International review of research in developmental disabilities. Vol. 56: State of the art of research on Down syndrome / edited by Silvia Lanfranchi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lanfranchi, Silvia, editor.

Series:

International review of research in developmental disabilities ; 0074-7750 v. 56 (OCoLC)1585860

International review of research in developmental disabilities ; v. 56 2211-6095

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Down syndrome--Research.

Down syndrome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages).

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, [2019]

Summary:

State of the Art of Research on Down Syndrome, Volume 56, the latest release in the International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on the Genetics and Genomics of Down Syndrome, Motor Development and Down Syndrome, Cognitive Profiles in Individuals with Down syndrome, Working Memory and Down syndrome, Environment Learning in Individuals with Down syndrome, Reading for Comprehension: The Contribution of Decoding, Linguistic and Cognitive Skills, Number Sense in Down syndrome, Early Starting States in Infants with Down Syndrome: Implications for Research and Practice, and more.- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors- Presents the latest release in the International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities series- Updated release includes the latest information on the State of the Art of Research on Down Syndrome

Contents:

Chapter 1. Genetics and genomics of Down syndrome

1. Introduction

2. History

3. Genetic causes and types of trisomy 21

4. Signs and symptoms of Down syndrome

5. Genetic diagnosis of trisomy 21

6. Human chromosome 21 (Hsa21)

7. The genomics of Down syndrome and the "Down syndrome critical region"

8. Genotype-phenotype correlation in Down syndrome

9. Beyond genomics: epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics of Down syndrome

10. Human cellular models of trisomy 21

11. Animal models of human trisomy 21

12. Integrated study and perspectives of the genetics and genomics of Down syndrome

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 2. Infant foundations in Down syndrome: early constraints on cognitive skill acquisition

1. Infant foundations in Down syndrome: early constraints on cognitive skill acquisition

1.1 Developmental cascades

2. Infant foundations in Down syndrome

3. Conclusion

Chapter 3. Cognitive profiles in individuals with Down syndrome

Introduction

1. The cognitive profile of Down syndrome

2. Developmental trajectories

3. Inter-individual variability

4. Specific abilities in Down syndrome

5. Methodological issues

6. Conclusions

Chapter 4. The working memory of individuals with Down Syndrome.

1. Working memory: an introduction

2. The assessment of working memory

3. The development of WM

4. Working memory performance in individuals with Down syndrome

5. Is it possible to train WM in individuals with DS?

6. Conclusions and future directions

Chapter 5. Environment learning in individuals with Down syndrome

1. Environment learning: theoretical background

2. Visuo-spatial abilities and environment learning in individuals with Down syndrome

3. Conclusions and future directions

Chapter 6. Motor development and Down syndrome

2. Motor proficiency and Down syndrome

3. Assessment of motor development in Down syndrome: performance-based and teacher-report measures

4. How to improve motor proficiency in Down syndrome: the adapted physical activity

5. Conclusions

Chapter 7. Reading for comprehension: the contribution of decoding, linguistic and cognitive skills

2. "The Simple View of Reading": a theoretical account of reading ability

3. Text comprehension in Down syndrome: the role of lower level and higher level abilities

4. Conclusion

Chapter 8. Mathematical abilities in Down syndrome

2. Basic number skills in typical development

3. Mathematical skills in Down syndrome

4. Methodological issues in research on mathematical skills in Down syndrome

5. Intervention

6. An experience of training number sense in children with Down syndrome

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-12-818455-8

0-12-818454-X