 328
PA to pyridoxine deficiency	p. 342
QALY to quickening	p. 385
radial palmar grasp to Ruvalcaba-Myre syndrome	p. 387
saccade to SYSTEMS	p. 405
TABS to tyrosinemia	p. 451
UA to Uzgiris-Hunt Ordinal Scales of Psychological Development	p. 479
VA shunt to VZV	p. 483
Waardenburg syndrome to WVAST	p. 493
xeroderma pigmentosum to XYY syndrome	p. 503
Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOC) to Yutopar	p. 505
Zantac to zygomatic bone	p. 506
Bibliography	p. 509
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