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Psychology of Exceptional Children and Youth (Prentice-Hall Psychology)
Psychology of Exceptional Children and Youth - Prentice-Hall Psychology Author:William M. Kruikshank (Editor) This is a well-rounded textbook on the psychology of children and youth who are in some way different from the norm. The primary focus is on children with disabilities, but exceptionally gifted children are included, too. Each chapter is written by an authority in the subfield discussed in that chapter, as the editor believes that the field is f... more »ar too vast for any one individual to have a complete grasp of it.
The book is arranged in 3 parts:
Part One explains the foundation concepts.
Part Two discusses in more detail the psychological components of disability, with chapters on speech defects, vision impairment, auditory impairment, crippled children, brain-injured children, and chronic medical problems.
Part Three deals with the psychological factors of mental and emotional abnormalities. There are chapters on mentally retarded, gifted, and emotionally disturbed children.« less