Romania's Abandoned Children : : Deprivation, Brain Development, and the Struggle for Recovery /

Romania's Abandoned Children : : Deprivation, Brain Development, and the Struggle for Recovery / / Charles A. Nelson.

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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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Nelson, Charles A.,
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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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