Understanding Rett Syndrome : a guide to symptoms, management and treatment / Rosa Angela Fabio, Tindara Caprì, and Gabriella Martino.
Understanding Rett Syndrome offers a concise, evidence-based introduction to Rett Syndrome (RTT), covering a range of topics from diagnosis and causes to treatment and family management. It focuses on improving the quality of life for those with the syndrome by suggesting practical ways of managing...
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2020.
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| Series: | Understanding atypical development.
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| Summary: | Understanding Rett Syndrome offers a concise, evidence-based introduction to Rett Syndrome (RTT), covering a range of topics from diagnosis and causes to treatment and family management. It focuses on improving the quality of life for those with the syndrome by suggesting practical ways of managing the condition at home and at school, offering support and guidance to all parents and caregivers learning how to help children with RTT. Over the course of six chapters, Fabio, Capr and, Martino explore signs and symptoms of RTT, along with an overview of treatment, therapy, and interventions for those living with the condition, focusing on technological aids such as eye-tracking and ICT and new neural techniques. Illustrated with interviews with parents of children living with RTT, Understanding Rett Syndrome is essential reading for parents and caregivers, as well as practitioners in clinical and educational psychology, counseling, mental health, nursing, child welfare, public healthcare, and those in education. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429470851 0429470851 9780429894985 0429894988 9780429894978 042989497X 9780429894961 0429894961 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 19, 2019) |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Rosa Angela Fabio is Full Professor of General Psychology at the University of Messina, Italy. Tindara Caprì is Contract Professor at the University of Messina, Italy. Gabriella Martino is a Researcher in Clinical Psychology at the University of Messina, Italy. |