Developmental social neuroscience and childhood brain insult : theory and practice / edited by Vicki Anderson, Miriam H. Beauchamp.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Synthesizing cutting-edge knowledge from multiple disciplines, this book explores the impact of acquired brain injury and developmental disabilities on children's emerging social skills. The editors present an innovative framework for understanding how brain processes interact with social development in both typically developing children and clinical populations. Key issues in assessment are addressed, including ways to measure both social function and brain function using developmentally sound tools. Balancing theoretical and clinical concerns, the book describes promising interventions for promoting children's adjustment and helping them participate more fully in the social world. Illustrations include six color plates.

Social : a theoretical model of developmental social neuroscience -- Theoretical contributions (Peer relations and social competence in childhood ; Brain development and the emergence of social function ; Social and moral functioning : a cognitive neuroscience perspective ; Environmental contributions to the development of social competence : focus on parents) -- Assessing social function (Measuring social skills with questionnaires and rating scales ; Measuring the different components of social cognition in children and adolescents ; Theory-driven imaging paradigms and social functions : implications of measurement strategies ; Measurement of social participation) -- Disrupted social function (Theoretical approaches to understanding social function in childhood brain insults : toward the integration of social neuroscience and developmental psychology ; Impact of early brain insult on the development of social competence ; Social development and traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents ; Genetic disorders and social problems ; Paediatric brain-injury-related psychiatric disorders and social function ; Social cognition in Autism) -- Social interventions (Pragmatic language impairment after brain injury : social implications and treatment models ; Family-centered and parent-based models for treating socio -- behavioural problems in children with acquired brain injury ; Social anxiety and its treatment in children and adolescents with acquired brain injury)