Developmental Cognitive Disorders

This important new text provides an up-to-date review of our knowledge of a wide range of developmental disorders of language learning and cognition. Explanations for each disorder are considered in relation to our understanding of typical development. The book focuses on cognitive theories of each disorder but also considers their biological bases and methods of treatment. The text is ideal for undergraduate or graduate students of psychology and other academic and clinical audiences, including educational and clinical psychologists and speech and language therapists. Charles Hulme is Professor of Psychology at the University of York. He has conducted research on a wide range of developmental discorders. His current research focuses particularly on interventions to ameliorate children's reading and language difficulties. Margaret J. Snowling is Professor of Psychology at the University of York and a qualified clinical psychologist. She is widely recognized as an expert in the field of children's reading and language difficulties.Snowling, Margaret is the author of 'Developmental Cognitive Disorders ', published 2008 under ISBN 9780631206125 and ISBN 0631206124.