Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies (Making Sense of Psychology)

This accessible, informative book will help teachers, parents, and practitioners make sense of current issues and controversies surrounding childhood disabilities. Almost 12 percent of children in American schools have been identified as disabled in ways that interfere with their capacity to learn. Yet parents of children with disabilities often find themselves in new, lonely, and bewildering territory, presented with conflicting advice and treatment options. This book is designed to help. "Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies" was compiled to disentangle controversial issues, contributing to a fuller understanding of the needs of children with disabilities and the families raising them. The book focuses on emotional, social, and behavioral concerns such as the psychological dimensions of childhood disability. Specific, topical essays highlight the current state of knowledge and the nature of opposing arguments among specialists in various disciplines. The book opens with a consideration of the historical and social context of child disability, addressing the evolution of disability concepts and the changing nature of disability as a social/cultural phenomenon. Disability's impact on the family system and schools is explored, too, from the vantage point of educators, children, and their parents and siblings. Subsequent chapters examine such diagnoses as pediatric bipolar disorder, autism, the educational label Emotionally Handicapped/Disturbed (eh/d), food allergies and related disorders, and Gender Identity Disorder (gid) This Accessible, Informative Book Will Help Teachers, Parents, And Practitioners Make Sense Of Current Issues And Controversies Surrounding Childhood Disabilities. --from Publisher's Website. Introduction: What Is Disability / Alberto M. Bursztyn -- Parents, Children With Disabilities, And Social Integration / Alberto M. Bursztyn -- Understanding Childhood Disabilities Through Culturally Diverse Families' Perspectives / Yoon-joo Lee And Alberto M. Bursztyn -- Conflicts And Confusion: Current Understandings Of Early Onset Bipolar Disorder / Elizabeth M. Scanlon -- Persistent Questions About Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder / Dana Freed -- Autism Spectrum Disorders: Current Thinking On Etiology And Diagnosis / Jeanne Angus -- Nurturing Development: Treating Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder / Carol Korn-bursztyn -- Who Is The Real Emotionally Disturbed Child? / Harold Golubtchik -- When Schools Fail: Alternative Therapeutic And Educational Settings For Youths With Severe Emotional And Behavioral Challenges / Jennifer Foster -- The Impact Of Food Allergies On Social And Emotional Development / Suzanne Huber -- Debates Surrounding Childhood Gender Identity Disorder / Eliza A. Dragowski, María R. Scharrón-del Río, And Amy L. Sandigorsky -- Disabilities, Families, And Schools / Alberto M. Bursztyn Alberto M. Bursztyn, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Southeast Asian nations must coordinate anti-piracy efforts / Catherine Zara Raymond Piracy in Southeast Asia has economic causes / Adam J. Young Discreet U.S. aid is vital to fighting piracy in Southeast Asia / Ian Storey Historical piracy provides lessons for dealing with today's Somali pirates / Virginia Lunsford The international community cannot ignore piracy in Somalia / Aidan Hartley Local fleets should handle Somali pirates / Peter Lehr The Indian Navy should engage pirates who threaten Indian nationals / Nitin Pai Military courts need to be established to deal with piracy / David B. Rivkin, Jr. and Lee A. Casey The U.S. should reconfigure its Navy or Coast Guard to deal with piracy / Yoav Gortzak and Robert Farley To fight piracy at sea, first fight lawlessness on land / Rama Anom Kurniawan Somali "pirates" are actually trying to stop illegal dumping and fishing / Johann Hari Terrorists and pirates are similar but not the same / Benerson Little States can do little against maritime terrorism and piracy / William Langewiesche The threat of maritime terrorism and piracy is exaggerated / Sam Bateman.

Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies was compiled to disentangle controversial issues, contributing to a fuller understanding of the needs of children with disabilities and the families raising them. The book focuses on emotional, social, and behavioral concerns such as the psychological dimensions of childhood disability. Specific, topical essays highlight the current state of knowledge and the nature of opposing arguments among specialists in various disciplines.

The book opens with a consideration of the historical and social context of child disability, addressing the evolution of disability concepts and the changing nature of disability as a social/cultural phenomenon. Disability's impact on the family system and schools is explored, too, from the vantage point of educators, children, and their parents and siblings. Subsequent chapters examine such diagnoses as pediatric bipolar disorder, autism, the educational label Emotionally Handicapped/Disturbed (EH/D), food allergies and related disorders, and Gender Identity Disorder (GID).

This collection of 14 articles deals with varied aspects of modern-day piracy--its history, the economic causes of piracy, and how to deal with it