Understanding developmental disorders : a causal modelling approach /

The study of developmental disorders is handicapped by the conflicting claims of biological, cognitive and behavioural disciplines/levels/methods. The authors tackle this problem by means of a visually compelling notation, causal modelling. This notation enables the three levels to be kept separate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Morton, John, 1933-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Subjects:	Developmental disabilities > Etiology. Child development deviations > Etiology. Conduct disorders in children > Etiology. Cognition disorders in children > Etiology. Intellectual disability > Etiology. Parent and child. Cognition. Causation. Children. Mathematical models. Developmental Disabilities > physiopathology Developmental Disabilities > psychology Parent-Child Relations Cognition Causality Child Models, Theoretical Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introducing cause
Introducing cognition
Representing causal relationships
Autism
The what and the how
Competing causal accounts of autism
The problem of diagnosis
A causal analysis of dyslexia
The hyperkinetic confusions
Theories of conduct disorder
Tying in biology.