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Coping and Adjustment of Children with Neurological Disorder

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Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology

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The opportunity to test the limits of one’s clinical acumen is clearly apparent in the field of clinical child neuropsychology. The explosion of related theory and research, the complexity of case material, and the growing demand for applied expertise continue to challenge us daily. Indeed, the study of developmental brain-behavior relationships can be so intrinsically fascinating, so alluring, that many of us cannot imagine being satisfied in another domain of study. Yet there may be a subtle trap in all of this, the trap of becoming so enthralled with exploring brain-behavior relationships in isolation that we lose sight of the total experience of the child.

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  2. Austin Neurological Clinic, Austin, Texas, 78705, USA

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Whelan, T.B., Walker, M.L. (1997). Coping and Adjustment of Children with Neurological Disorder. In: Reynolds, C.R., Fletcher-Janzen, E. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5351-6_34

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