Handbook of Psychosocial Characteristics of Exceptional Children

by Schwean, Vicki L.; Saklofske, Donald H.

• ISBN13: 9780306460630
• ISBN10: 0306460637
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Research has documented the reciprocal effects of exceptionality and secondary psychosocial and behavioral characteristics. This in-depth handbook examines the categories of exceptionality most often described in educational, behavioral, and health practices. Leading authorities from psychology, education, and medicine evaluate the key characteristics of particular exceptionalities from the vantage point of theory, research, assessment, and intervention.

Table of Contents

Foreword: What We Make of Difference and the Difference We Make	ix
James M. Kauffman
PART I. CONCEPTUAL, THEORETICAL, AND RESEARCH UNDERPINNINGS	3	(168)
1. Theory and Research in the Study of Childhood Exceptionalities	3	(38)
Eric J. Mash
David J. A. Dozois
2. Psychological Perspectives on Exceptionality	41	(28)
Stephanie H. McConaughy
David R. Ritter
3. Biological and Genetic Factors in Human Development	69	(26)
Vikki F. Howard
Betty Fry Williams
Pat Port
4. Psychosocial Effects of Environmental Factors	95	(16)
Charles N. Oberg
Jolene Bertrand
Sharon Muret-Wagstaff
5. Childhood Disability and the Family	111	(22)
Milton Seligman
6. Social and Cultural Perspectives	133	(14)
Anita K. F. Li
7. Determinants of Psychosocial Disorders in Cultural Minority Children	147	(24)
Vicki L. Schwean
David Mykota
Lorna Robert
Donald H. Saklofske
PART II. PSYCHOSOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN	171	(372)
IIA. EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
8. Internalizing Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence	171	(48)
Margaret C. Coleman
Jonathan C. Hoyle
9. Externalizing Conditions	219	(28)
John E. Lochman
Renata G. Szczepanski
10. Austim	247	(28)
Marjorie H. Charlop-Christy
Susan E. Kelso
11. Psychosocial Characteristics of Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders	275	(24)
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum
Peter Szatmari
IIB. PHYSICAL AND HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS
12. Psychosocial Aspects of Neurological Impairments in Children	299	(30)
Margaret Semrud-Clikeman
13. Psychosocial Correlates of Physical and Health Disabilities	329	(18)
Sherwood J. Best
14. An Alternate Path to Exceptionality: Prenatal Effects of Teratogenic Substances on Developmental Processes	347	(30)
Karen Kopera-Frye
Robert Arendt
IIC. INTELLECTUAL DIFFERENCES
15. Psychosocial Correlates of Mental Retardation	377	(24)
Jo L. Nanson
Bruce Gordon
16. Gifted Children: The Promise of Potential/The Problems of Potential	401	(42)
Ellen D. Fiedler
IID. LANGUAGE/LEARNING DISABILITIES
17. Psychosocial Correlates of Learning Disabilities	443	(28)
Ruth Pearl
Mary Bay
18. Psychiatric Disorders in Children with Speech, Language, and Communication Disorders	471	(22)
Christiane A. M. Baltaxe
IIF. SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS
19. Emotional Disorders in Deaf Children	493	(30)
Paul Arnold
20. The Impact of Visual Impairments on Psychosocial Development	523	(20)
Sally M. Rogow
PART III. INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION: A LIFE SPAN PERSPECTIVE ON EXCEPTIONALITY	543	(68)
21. Early Identification and Intervention of Psychosocial and Behavioral Effects of Exceptionality	543	(20)
Tracy K. Wheatcraft
Bruce A. Bracken
22. Fostering Resilience in Exceptional Children: The Search for Islands of Competence	563	(24)
Robert B. Brooks
23. Looking Ahead: The Adjustment of Adults with Disabilities	587	(24)
Vicki L. Schwean
Index	611