DESIGNED AS A SOURCE OF REFERENCE FOR TEACHING, THIS BOOK PRESENTS TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES USED IN THE CHILD AMPUTEE PROSTHETICS PROJECT (SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES). THE FIRST CHAPTER DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OVERSEEING INITIAL INTERVIEWS WITH CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS, MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS, AND PROSTHETIC FITTING. ORTHOPEDIC CONSIDERATIONS, PRESENTED IN CHAPTER TWO, COVER SURGICAL AND NONSURGICAL ASPECTS OF TREATMENT. THE PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS OF ADJUSTMENT TO AMPUTATION AND PROSTHESIS ARE DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER THREE. THE NEXT TWO CHAPTERS COVER PREPROSTHETIC EVALUATIONS AND THERAPY. PROSTHESIS DESIGN AND FITTING FOR CHILDREN ARE PRESENTED IN CHAPTER SIX, AND TRAINING IN THE USE OF THE PROSTHESIS FOR BOTH UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTEES IS DESCRIBED IN THE LAST TWO CHAPTERS. PHOTOGRAPHS, CHARTS, AND DIAGRAMS OF SPECIFIC LIMB DEFORMITIES AND PROSTHESIS DEVICES ARE INCLUDED. BOTH CONGENITAL AND TRAUMATIC AMPUTATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. GROWTH PATTERNS OF CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF BOTH NORMAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD AMPUTEE. THE APPENDIX INCLUDES SAMPLES OF EVALUATION CHARTS USED IN THE CHILD AMPUTEE PROSTHETICS PROJECT. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, LOS ANGELES AND BERKELEY, $8.50. (GB)