| Description |
xxi, 456 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-419) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Ursula Bellugi -- 1. Introduction -- I. Background on Williams Syndrome -- II. Overview of Book -- 2. Language Skills and Problems -- I. Language Acquisition -- II. Speech and Voice -- III. Semantics -- IV. Syntax -- V. Pragmatics of Language -- VI. Discourse and Narration -- VII. Summary and Conclusions -- 3. Intervention Approaches for Language Problems -- I. Overview of Intervention Approaches -- II. Interventions for Problems of Language Delay -- III. Treatment of Speech and Voice Problems -- IV. Interventions for Problems of Semantics -- V. Interventions for Problems of Syntax -- VI. Interventions for Improving Language Pragmatics -- VII. Interventions for Improving Discourse and Narrative Skills -- VIII. Summary and Conclusions -- 4. Perceptual and Motor Performance -- I. Visuomotor Performance -- II. Intervention Approaches for Visuomotor Problems -- III. Tactile Sensitivity -- IV. Auditory Sensitivity -- V. Summary: Perceptual and Motor Performance -- 5. Specific Aptitudes -- I. Sociability -- II. Curiosity -- III. Memory -- IV. Musicality -- V. Summary: Specific Aptitudes -- 6. Maladaptive Behaviors -- I. Types of Behavior Problems -- II. Types of Behavior Disorders -- III. Summary and Conclusions -- 7. Intervention Approaches for Maladaptive Behaviors -- I. Evaluation and Diagnosis of Maladaptive Behaviors -- II. Interventions for Behavior Problems -- III. Treatment of Clinical Disorders of WSs -- IV. Summary and Conclusions -- 8. Summary and Conclusions -- I. Behavioral Characteristics of WS -- II. Intervention Guidelines for WS -- III. Future Directions. |
| Summary |
"The authors, a specialist in learning disabilities and a developmental psychologist, review basic information about Williams syndrome, its medical conditions, paradoxical profile, and neurobiological mechanisms: and discuss distinctive features of the language and perceptual and motor performance of children and adults with the syndrome. Offering strategies for building on the first and dealing with the second, they describe typical aptitudes such as social skills, curiosity, memory, and musicality; and behavioral problems such as fears and anxieties, distractibility, impulsivity, poor adaptability, low frustration tolerance, and atypical activity. They examine differences between Williams syndrome and other developmental disorders such as Down syndrome, Fragile X, Prader-Willi, ADHD, and autism, and similarities in its symptoms to those of anxiety disorder, simple phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, and depression. They organize their problem-specific alternatives for treatment into five major categories, and summarize important points about characteristics and interventions in numerous helpful tables. Finally, they consider promising new directions for research, clinical intervention, education, and systems for care delivery. Throughout, they stress variations among individuals and subgroups in ability level, skills, talents, and problem severity; and emphasize the necessity of recognizing these components in planning treatment on an individual basis." "Comprehensive and readable, Understanding Williams Syndrome: Behavioral Patterns and Interventions is an essential guide for all those professionally, scientifically, or personally involved with this so frequently misunderstood and underserved population-psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and other mental health professionals: special educators and vocational counselors; speech-language, physical and occupational therapists; audiologists; physicians; and parents."--Jacket. |
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Williams syndrome.
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Williams Syndrome. (DNLM)D018980
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Behavioral Symptoms. (DNLM)D001526
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Child. (DNLM)D002648
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Child, Exceptional. (DNLM)D002671
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Developmental Disabilities -- rehabilitation.
(DNLM)D002658Q000534
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Education of Intellectually Disabled. (DNLM)D004495
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Language Disorders -- rehabilitation.
(DNLM)D007806Q000534
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Williams syndrome. (OCoLC)fst01175481
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Williams-Beuren-Syndrom (DE-588)4323165-2
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Williams syndroom.
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Gedragsstoornissen.
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Motorische stoornissen.
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Cognitieve stoornissen.
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| Added Author |
Rosner, Sue R.
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| ISBN |
0805826173 (alk. paper) |
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9780805826173 (alk. paper) |
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0805826181 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780805826180 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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