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Free Download Erxin Scales: Child Developmental Scale of China by Chunhua Jin , Zhenmin Gao , Wenwen Liu
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 360 Pages | ISBN : 9819999960 | 23 MB
This book, drawing from internationally renowned scales like Bayley and Gesell, develops a child developmental assessment scale based on research data from Chinese children. It stands as a meticulous creation of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, a national-level institution for children’s development research in China. The scale demonstrates good reliability and validity, meeting psychometric standards in various statistical aspects. In the revised scale, developmental quotients are classified into six levels, distributions of percentiles for developmental quotients are provided, and screening indices for autism spectrum disorders are added. In doing so, the revised scale can not only identify developmental delays but also concurrently screen for autism spectrum disorder risks, providing a foundational reference for tracking children’s developmental status in follow-up studies. The book holds vital value and significance in fostering communication among scholars from universities and research institutions, as well as pediatricians, neurologists, and rehabilitation specialists in hospitals.

Free Download Kathy Hoopmann, "All About Dyspraxia: Understanding Developmental Coordination Disorder"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1787758354 | EPUB | pages: 65 | 48.5 mb
All About Dyspraxia follows in the best-selling footsteps of Kathy Hoopmann’s All Cats are on the Autism Spectrum and All Dogs have ADHD. Through engaging text and full-colour photographs, this book shows how people with dyspraxia see and experience the world and highlights the unique characteristics that make them special.

Free Download Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Dynamic Systems Approach by Maria Gabriela Valdovinos
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 422 Pages | ISBN : 3031669312 | 19.9 MB
This new reference provides a comprehensive overview of intellectual and developmental disabilities, incorporating multiple perspectives and disciplines (including developmental neuroscience, genetics, psychiatry, and psychology) with a multifaceted approach, offering readers appreciation for the richness of the population and field. It provides readers with an understanding of the developmental, biological, and behavioral aspects of developmental disabilities with the aim of understanding their causes, the differences between disabilities, and familiarity with the prognosis and developmental outcomes for children diagnosed with various developmental disabilities.

Free Download Early Childhood Psychopathology: Developmental Models and Treatments by Karen R. Gouze , Joyce Hopkins , John V. Lavigne
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 269 Pages | ISBN : 3031688767 | 9.7 MB
This book examines psychosocial risk factors contributing to the development and maintenance of psychopathology in early childhood. It draws on developmental psychopathology theory and research to discuss different approaches to the classification of early childhood emotional and behavioral disorders, address the importance of multidomain approaches to understanding risk factors for specific diagnoses, and examine the movement toward transdiagnostic conceptualizations. The book describes how multidomain models of risk factors can be integrated with transdiagnostic approaches to illuminate the development of general psychopathology, internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and singular symptom clusters of the most common early childhood disorders, including oppositional disorders, ADHD, anxiety, and depression. In addition, the volume highlights the implications of this approach for clinical treatment, training of child clinicians, and the development of public policy.

Free Download Nitsan Chorev, "Give and Take: Developmental Foreign Aid and the Pharmaceutical Industry in East Africa "
English | ISBN: 0691197849 | 2019 | 320 pages | AZW3 | 1497 KB
Give and Take looks at local drug manufacturing in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, from the early 1980s to the present, to understand the impact of foreign aid on industrial development. While foreign aid has been attacked by critics as wasteful, counterproductive, or exploitative, Nitsan Chorev makes a clear case for the effectiveness of what she terms "developmental foreign aid."

Free Download Eric Taylor, "Developmental Neuropsychiatry"
English | ISBN: 0198827806 | 2021 | 424 pages | AZW3 | 3 MB
Several alterations of brain function cause common mental problems in young people. ADHD, autism, tic disorders, learning difficulties, intellectual disability, and the psychotic disorders of young people are conventionally classified and described as discrete neuropsychiatric problems. Research, however, has made it clear that they are complex, variable, dimensional, overlapping, and that they frequently coexist and share aetiological influences.

Free Download Theory of Mind and Language in Developmental Contexts By Alessandro Antonietti, Olga Liverta-Sempio (auth.), Alessandro Antonietti, Olga Liverta-Sempio, Antonella Marchetti (eds.)
2006 | 198 Pages | ISBN: 038724994X | PDF | 2 MB
How we think and speak is a reflection of our shared cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. Theory of Mind and Language in Different Developmental Contexts blazes new trails in the study of the relationship between the theory of mind-that is, the ability to attribute mental states as the basis of behavior and social interaction-and language.This volume examines the linguistic variables within developmental contexts, including:Different levels of analysis. Intercultural differences (e.g., Western, non-Western). Intracultural differences (e.g., socioeconomic status). Conditions of development as well as typical and atypical functions. Contexts of usage, including personal, social, and business interactions. Each chapter focuses on issues and methodologies to provide a comprehensive overview of current studies on the relationship between the theory of mind and language. Data and working strategies are provided for clinicians, educators, and other mental health professionals. This volume is a must-have for developmental, cognitive, and clinical psychologists and researchers interested in the most up-to-date information on theory of mind and language.

Free Download Deconstructing Developmental Psychology By Erica Burman
2007 | 368 Pages | ISBN: 0415395623 | PDF | 3 MB
What is childhood and why, and how, did psychology come to be the arbiter of ‘correct’or ‘normal’ development? How do actual lived childhoods connect with theories about child development? In this completely revised and updated edition, Deconstructing Developmental Psychology interrogates the assumptions and practices surrounding the psychology of child development, providing a critical evaluation of the role and contribution of developmental psychology within social practice. In the decade since the first edition was published, there have been many major changes. The role accorded childcare experts and the power of the ‘psy complex’ have, if anything, intensified. This book addresses how shifts in advanced capitalism have produced new understandings of children, and a new (and more punitive) range of institutional responses to children. It engages with the paradoxes of childhood in an era when young adults are increasingly economically dependent on their families, and in a political context of heightened insecurity. The new edition includes an updated review of developments in psychological theory (in attachment, evolutionary psychology, theory of mind, cultural-historical approaches), as well as updating and reflecting upon the changed focus on fathers and fathering. It offers new perspectives on the connections between Piaget and Vygotsky and now connects much more closely with discussions from the sociology of childhood and critical educational research. Coverage has been expanded to include more material on child rights debates, and a new chapter addresses practice dilemmas around child protection, which engages even more with the "raced" and gendered effects of current policies involving children. This engaging and accessible text provides key resources to inform better professional practice in social work, education and health contexts. It offers critical insights into the politics and procedures that have shaped developmental psychological knowledge. It will be essential reading for anyone working with children, or concerned with policies around children and families. It was also be of interest to students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across a range of professional and practitioner groups, as well as parents and policy makers.

Free Download Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience
by Mark Blumberg
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0198827474 | 1169 pages | True PDF | 120.54 MB

Free Download Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
by Haan, Michelle D. H. de
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1119904692 | 330 pages | True PDF | 21.14 MB