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Synopsis
The significant scientific and educational advances of the past several years have given young people with Down syndrome many new opportunities and challenges. With this in mind, the authors focus on the specific issues that adolescents face as they grow up today with Down syndrome. Written for health care professionals, psychologists, developmental disabilities practitioners, educators, and parents, this book covers biomedical issues; behavioral, psychological, and psychiatric challenges; and education, employment, recreation, community, and legal concerns. Readers will learn how to encourage good nutrition and exercise, promote self-esteem and self-competence, respond to challenging behavior, plan for transitions, and help adolescents develop leisure pursuits. Contributions from leading experts lend experience and perspective to this multidisciplinary resource.
Table of Contents
General health issues and medical care / Siegfried M. Pueschel and Mâaria éSustrováa -- Nutritional concerns / Mâaria éSustrovâa and Siegfried M. Pueschel -- Physical growth / Christine E. Cronk -- Adolescent development and sexual maturation / Siegfried M. Pueschel -- Gynecologic concerns / Janet D. Dawson and Thomas E. Elkins -- Selected medical conditions / Siegfried M. Pueschel and Mâaria éSustrovâa. -- Growing into a social-sexual being / Jeanie P. Edwards -- Promoting adolescent self-competence / Laurie E. Powers and Darryn M. Sikora -- Cognitive functioning : issues in theory and practice / Robert M. Hodapp -- Language development / Robin S. Chapman -- Behavior concerns / Monica Cuskelly and Patricia Gunn -- Psychiatric disorders / Beverly A. Myers --