to provide a framework for practice and to include case studies illustrating best practice in terms of measures, objectives for outcomes, and strategies for application.Examines the scientific basis of practice with a wealth of references to current research in each chapter.Describes models for decision making and their application to specific conditions and patients.Reveals how experienced practitioners include family members in the decision making process, which measurements they make and how they make them, and how they justify their choice of treatment strategies and techniques based on theory and science.Illustrates each patient case history with photographs of examination and treatment.Reviews the assessment and treatment of commonly encountered pediatric neurologic conditions such as cerebral palsy and spina bifida, as well as approaches to managing infants at risk for developmental disabilities.

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