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Informationen zum Autor Dr Patricia M. Sonksen is Consultant Paediatrician (Emeritus) at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Child Health (ICH), London. During her 40-year career in paediatric neurology Dr Sonksen's main interest has been in severe visual impairment and for 23 years she directed the Vision Research and Clinical Service Team at the ICH in London. She is still the primary lecturer and demonstrator for the ICH biannual Development Examination course. Dr Sonsksen has received numerous awards for her work and has contributed to numerous books and other publications. Klappentext This handbook presents a new, practical and logical way of assessing development in preschool children that can be applied across the developmental spectrum. The reader is taught how to confirm whether development is typical and if it is not, is signposted to the likely nature and severity of impairments with a plan of action. Zusammenfassung This handbook presents a new! practical and logical way of assessing development in preschool children that can be applied across the developmental spectrum. The reader is taught how to confirm whether development is typical and if it is not! is signposted to the likely nature and severity of impairments with a plan of action. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Introduction Preface 1 Thinking Developmentally 2- Practicalities 3- Vision 4- Hearing 5- Social Cognition 6- Non-Symbolic Cognition 7- Non-Spoken Symbolic Development and Imaginative Play 8- Spoken Symbols and Spoken Language 9- Gross motor development 10- Manipulation 11- Speech Production 12- Comprehensive Whole 13- Assessment of developmental disorders, etc. 14- Developmental Guidance
