Product Description:
Dictionary of Developmental Disabilities Terminology, Second Edition
By Pasquale J. Accardo, M.D., & Barbara Y. Whitman, Ph.D., with Shirley K. Behr, Ph.D., Anne Farrell, Ph.D., Ellen Magenis, M.D., and Jill Morrow-Gorton, M.D.
Illustrated by Tony Stubblefield
Illustrated dictionary with clear, concise definitions of thousands of disorders, assessment tools, theories, anatomical terms, medications, interventions, diagnoses, professional organizations, and more. In this expanded edition, new information from the rapidly changing field of genetics, key legislation and public laws, points of debate, major associations and groups in the disability field, terminology used in many fields, such as medicine, psychology, pharmacology, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, audiology, and speech-language pathology, tests and published instruments frequently used in these fields.