Romania's Abandoned Children : : Deprivation, Brain Development, and the Struggle for Recovery / / Charles A. Nelson.
Romania's Abandoned Children reveals the heartbreaking toll paid by children deprived of responsive care, stimulation, and human interaction. Compared with children in foster care, the institutionalized children in this rigorous twelve‐year study showed severe impairment in IQ and brain develop...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (414 p.) :; 25 halftones, 10 tables |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Beginning of a Journey -- Chapter 2. Study Design and Launch -- Chapter 3. The History of Child Institutionalization in Romania -- Chapter 4. Ethical Considerations -- Chapter 5. Foster Care Intervention -- Chapter 6. Developmental Hazards of Institutionalization -- Chapter 7. Cognition and Language -- Chapter 8. Early Institutionalization and Brain Development -- Chapter 9. Growth, Motor, and Cellular Findings -- Chapter 10. Socioemotional Development -- Chapter 11. Psychopathology -- Chapter 12. Putting the Pieces Together -- References -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | Romania's Abandoned Children reveals the heartbreaking toll paid by children deprived of responsive care, stimulation, and human interaction. Compared with children in foster care, the institutionalized children in this rigorous twelve‐year study showed severe impairment in IQ and brain development, along with social and emotional disorders. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674726079 9783110369526 9783110370416 9783110665901 |
DOI: | 10.4159/harvard.9780674726079 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Charles A. Nelson. |