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Bringing together leading experts--and providing vital insights to guide clinical practice--this is the first volume to comprehensively address childhood motor disorders from a neuropsychological perspective. The book explores the neural and behavioral bases of movement disorders and summarizes current findings from applied research. Existing approaches to assessment and neuroimaging are critically examined, and new and innovative methods presented. Authors also synthesize the latest knowledge on motor difficulties associated with specific developmental and neurological problems: cerebral palsy; neuromuscular disease; autism; brain injury; disorders of coordination, speech, and written language; and more. Other important topics covered include psychosocial effects of motor skills impairments, frequently encountered comorbidities, and the status of available intervention approaches.
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DEVELOPMENTAL MOTOR DISORDERS
THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGY A Guilford Series Robert A. Bornstein, Series Editor DEVELOPMENTAL MOTOR DISORDERS: A NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Deborah Dewey and David E. Tupper, Editors COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION: FROM NEUROBIOLOGY TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Jennie Ponsford, Editor APHASIA AND LANGUAGE: THEORY TO PRACTICE Stephen E. Nadeau, Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi, and Bruce A. Crosson, Editors PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY: RESEARCH, THEORY, AND PRACTICE Keith Owen Yeates, M. Douglas Ris, and H. Gerry Taylor, Editors THE HUMAN FRONTAL LOBES: FUNCTIONS AND DISORDERS Bruce L. Miller and Jeffrey L. Cummings, Editors
DEVELOPMENTAL MOTOR DISORDERS A NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Edited by DEBORAH DEWEY DAVID E. TUPPER Series Editor’s Note by Robert A. Bornstein
THE GUILFORD PRESS New York London
© 2004 The Guilford Press A Division of Guilford Publications, Inc. 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012 www.guilford.com All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher. Printed in the United States of America This book is printed on acid-free paper. Last digit is print number: 9
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Developmental motor disorders : a neuropsychological perspective / edited by Deborah Dewey, David E. Tupper. p. cm.—(The science and practice of neuropsychology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-59385-064-6 (hard) 1. Movement disorders in children. 2. Pediatric neuropsychology. I. Dewey, Deborah. II. Tupper, David E. III. Series. RJ496.M68D485 2004 618.92′8—dc22 2004005223
About the Editors
Deborah Dewey, PhD, is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Investigator and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Calgary. She is also a member of the Behavioural Research Unit at Alberta Children’s Hospital. Dr. Dewey is on the editorial board of Developmental Neuropsychology and has served as a grant reviewer for Canadian and international funding agencies. She is actively involved in grantfunded research on the neurobehavioral outcomes associated with developmental coordination disorder, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder, as well as the developmental outcomes of infants with very low birth weight. Dr. Dewey’s research interests also encompass pediatric health psychology issues such as family adjustment to chronic disease and physical activity in preschool-age children. David E. Tupper, PhD, a board-certified neuropsychologist, is Director of the Neuropsychology Section at Hennepin County Medical Center in