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Developmental Disorders of Language Learning and Cognition - Softcover

Hulme, Charles; Snowling, Margaret J.

 
9780631206125: Developmental Disorders of Language Learning and Cognition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631206124 ISBN 13: 9780631206125
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Synopsis

This important new text is a comprehensive survey of current thinking and research on a wide range of developmental disorders.

  • Highlights key research on normal and typical development
  • Includes clinical case studies and diagrams to illustrate key concepts
  • A reader-friendly writing style

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About the Author

Charles Hulme is Professor of Psychology at the University of York. He has conducted research on a wide range of developmental disorders. His current research focuses particularly on interventions to ameliorate children’s reading and language difficulties.

Margaret J. Snowling is Professor of Psychology at the University of York and a qualified clinical psychologist. She is widely recognized as an expert in the field of children's reading and language difficulties.

From the Back Cover

This important new text provides an up-to-date review of our knowledge of a wide range of developmental disorders of language, learning and cognition. Explanations for each disorder are considered in relation to our understanding of typical development. The book focuses on cognitive theories of each disorder but also considers their biological bases and methods of treatment. The text is ideal for undergraduate or graduate students of psychology and other academic and clinical audiences, including educational and clinical psychologists and speech and language therapists.

From the Inside Flap

This important new text provides an up-to-date review of our knowledge of a wide range of developmental disorders of language, learning and cognition. Explanations for each disorder are considered in relation to our understanding of typical development. The book focuses on cognitive theories of each disorder but also considers their biological bases and methods of treatment. The text is ideal for undergraduate or graduate students of psychology and other academic and clinical audiences, including educational and clinical psychologists and speech and language therapists.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631206124
ISBN 13 
9780631206125
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
448