Perspectives on the Classification of Specific Developmental Disorders
Published on 4. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVIII, 286 pages
978-90-481-4961-2 (ISBN)
Description
Perspectives on the Classification of Specific Developmental Disorders
is an up-to-date review of the controversy surrounding the classification of such disparate disorders as reading, spelling, writing, and language disorders. Severe and specific impairments in these functions do exist and appear to follow a developmental course. How to identify children presenting with such problems and how to operationalize the disorders has long challenged professionals. This text grew from an international symposium held in the Netherlands, but all chapters have been specially prepared for the publication. Described in the foreword by Sir Michael Rutter, FRS, as ` ... thoughtful and well informed discussions ... that may serve as a basis for a problem-solving set of both research strategies and practical steps that will ensure real resolutions of the dilemmas outlined here', the text should serve as a stimulating source for debate of the many issues involved.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XVIII, 286 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-481-4961-2 (9789048149612)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-2581-1
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
J. Rispens | T.A. van Yperen | W. Yule
Perspectives on the Classification of Specific Developmental Disorders
Book
12/1997
Kluwer Academic Publishers
€160.49
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Content
Table of Contents Michael.- Perspectives on the classification of specific developmental disorders: An introduction.- The role of SDD in classification systems: Historical overview and current status.- Criteria for research and clinical practice: A critical discussion.- The validity of the category of specific developmental reading disorder.- What is specific about the specific reading disorder?.- The role of IQ in the diagnosis of reading disorders: The quest for a subtype based on aptitude achievement discrepancy.- Is specific language impairment a valid diagnostic category? Genetic and psycholinguistic evidence.- The classification of speech and language disorders.- Specific language and speech disorder: Purifying the concept.- Developmental movement problems.- The classification of specific motor disorders: Implications for intervention.- Theory-based diagnosis and subclassification in the developmental coordination disorder.- On the relevance of specific classifications of disorders with particular focus on DCD, Developmental Coordination Disorder.- The future of the concept of specific developmental disorders: Summary and conclusions.