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Dr. Charlotte Thompson has 50 years of pediatric medical know-how to help parents. In four distinct sections, you ll find advice on how to deal with infants, toddlers, preschoolers and kids. She covers the everyday things like eating out and traveling to the more complex issues of integrating older children and pets into a cohesive family unit.-- (3/19/2015 12:00:00 AM)
Tuberous Sclerosis is a genetic disease characterized by lesions of the skin and central nervous system, seizures, and sometimes sever mental retardation. Infants with this disease may appear overactive, autistic, or socially impaired. Because tuberous sclerosis involves abnormal cellular differentiation, aberrant neuronal migration, and excessive cell proliferation, this thoroughly revised edition will be of interest to a wide range of professionals involved in the study of biological mechanisms underlying many genetically determined neurological disorders.
When a child is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), what the family really need, and often lack, is positive reassurance and understanding from those closest to them. This book is packed with advice on how extended family members and friends can provide the necessary support. Explaining the diagnosis and characteristics of ASD, this helpful guide uses examples from real families to illustrate the complex feelings that parents and each member of the family are likely to go through after a child is diagnosed. It gives practical tips on help that might be needed most, details the possible changes that will take place as the family adjusts and concludes with a comprehensive guide to other useful sources of information. This book will help strengthen relationships between parents and their extended family and friends, enabling a reliable support system to develop which will remain crucial to the child throughout their life.
When a child has a health problem, parents want answers. But when a child has cerebral palsy, the answers don't come quickly. A diagnosis of this complex group of chronic conditions affecting movement and coordination is difficult to make and is typically delayed until the child is eighteen months old. Although the condition may be mild or severe, even general predictions about long-term prognosis seldom come before the child's second birthday. Written by a team of experts associated with the Cerebral Palsy Program at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, this authoritative resource provides parents and families with vital information that can help them cope with uncertainty. Thoroughl...
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If you want wise advice and vital information from a Top Pediatrician about raising infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or children, this is the book for you. Special sections are provided for each group, so answers can be quickly found to everyday questions and worrisome problems. Charlotte E. Thompson, M.D. has been a practicing pediatrician for fifty years. She holds a B.A. and M.D. from Stanford University, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at U C San Diego Medical School. In 2005 and 2007, she was named as one of the Top Pediatricians in the United States by the Consumer’s Research Council of America. Dr. Thompson is a mother, a grandmother, and the author of eight books including Raising a Handicapped Child published in 1986, and now in its fifth edition.
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