Developmental Disorders and Interventions /

• Other Authors: Holmes, Joni (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Academic Press, 2010.
• Series: Advances in child development and behavior ; v. 39.
• Subjects: Developmental disabilities.; Developmental disabilities > Treatment.; MEDICAL > Pediatrics.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Children's Health.; Electronic books.

Volume 39 of the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series is concerned with Developmental Disorders and Interventions. This volume provides an overview of contemporary research into cognitive, neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders of learning. The social, emotional and cognitive function...

Table of Contents:

• Poor working memory: impact and interventions / Joni Holmes, Susan E. Gathercole, and Darren L. Dunning
• Mathematical learning disabilities / David C. Geary
• The poor comprehender profile: understanding and supporting individuals who have difficulties extracting meaning from text / Paula J. Clarke, Lisa M. Henderson, and Emma Truelove
• Reading as an intervention for vocabulary, short-term memory of speech development of school-aged children with Down Syndrome: a review of the evidence / Glynis Law
• Williams Syndrome / Deborah M. Riby and Melanie A. Porter
• Fragile X Syndrome and associated disorders / Kim M. Cornish, Kylie M. Gray, and Nicole J. Rinehart.