Typical and Atypical Development

Preface.

Introduction:.

Part I: Typical Development.

Part II: Typical Development.

Part III: Typical Development.

Part IV: Atypical Development: The Hazardous Route.

Part V: Atypical Development: Mental Health and MentalIllness.

Part VI: Atypical Development: Children with Special Needs.

Epilogue.

Appendix I: False and True Beliefs.

Appendix II: Measurement of Intelligence.

References and Bibliography.

Index.

'Although many have attempted to write a developmentally based book
on child and adolescent behavior problems, few have achieved this
lofty and elusive goal. Professor Herbert does so, however. He
nicely bridges the gap or, some would say, chasm between
developmental psychology, educational psychology, and clinical
child and adolescent psychology. Throughout this volume, he weaves
a rich tapestry of typical (i.e., normal) development and
development gone awry. Developmental psychopathology comes alive.
His approach is theoretically sophisticated, clinically sensitive,
and both engaging and timely. It is, in short, a volume whose time
has come.' Thomas H. Ollendick, PhD, University Distinguished
Professor, Virginia Tech

'Professor Herbert summarizes very complicated material
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clinical psychology and places them within an appropriate
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practice in the 21st century and is an invaluable aide-mémoire
to all working with children.' William Yule, PhD, Professor of
Applied Child Psychology, University of London Institute of
Psychiatry

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University of Hull, The Psychologist, August 2003, Vol 16,
No.8

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book Herbert skilfully succeeds in addressing issues of clinical
and educational psychology and interweaving these with
developmental, social and cognitive psychology ... Students and
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developmental problems. At a time when there is an increasing
interest in, and concern with, the development of children and
young people and the ways in which the environment in its widest
sense can influence development, this book transcends the
traditional distinction between nature and nurture and provides a
clinically sensitive and academically authoritative account of
normal and atypical development. As stated by Thomas Ollendick on
the back cover, 'it is a volume whose time has come'." Ingrid
Lunt, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 45, No. 6,
September 2004

Martin Herbert is Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Royal and Devon Exeter Health Care Trust and Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Exeter.

M. Herbert, University of Exeter