Health-Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents

"Health-Related Disorders in Children and Adoleseents: A Guidebook for Understanding and Educating provides succinct discussion of medical conditions that result in educational, psychological, and behavioral challenges for children with these disorders and the professionals who interact with them. The disorders, range from the uncommon and poorly understood (e.g., Rett syndrome and Sturge-Weber syndrome) to the more common ones (e.g., sickle-cell anemia and childhood leukemia). Contributors to this volume are Ph. D.-level clinical, health, or school psychologists who have years of experience dealing with children and adolescents with the disorders they describe." "Written in an easy-to-understand style and comprehensive in scope, this volume is an invaluable resource for all school-based professionals - teachers, school psychologists, school counselors, social workers, medical personnel, and occupational therapists - and parents of children with these disorders."--Jacket.