The Oxford handbook of intellectual disability and development / edited by Jacob A. Burack ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burack, Jacob A.

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Oxford library of psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual disability.

Developmental disabilities.

People with mental disabilities.

Intellectual Disability.

Developmental Disabilities.

Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.

Medical Subjects:

Intellectual Disability.

Developmental Disabilities.

Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.

Physical Description:

xviii, 413 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Handbook of intellectual disability and development

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]

Contents:

Introduction and overview

The more you know the less you know, but that's OK : developments in the developmental approach to intellectual disability / Jacob A. Burack, Natalie Russo, Heidi Flores, Grace Iarocci, and Edward Zigler

Genes and behavior

Behavioural genetics, genomics, intelligence, and mental retardation / Grace Iarocci and Stephen A. Petrill

The contribution of developmental models towards understanding gene-to-behavior mapping : the case of Williams Syndrome / Mayada Elsabbagh & Annette Karmiloff-Smith

Linking genes to cognition : the case of fragile X syndrome / Kim M. Cornish, Armando Bertone, Cary S. Kogan, and Gaia Scerif

Cognitive development

The organization and development of spatial representation : insights from Williams Syndrome / Barbara Landau

Understanding the development of attention in persons with intellectual disability : challenging the myths / Grace Iarocci, Mafalda Porporino, James T. Enns, and Jacob A. Burack

Memory and learning in intellectual disabilities / Stefano Vicari

Short-term memory and working memory in mental retardation / Christopher Jarrold and Jon Brock

Executive function across syndromes associated with intellectual disabilities : a developmental perspective / Natalie Russo, Tamara Dawkins, Mariëtte Huizinga, and Jacob A. Burack

Musical ability and developmental disorders / Anjali K. Bhatara, Eve-Marie Quintin, and Daniel J. Levitin

Brain-based methods in the study of developmental disabilities : examples from ERP and MRI research / Alexandra P.F. Key and Tricia A. Thornton-Well

Language development

Language development in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood in persons with Down syndrome / Robin S. Chapman and Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird

Literacy development in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood in persons with Down syndrome / Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird and Robin S. Chapman

Language development in fragile X syndrome : syndrome-specific features, within-syndrome variation, and contributing factors / Leonard Abbeduto, Andrea McDuffie, Nancy Brady, and Sara T. Kover

Language development in Williams Syndrome / Carolyn B. Mervis

Social-emotional development

Emotional development in children with developmental disabilities / Connie Kasari, Laudan Jahromi, and Amanda Gulsrud

Socio-emotional and brain development in children with genetic syndromes associated with developmental delay / Alison Niccols, Karen Thomas, and Louis A. Schmidt

The assessment and presentation of autism spectrum disorder and associated characteristics in individuals with severe intellectual disability and genetic syndromes / Joanna Moss, Patricia Howlin, and Chris Oliver

Family and context

Family well-being and children with intellectual disability / Laraine Masters Glidden

Dyadic interaction between mothers and children with down syndrome or williams syndrome : empirical evidence and emerging agendas / Penny Hauser-Cram, Angela N. Howell-Moneta, and Jessica Mercer Young

Parenting and mental retardation: an attachment perspective / Rinat Feniger-Schaal, David Oppenheim, Nina Koren-Karie, and Nurit Yirmiya

Children with down syndrome : parents' perspectives / Michal Al-Yagon and Malka Margalit

Child eliciting effects in families of children with intellectual disability :

Proximal and distal perspectives / Deborah J. Fidler

Life course perspectives in intellectual disability research : the case of family caregiving / Anna J. Esbensen, Marsha Mailick Seltzer, and Marty Wyngaarden Krauss

Conclusions and future directions

On knowing more : future issues for developmental approaches to intellectual disabilities / Jacob A. Burack, Robert M. Hodapp, Grace Iarocci, and Edward Zigler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0195305019

9780195305012

OCLC:

698027267

Publisher Number:

99946438138