Developmental Disorders of Language Learning and Cognition (eBook)

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.

List of Figures and Boxes.

Acknowledgements.

1 Understanding Developmental Cognitive Disorders.

2 Reading Disorders I: Developmental Dyslexia.

3 Reading Disorders II: Reading Comprehension Impairment.

4 Specific Language Impairment.

5 Mathematics Disorder.

6 Developmental Coordination Disorder.

7 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

8 Autism Spectrum Disorder.

9 Understanding Developmental Disorders: Progress and
Prospects.

Glossary.

References.

Index.

"This book will be indispensable in providing a broad understanding of the field for researchers specialising in specific disorders and the sections on the application of research findings to treatment interventions will be of particular interest to clinicians. The book is accessible and well written and is likely to be a key text on undergraduate and postgraduate courses." Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2012

"This is a must-have book for anyone interested in learning
disabilities. Hulme and Snowling are two of the world's
experts in this rapidly developing field and their command of their
topic is awe-inspiring. They have produced a beautifully written,
amply illustrated, and wonderfully accessible introduction to the
emerging science of atypical development."

-Dr Bruce F. Pennington, Department of Psychology,
University of Denver

"No student of cognitive development and cognitive
disorders can do without this book. It is a milestone in steady
progress of evidence-based knowledge that is ripe for transfer to
the school and to the clinic."

-Uta Frith, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive
Development, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

"A scholarly and well-organized account of the field. The
book is authoritative because the authors themselves have conducted
major research projects on all of the conditions featured in the
text."

-Dorothy Bishop, Professor of Developmental
Neuropsychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, University
of Oxford

"An outstandingly good book. The authors are obviously
masters of the science. The book argues persuasively for the need
to take a developmental perspective."

-Professor Sir Michael Rutter, Institute of
Psychiatry, London

"In this outstanding book, the authors cover the full
range of developmental disorders associated with language and
cognition. They make a compelling case for the need to ground
theories of atypical development in deep understanding of typical
development. The presentation is at once sophisticated yet very
accessible."

-Professor Robert Kail, Department of Psychological
Sciences, Purdue University