Children with Down Syndrome: A Developmental Perspective

Year 1990
Pages 486

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This edition of Children with Down Syndrome: A Developmental Perspective by Dante Cicchetti is a book written for younger readers or for families to read together. The copy shown here is 1990 • Cambridge Univ Pr • 486 pages.

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Children with Down Syndrome: A Developmental Perspective by Dante Cicchetti is a more substantial, book written with younger readers in mind.

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