A Clinical Handbook on Child Development Paediatrics

This practical guide to child development offers a succinct study of Childhood Development Paediatrics, with practical applications for helping the child and family through all areas of the developmental process. It combines physical and psychological problems in the development of children, which might be already present at birth or apparent later in life.

The book covers diverse topics like developmental delay, learning difficulties, attention deficit disorders, autism, Asperger syndrome, behaviour difficulties, language disorders, emotional difficulties, neurological impairments that affect development (examples being cerebral palsy and brain injury) and motor coordination problems. In addition there is a chapter on legal issues, which is helpful for doctors with no training in law.

The book also offers online case scenarios on autism, ADHD, school refusal and truancy, cerebral palsy and child abuse and neglect. The cases are followed by questions to test the acquired knowledge of the student on these topics.

Chapter 1: Normal development

Chapter 2: Developmental assessment in the young child

Chapter 3: Motor and Coordination problems

Chapter 4: Vision and Hearing Loss

Chapter 5: Autism Spectrum Disorders

Chapter 6: Specific Learning Disorders

Chapter 7: Language Disorders

Chapter 8: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Chapter 9: Behaviour difficulties

Chapter 10: School Refusal and Truancy

Chapter 11: Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Chapter 12: Cerebral Palsy

Chapter 13: Developmental and Intellectual Disability

Chapter 14: Child Abuse and Neglect

Chapter 15: Legal Issues related to Child Development