The Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late
by: Thomas Sowell
List Price: $16.95
Prices subject to change.
Price: $13.22
You Save: $3.73 (22%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Product Description:
The Einstein Syndrome is a follow-up to Late-Talking Children, which established Thomas Sowell as a leading spokesman on the subject. While many children who talk late suffer from developmental disorders or autism, there is a certain well-defined group who are developmentally normal or even quite bright, yet who may go past their fourth birthday before beginning to talk. These children are often misdiagnosed as autistic or retarded, a mistake that is doubly hard on parents who must first worry about their apparently handicapped children and then must see them lumped into special classes and therapy groups where all the other children are clearly very different.
Since he first became involved in this issue in the mid-1990s, Sowell has joined with Stephen Camarata of Vanderbilt University, who has conducted a much broader, more rigorous study of this phenomenon than the anecdotes reported in Late-Talking Children. Sowell can now identify a particular syndrome, a cluster of common symptoms and family characteristics, that differentiates these late-talking children from others; relate this syndrome to other syndromes; speculate about its causes; and describe how children with this syndrome are likely to develop.
The Einstein Syndrome is a follow-up to Late-Talking Children, which established Thomas Sowell as a leading spokesman on the subject. While many children who talk late suffer from developmental disorders or autism, there is a certain well-defined group who are developmentally normal or even quite bright, yet who may go past their fourth birthday before beginning to talk. These children are often misdiagnosed as autistic or retarded, a mistake that is doubly hard on parents who must first worry about their apparently handicapped children and then must see them lumped into special classes and therapy groups where all the other children are clearly very different.
Since he first became involved in this issue in the mid-1990s, Sowell has joined with Stephen Camarata of Vanderbilt University, who has conducted a much broader, more rigorous study of this phenomenon than the anecdotes reported in Late-Talking Children. Sowell can now identify a particular syndrome, a cluster of common symptoms and family characteristics, that differentiates these late-talking children from others; relate this syndrome to other syndromes; speculate about its causes; and describe how children with this syndrome are likely to develop.
Alternate Versions:
Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category:
- Books » Subjects » Health, Mind & Body » Psychology & Counseling » Child Psychology » Development
- Books » Subjects » Health, Mind & Body » Psychology & Counseling » Child Psychology » General
- Books » Subjects » Health, Mind & Body » Psychology & Counseling » General
- Books » Subjects » Health, Mind & Body » Psychology & Counseling » General AAS
- Books » Subjects » Health, Mind & Body » Relationships » General AAS
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Excellent information for parents with a child who isn't talking
This book is full of real life experience information.Professionals might not like it, since it tells you that some of them aren't very good at what they do, and advises you to keep looking until you find the right doctor or therapist.
While it focuses on a specific sub group of children who are completely developmentally normal except for expressive language, the information and anecdotes are a good education for any parent with a child that has development issues.
Read More
Rating: - Fantastic book I highly recommend
I personally thought this was a fantastic read.A little history; my son was a late talker.Couldn't string two words together until 4 1/2 years.Was at the 1% for speech.His IQ was around a full scale of 65.That's around the retarded range.
This book at the time was one of the only books available on this subject and it gave me a ray of hope.I always knew he was smart, he was building robots at five, but the teachers thought I built them.Well, as you can imagine it's difficult ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent presentation of bright children that talk late w/o any "problems"
I requested this book for Christmas to allay the concerns of others for my firstborn child.At the time, my son was 26 months old. He had a spoken vocabulary of fewer than 10 words, but he understood what we were saying, could obviously hear, was obviously bright in other areas, etc.So, my husband and I were unworried, but others were not.So we bought this book, which presents the message that some perfectly normal children just talk later and there's no need to worry if they're otherwise normal.It ... Read More
Rating: - The Einstein Syndrome
This was a very interesting and informative book.It gave me, my daughter and son in law hope in that their son is a late talker.So many of the things mentioned in this book fit him to a T.
Rating: - Extremely Helpful
At 14 months old, and after having played with an electric toy for 2 weeks, my son figured out on his own the entire alphabet, shapes, and numbers 1-10. He was fascinated with books and taught himself to read. He was reading before turning 2, and at 2 years old, he was reading hundreds of words. Now at three, he can read thousands of words. He is amazing with puzzles, and according to his teacher, builds incredibly creative and interesting things with toys like blocks or legos. He is very loving and loves ... Read More
- Excellent information for parents with a child who isn't talkingThis book is full of real life experience information.Professionals might not like it, since it tells you that some of them aren't very good at what they do, and advises you to keep looking until you find the right doctor or therapist.
While it focuses on a specific sub group of children who are completely developmentally normal except for expressive language, the information and anecdotes are a good education for any parent with a child that has development issues.
Read More
- Fantastic book I highly recommendI personally thought this was a fantastic read.A little history; my son was a late talker.Couldn't string two words together until 4 1/2 years.Was at the 1% for speech.His IQ was around a full scale of 65.That's around the retarded range.
This book at the time was one of the only books available on this subject and it gave me a ray of hope.I always knew he was smart, he was building robots at five, but the teachers thought I built them.Well, as you can imagine it's difficult ... Read More
- Excellent presentation of bright children that talk late w/o any "problems"I requested this book for Christmas to allay the concerns of others for my firstborn child.At the time, my son was 26 months old. He had a spoken vocabulary of fewer than 10 words, but he understood what we were saying, could obviously hear, was obviously bright in other areas, etc.So, my husband and I were unworried, but others were not.So we bought this book, which presents the message that some perfectly normal children just talk later and there's no need to worry if they're otherwise normal.It ... Read More
- The Einstein SyndromeThis was a very interesting and informative book.It gave me, my daughter and son in law hope in that their son is a late talker.So many of the things mentioned in this book fit him to a T.
- Extremely HelpfulAt 14 months old, and after having played with an electric toy for 2 weeks, my son figured out on his own the entire alphabet, shapes, and numbers 1-10. He was fascinated with books and taught himself to read. He was reading before turning 2, and at 2 years old, he was reading hundreds of words. Now at three, he can read thousands of words. He is amazing with puzzles, and according to his teacher, builds incredibly creative and interesting things with toys like blocks or legos. He is very loving and loves ... Read More
