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This book assembles research, application and policy perspectives on children´s problems requiring special services. Covers communication disorders and substance abuse, and explores such emerging ideas as the "medical home" concept of continuity of care.

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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.

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1. Policy: Its History, Intentions and Consequences for Children with Special Health Care Needs.- 2. Severe Communication Disorders.- 3. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Perceived Competence, and Self-Worth.- 4. Quality Of Life In Children Diagnosed With Specific Learning Disability Or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.- 5. Children and Adolescents with Mobility Limitations.- 6. Rethinking Deaf Learners Education - A Human Rights Issue.- 7. Childhood eye disorders and visual impairment.- 8. Evaluating School-Aged Children with Visual Disabilities.- 9. Oral Health Access Issues for Children with Special Health Care Needs.- 10. Tuberculosis: the special needs of children.- 11. Children with multiple sclerosis.- 12. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Review of Teratogenicity, Diagnosis and Treatment Issues.- 13. Newborn screening for congenital disorders in routine and research.- 14. Genetic and Metabolic Conditions for Children with Special Health Care Needs.- 15. Development from Conception through Adolescence: Physiological and Psychosocial Factors Impacting Children with Special Health Care Needs.- 16. Using Population-Based Survey Data to Monitor the Health of Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs and Disabilities.- 17. Secondary Conditions in Youth with Disabilities.- 18. Accessible Substance Abuse Prevention for all Children.- 19. Research Methods and Epidemiology for Children with Special Health Care Needs.- 20. Addressing Bullying Among Students with Disabilities within a Multi-Tier Educational Environment.- 21. Building a Medical Home for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs.- 22. Epilogue: Advancing Health Outcomes and Social Participation for CSHCN.

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