1st Edition
The Development of Infants Born at Risk
270 Pages
by
Psychology Press
First published in 1983. This volume was created by professionals involved with high risk infants to try and understand the role of early medical events in the development of the child. Being involved in research on the development of premature and sick newborns, the authors felt compelled to try to integrate the existing medical, psychological, and educational research and place it within a... Read more
Preface, 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. CAUSES AND CORRELATES OF HIGH MEDICAL RISK IN THE NEWBORN, 3. THE BIRTH PROCESS, 4. THE BIRTH OF A HIGH RISK INFANT, 5. THE HIGH RISK NEONATE, 6. THE HIGH RISK INFANT: BEYOND THE NEONATAL PERIOD, 7. THE EVIDENCE FOR LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF HIGH MEDICAL RISK, 8. CAUSAL LINKS BETWEEN PERINATAL MEDICAL RISK AND LATER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 9. ATIEMPTS AT INTERVENTION AND REMEDIATION FOR THE HIGH RISK INFANT AND CHILD, Author Index, Subject Index
Biography
DEBORAH L. HOLMES, JILL NAGY REICH Loyola University of Chicago. JOSEPH F. PASTERNAK The Evanston Hospital Evanston, Illinois.
