Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies

Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies

by Alberto M. Bursztyn Ph.D.
ISBN-10:
0313336962
ISBN-13:
9780313336966
Pub. Date:
03/21/2011
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
0313336962
ISBN-13:
9780313336966
Pub. Date:
03/21/2011
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies

Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies

by Alberto M. Bursztyn Ph.D.

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Overview

This accessible, informative book will help teachers, parents, and practitioners make sense of current issues and controversies surrounding childhood disabilities.

Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies was compiled to disentangle controversial issues, contributing to a fuller understanding of the needs of children with disabilities and the families raising them. The book focuses on emotional, social, and behavioral concerns such as the psychological dimensions of childhood disability. Specific, topical essays highlight the current state of knowledge and the nature of opposing arguments among specialists in various disciplines.

The book opens with a consideration of the historical and social context of child disability, addressing the evolution of disability concepts and the changing nature of disability as a social/cultural phenomenon. Disability's impact on the family system and schools is explored, too, from the vantage point of educators, children, and their parents and siblings. Subsequent chapters examine such diagnoses as pediatric bipolar disorder, autism, the educational label Emotionally Handicapped/Disturbed (EH/D), food allergies and related disorders, and Gender Identity Disorder (GID).


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313336966
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 03/21/2011
Series: Making Sense of Psychology Series
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range: 12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Alberto M. Bursztyn, PhD, is professor of school psychology and special education at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: What Is Disability?
Alberto M. Bursztyn
1. Parents, Children with Disabilities, and Social Integration
Alberto M. Bursztyn
2. Understanding Childhood Disabilities through Culturally Diverse Families' Perspectives
Yoon-Joo Lee and Alberto M. Bursztyn
3. Conflicts and Confusion: Current Understandings of Early Onset Bipolar Disorder
Elizabeth M. Scanlon
4. Persistent Questions about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Dana Freed
5. Autism Spectrum Disorders: Current Thinking on Etiology and Diagnosis
Jeanne Angus
6. Nurturing Development: Treating Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Carol Korn-Bursztyn
7. Who Is the Real Emotionally Disturbed Child?
Harold Golubtchik
8. When Schools Fail: Alternative Therapeutic and Educational Settings for Youths with Severe Emotional and Behavioral Challenges
Jennifer Foster
9. The Impact of Food Allergies on Social and Emotional Development

Suzanne Huber
10. Debates Surrounding Childhood Gender Identity Disorder

Eliza A. Dragowski, María R. Scharrón-del Río, and Amy L. Sandigorsky
11. Disabilities, Families, and Schools

Alberto M. Bursztyn
Index
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