UPC: 9781461423348 | Handbook of Children with Special Health Care Needs (Hardcover)

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Children with chronic conditions developmental disorders and birth defects represent a sizeable minority of American children–as many as one in five. Often their families have financial or other issues limiting their access to appropriate care thus limiting their adult prospects as well. Compounding the problem many valuable resources concerning this population are difficult to access although they may be critical to the researchers practitioners and policymakers creating standards for quality care and services. In response the Handbook of Children with Special Health Care Needs assembles research applied and policy perspectives reflecting the range of children s problems requiring special services. Widely studied conditions (e.g. communication disorders substance abuse) and those receiving lesser attention (e.g. tuberculosis) are covered as are emerging ideas such as the medical home concept of continuity of care. Its interdisciplinary outlook makes the Handbook of Children with Special Health Care Needs a vital forward-looking text for developmental psychologists pediatricians early childhood and special education researchers and practitioners disability researchers policymakers and advocates and providers for children with special health care needs.