Illingworth's the development of the infant and young child : normal and abnormal /: normal and abnormal. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Development of the infant and young child
• Further Information: Note: Author, Ronald S. Illingworth ; editors, MKC Nair, Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar Russell.
• Other Names: Illingworth, Ronald S (Ronald Stanley), 1909-1990; Nair, M. K. C; Russell, Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar
• Contents: Cover; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Biography; Preface to the Tenth Edition; Preface to the Ninth Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1: Developmental Testing: An Overview; Evolution of developmental testing; Studies of individual children; Developmental tests-historical aspects; Importance of knowledge of normal development; Value of developmental assessment; Screening or specialist assessment?; Psychologist or clinician? different attitudes; Predictive value; Developmental assessment measures; Developmental prediction: what we can and cannot do. Dangers of developmental assessmentSummary; Chapter 2: Prenatal and Perinatal Factors Relevant to Developmental Assessment and Diagnosis; Preconception: genetics; Metabolic diseases; Chromosomal abnormalities; Personal factors; Consanguineous marriage; Incestual abuse and pregnancy; Other early factors; Multiple pregnancy; Irradiation; Drugs taken in pregnancy; Infections in pregnancy; Social factors; Relative infertility; Placental and other uterine problems; Maternal stress; Abnormal presentation; Low birth weight babies; Postmaturity; Neonatal hypoxia; Neonatal convulsions. Birth injury, brain damage and cerebral palsyChapter 3: Environmental Factors and Development; Experimental Work; Concept of the Sensitive Period; Early Learning; Nutrition and Development; Culture, Practice and Development; Family and Development; Emotional Deprivation; Enrichment Programmes; Environment and Adopted Children; Desirable Qualities in the Home; Estimation of the Part Played by Environment; Environment and the Handicapped Child; The Effect of Drugs; Chemical Hazards; Cerebral Irradiation in Malignant Disease; Severe Head Injury; Meningitis and Encephalitis; Vaccine Damage. Near-DrowningSummary; Chapter 4: Abilities and Reflexes of the Newborn; Abilities of the Newborn; Reflexes and Reactions in the Newborn Period; Oral Reflexes; Eye Reflexes; Moro Reflex; The Startle Reflex; The Grasp Reflex; Foot Reflexes; Hip Reflexes; Placing and Walking Reflexes; Heel Reflex; Leg Straightening Reflex (A Righting Reflex); The Magnet Reflex; Trunk Incurvation (Galant's Reflex); The Perez Reflex; Redressement du Tronc; The Tonic Neck Reflexes; Tonic Labyrinthine Reflexes; Righting Reflexes; The Landau Reflex; The Parachute Reaction; Tendon Reflexes; Ankle clonus. Superficial ReflexesThe Palmomental and Similar Reflexes; Head Thrust Responses; The Jaw Jerk; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Normal Development; The Principles of Development; The Sequence of Development; The Average level of Development at Different Ages; Screening Tools for Early Detection of Developmental Delay; Chapter 6: Variations in the General Pattern of Development; Variations in Intelligence; Intellectual Superiority; Delayed Maturation ('Slow Starters'); Meningitis or Encephalitis: Prognostic Difficulties; Unexplained Temporary Cessation of Development.
• Publisher Details: New Delhi [India] : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 391 pages :), illustrations
• Subjects: 305.231; Child development; Child development deviations; Child development -- Testing; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Child development; Child development deviations; Child development -- Testing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9788131234808; 8131234800
• Related ISBNs: 0443038406; 9788131230206
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.