This accessible, informative book will help teachers, parents, and practitioners make sense of current issues and controversies surrounding childhood disabilities. Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies was compiled to disentangle controversial issues, contributing to a fuller understanding of the needs of children with disabilities and the families raising them. The book focuses on emotional, social, and behavioral concerns such as the psychological dimensions of childhood disability. Specific, topical essays highlight the current state of knowledge and the nature of opposing arguments among specialists in various disciplines. The book opens with a consideration of the historical and social context of child disability, addressing the evolution of disability concepts and the changing nature of disability as a social/cultural phenomenon. Disability's impact on the family system and schools is explored, too, from the vantage point of educators, children, and their parents and siblings. Subsequent chapters examine such diagnoses as pediatric bipolar disorder, autism, the educational label Emotionally Handicapped/Disturbed (EH/D), food allergies and related disorders, and Gender Identity Disorder (GID). * Contributions from 12 distinguished scholars and practitioners in the fields of psychology, special education, and social work * Case studies and examples from practice that enrich each chapter * Suggestions for further readings and online resources at the end of each chapter * A bibliography of significant research and works in the fields of special education, school psychology, and mental health counseling

Book Information
ISBN 9780313336966
Author Alberto M. Bursztyn
Format Hardback
Page Count 206
Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc
Publisher ABC-CLIO