Pediatric Neuropsychology Case Studies From the Exceptional to the C
Pediatric Neuropsychology Case Studies: From the Exceptional to the Commonplace. Edited by Jennifer Niskala Apps, Robert F. Newby, and Laura Weiss Roberts, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Pediatric Neuropsychology Case Studies combines an evidence
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Pediatric Neuropsychology Case Studies From the Exceptional to the Commonplace
Editors Jennifer Niskala Apps Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee WI 53226 USA
Robert F. Newby Medical College of Wisconsin Departments of Neurology 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee WI 53226 USA
Laura Weiss Roberts Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee WI 53226 USA
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To those who have always believed and encouraged, beginning with my unconditionally loving mom and continuing with my inspirational husband. —JNA For David, Michael, Kate, and Anna: Parents learn from their children. —RFN For my beautiful, resilient, compelling children, Madeline, Helen, Willa, and Thomas. —LWR
Preface
For each one of us, life is a story. Our own story. It begins before we are born and is written slowly, painstakingly, a day at a time – or at some moments in a sudden flurry. Each person who touches our lives writes a bit of that story, and in turn we touch others and write bits of their stories. Our story is a collection of our experiences, evidence of our impact in the world, and the knowledge we have of ourselves as individuals. When a child comes into the life of parents, several stories unite. We imagine this union, growing up on the expectation that parenthood, and childhood, should somehow be uniquely perfect. So what then happens when an unexpected chapter of that story is introduced? We have all heard that children are not born with a “how to” manual. No parent raising a child doubts the truth of this statement. However, for some parents, the immensity of this truth can seem difficult to bear. Some parents face the task of writing entire chapters of their child’s life while dealing with trauma, illness, and disabilities, which were never supposed to happen. A pediatric neuropsychologist is both fascinated and frustrated by these chapt
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