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Nelson, Charles A.

Romania's Abandoned Children : Deprivation, Brain Development, and the Struggle for Recovery / Charles A. Nelson. - 1 online resource (414 p.) : 25 halftones, 10 tables

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Beginning of a Journey -- Chapter 2. Study Design and Launch -- Chapter 3. The History of Child Institutionalization in Romania -- Chapter 4. Ethical Considerations -- Chapter 5. Foster Care Intervention -- Chapter 6. Developmental Hazards of Institutionalization -- Chapter 7. Cognition and Language -- Chapter 8. Early Institutionalization and Brain Development -- Chapter 9. Growth, Motor, and Cellular Findings -- Chapter 10. Socioemotional Development -- Chapter 11. Psychopathology -- Chapter 12. Putting the Pieces Together -- References -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Romania's Abandoned Children reveals the heartbreaking toll paid by children deprived of responsive care, stimulation, and human interaction. Compared with children in foster care, the institutionalized children in this rigorous twelve‐year study showed severe impairment in IQ and brain development, along with social and emotional disorders.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674724709 9780674726079

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674726079 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Abandoned children--Deinstitutionalization--Romania.
Abandoned children--Psychology.--Romania
Deprivation (Psychology).
PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child.

LC Class. No.: HV887.R6 / .N45 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 362.7309498