Children with school problems : a physician's manual

Mahoney, William J. (Associate professor of paediatrics), (editor.). Andrews, Debra, (editor.). Canadian Paediatric Society, (issuing body.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781118302514 (paperback)
ISBN: 1118302516 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
regular print
xviii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Mississagua, Ontario : Wiley/John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd., 2012.
Copyright: ©2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Overview of children with learning problems, schools, and approaches to helping -- Understanding and working with schools -- Early development of the nervous system and school performance -- Development and school entry -- Provincial/territorial special education legislation -- Data gathering -- Questionnaires -- The physical examination of the child with learning problems -- Medical investigations of children with learning problems -- Developmental and academic skills : screening, sampling, and assessment -- Differential diagnosis of the child who is not doing well in school -- Sharing the formulation : feedback to parents and school -- Educational interventions -- Behavioural management -- Medical management -- Complementary and alternative therapies for learning and attentional disorders -- Supporting the adolescent with learning problems -- Learning problems from adolescence into adulthood -- Encouraging reading -- Illustrative cases -- A resource worksheet for physicians who work with students with learning problems.