The Oxford Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Development

Herausgeber: Burack, Jacob A; Zigler, Edward; Iarocci, Grace; Hodapp, Robert M

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Produktbeschreibung

We know considerably more about persons with intellectual disability than we did even a decade ago. Seeking to improve and increase upon this knowledge, The Oxford Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Development provides a map to continue sophisticated and precise research, to inspire professionals involved with intellectual disability, and to better the lives of persons affected by it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 264mm x 186mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 935g
• ISBN-13: 9780195305012
• ISBN-10: 0195305019
• Artikelnr.: 47868071

Autorenporträt

Jacob A. Burack, Ph.D., is Professor of School/Applied Developmental Psychology and Human Development in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University, Director of the McGill Youth Study Team (MYST), and a researcher at Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies. Robert M. Hodapp, Ph.D., is a Professor of Special Education in the Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt Peabody College and Director of Research at Vanderbilt University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Grace Iarocci, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Developmental and Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University, a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar, and Director of the Autism and Developmental Disorders Lab at SFU. Edward Zigler, Ph.D., is Sterling Professor of Psychology (Emeritus) at Yale University, founder and Director Emeritus of Yale's Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy.

Inhaltsangabe

* Part One: Introduction and Overview
* 1. 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
* Part Two: Genes and Behavior
* 2. Behavioural Genetics, Genomics, Intelligence, and Mental
Retardation
* Grace Iarocci and Stephen A. Petrill
* 3. The Contribution of Developmental Models towards Understanding
Gene-to-Behavior Mapping: The Case of Williams Syndrome
* Mayada Elsabbagh and Annette Karmiloff-Smith
* 4. Linking Genes to Cognition: The Case of Fragile X Syndrome
* Kim M. Cornish, Armando Bertone, Cary S. Kogan, and Gaia Scerif
* Part Three: Cognitive Development
* 5. The Organization and Development of Spatial Representation:
Insights from Williams Syndrome
* Barbara Landau
* 6. Understanding the Development of Attention in Persons with
Intellectual Disability: Challenging the Myths
* Grace Iarocci, Mafalda Porporino, James T. Enns, and Jacob A. Burack
* 7. Memory and Learning in Intellectual Disabilities
* Stefano Vicari
* 8. Short-Term Memory and Working Memory in Mental Retardation
* Christopher Jarrold and Jon Brock
* 9. Executive Function across Syndromes Associated with Intellectual
Disabilities: A Developmental Perspective
* Natalie Russo, Tamara Dawkins, Mariëtte Huizinga, and Jacob A. Burack
* 10. Musical Ability and Developmental Disorders
* Anjali K. Bhatara, Eve-Marie Quintin, and Daniel J. Levitin
* 11. Brain-Based Methods in the Study of Developmental Disabilities:
Examples from ERP and MRI Research
* Alexandra P.F. Key and Tricia A. Thornton-Well
* Part Four: Language Development
* 12. Language Development in Childhood, Adolescence, and Young
Adulthood in Persons with Down Syndrome
* Robin S. Chapman and Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird
* 13. Literacy Development in Childhood, Adolescence, and Young
Adulthood in Persons with Down Syndrome
* Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird and Robin S. Chapman
* 14. 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
* 15. Language Development in Williams Syndrome
* Carolyn B. Mervis
* Part Five: Social-Emotional Development
* 16. Emotional Development in Children with Developmental Disabilities
* Connie Kasari, Laudan Jahromi, and Amanda Gulsrud
* 17. Socio-emotional and Brain Development in Children with Genetic
Syndromes Associated with Developmental Delay
* Alison Niccols, Karen Thomas, and Louis A. Schmidt
* 18. 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
* Part Six: Family and Context
* 19. Family Well-being and Children with Intellectual Disability
* Laraine Masters Glidden
* 20. 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
* 21. Parenting and Mental Retardation: An attachment perspective
* Rinat Feniger-Schaal, David Oppenheim, Nina Koren-Karie, and Nurit
Yirmiya
* 22. Children with Down Syndrome: Parents' Perspectives
* Michal Al-Yagon and Malka Margalit
* 23. Child Eliciting Effects in Families of Children with Intellectual
Disability:
* Proximal and Distal Perspectives
* Deborah J. Fidler
* 24. Life Course Perspectives in Intellectual Disability Research: The
Case of Family Caregiving
* Anna J. Esbensen, Marsha Mailick Seltzer, and Marty Wyngaarden Krauss
* Part Seven: Conclusions and Future Directions
* 25. On Knowing More: Future Issues for Developmental Approaches to
Intellectual Disabilities
* Jacob A. Burack, Robert M. Hodapp, Grace Iarocci, and Edward Zigler
* Index