Children's Social Relatedness: An Embodied Brain Process

The subject of this book is the infant’s and young child’s social relatedness, including together the relationship between attachment and theory of body, speech-language, and theory-of-mind function, as well as the disorders that can occur. The authors have sought to integrate the developmental neurosciences and bring them closer to the people who diagnose and treat children with contact, communication and social-relatedness disorders.

They are convinced that a developmental neurobiological approach together with careful clinical examination and knowledge of current findings in neuropsychology are indispensable. It has become clear that child psychiatrists and neurologists, as well as child neuropsychologists and psychotherapists, need information about the relationship between brain and behaviour in a practical clinical context.

The three authors’ main focus of interest is developmental psychology, neurology and neuropsychoanalysis.

Contents:

Part I : Brain development in ontogeny

1 Brain development and plasticity before and after birth

2 Neural bases of cognitive functions

3 Behavioural genetics

4 Models of abnormal brain function and developmental disorders

Part II : Infant and toddler

5 Nature, diversity and principles of ontogenetic processes

6 Early relatedness: attachment and theory of body

7 Development of expressive praxis and gestural dyspraxia

8 Tan’s metamorphosis concept of speech-language development and early deviancy

9 Autism spectrum disorders, early signs

Part II : From toddler in to school age

10 Development of theory of mind

11 Autism spectrum disorders, late signs

12 Developmental dysphasia, late signs

Part IV : Treatment principles

13 Treatment principles for developmental disorders

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