This authoritative handbook reviews the breadth of current knowledge about developmental
disabilities: neuroscientific and genetic foundations; the impact on health, learning, and …

Children with neurodevelopmental disabilities present with significant health, rehabilitation,
and special education challenges. Yet well-designed interventions can make a real …

Changes within the interdisciplinary field of intellectual and developmental disabilities are
evolving at a rapid pace. Clinicians, academics, administrators, and a variety of mental …

Recognized as the definitive reference in the field, this book addresses a broad range of
biologically based disorders that affect children's learning and development. Leading …

Developmental Disabilities are disorders of the developing nervous system that manifest
during infancy or childhood as developmental delay or as limitations of function in one or …

This paper addresses early identification, services, supports, and intervention for young
children, birth through 4 years, who demonstrate delays in development that may place them …

One of the largest and most complex human services systems in Western nations has
evolved to address the needs of people with developmental disabilities. In the US, for …

The first chapter of the book offers an introduction to the field of developmental disabilities,
setting out some major guiding ideas and facts, incidence and prevalence figures …

Development and Disabilities offers the first" multi-disability" developmental approach to
children with mental retardation, deafness, blindness and motor impairments. The book is …

Edited by two leading authorities and written by a team of international experts in the field,
this book describes the causes, course and treatment of a variety of developmental and …