Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ436928
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Non-Organic Failure-to-Thrive: Origins and Psychoeducational Implications.
Phelps, LeAdelle
School Psychology Review, v20 n3 p417-27 1991
The passage of Public Law 99-457 relating to education for the handicapped increases the probability that the school psychologist will be asked to evaluate infants and children diagnosed as suffering from nonorganic failure-to-thrive (NOFT) disorder. Etiology, models, and interventions appropriate for NOFT children are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Counselor Role, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Etiology, Failure to Thrive, Handicap Identification, Infants, Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Psychoeducational Methods, Psychological Evaluation, School Psychologists, Student Evaluation, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments 1986
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