Fire Behavior in Children and Adolescents

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Fire Behavior in Children and Adolescents Steven J. Barreto Karen R. Zeff John R. Boekamp Margaret Paccione-Dyszlewski Introduction All children will naturally be exposed to fire during the early years…

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Aggression in Children: An Integrative Approach

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Aggression in Children: An Integrative Approach Joseph C. Blader Peter S. Jensen Introduction Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior A central goal of every human community is the mitigation of aggression between…

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Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorders

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Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorders Joseph M. Rey Garry Walter Cesar A. Soutullo … His academic performance declined, he became more sullen and argumentative, was occasionally truant or caught lying…

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Lacramioara Spetie M.D. L. Eugene Arnold M.D. Definition Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a syndrome of inattention, distractibility, restless overactivity, impulsiveness and other deficits of executive function. It…

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Disorders of Communication

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Disorders of Communication Rhea Paul Ph.D. Language, a unique and characteristic capacity of the human mind, is also one of its most vulnerable faculties. Virtually any disruption in cognitive function,…

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Learning Disabilities

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Learning Disabilities Elena L. Grigorenko Fundamentally, the concept of learning disabilities (LDs) has to do with society’s capacity “to monitor (and recruit) children for unexplained school failure in a way…

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Mental Retardation

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Mental Retardation Fred R. Volkmar Elisabeth M. Dykens Robert M. Hodapp Definition In DSM-IV-TR (1), mental retardation (MR) is defined on the basis of three essential features: subnormal intellectual functioning,…

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Autism and the Pervasive Developmental Disorders

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Autism and the Pervasive Developmental Disorders Fred R. Volkmar Catherine Lord Ami Klin Robert Schultz Edwin H. Cook The pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) comprise a group of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized…

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Formulation and Integration

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Formulation and Integration Schuyler W. Henderson M.D. Andrés Martin M.D. …(she) took refuge in formulation, presumably in the hope that it would carry her past ambivalence and confusion. –Robert Boyers,…

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