Quirky kids understanding and supporting your child with developmental differences
This classic, coauthored by New York Times columnist and pediatrician Dr. Perri Klass, has been fully revised and updated to reflect the recent significant changes in the recognition and care of children whose development doesn't go as expected. It includes new information about therapeutic int...
Main Authors: | Klass, Perri, 1958- (Author), Costello, Eileen (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Itasca, IL :
American Academy of Pediatrics,
[2021]
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Edition: | Updated edition. |
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Summary: |
This classic, coauthored by New York Times columnist and pediatrician Dr. Perri Klass, has been fully revised and updated to reflect the recent significant changes in the recognition and care of children whose development doesn't go as expected. It includes new information about therapeutic interventions, managing co-morbidities, and getting support for children with developmental differences at school. Additional information covers community resources, initiatives at hospitals, clinics, and even theme parks, that make life easier for children with developmental differences and their families. The authors also offer a stronger focus on self-care for parents in this new edition, with the pediatrician's perspective of supporting families as they go through the diagnostic process over time. |
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Item Description: |
Includes index. |
Physical Description: |
xix, 339 pages ; 23 cm |
ISBN: |
9781610024198 1610024192 |
Author Notes: |
Both Klass's fiction & her journalism have dealt with issues of medicine & society. In her medical career she practices pediatrics at Dorchester House, a neighborhood health center in Boston, & is medical director of the national literacy program Reach Out & Read, dedicated to making books & literacy promotion part of pediatric primary care. Klass lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with Larry Wolff, a professor of history at Boston College, & their children. (Bowker Author Biography) |