Main description:

Neurodevelopmental disabilities are a common problem in child health. This book takes a comprehensive approach to addressing these often challenging clinical diagnoses. In particular, it focuses on the two most common of childhood neurodevelopmental disabilities: global developmental delay and developmental language impairment. It seeks to put forward our present conceptualization of these entities as well as their proper evaluation and assessment and diagnosis from a variety of perspectives. It also provides details on our current understanding of the scientific basis of these disorders and their underlying causes. Issues related to medical management, rehabilitation, and eventual outcomes are also addressed in a detailed way. The book has wide appeal to those in paediatrics, developmental paediatrics, child neurology, and paediatric rehabilitation. Its geographic appeal includes both developed and developing nations as some chapters are devoted to the particular issues faced in underdeveloped countries. The book's focus on both clinical and scientific aspects is invaluable in this field.
It also provides extensive information in a single source relating to often-overlooked areas such as medical management, rehabilitation, public policy, and ethics.

Contents:

AN OVERVIEW OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY Michael Shevell (Canada) THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SELECTED NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: AN OVERVIEW Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp and Carolyn Drews-Botsch (USA) THE CHANGING PANORAMA OF PRESCHOOL DISABILITY: BIOMEDICAL AND SOCIAL RISK Michael E. Msall and Jennifer J. Park (USA) ETHICS AND COMMON MORALITY IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Michael Shevell (Canada) POLICY AND GOALS FOR THE FUTURE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILTIES David L. Coulter (USA) CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD Sally Hartley and Charles R.J.C. Newton (UK) DETECTION AND EVALUATION OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SCREENING FOR DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS Frances Page Glascoe and Kevin P. Marks (USA) ETIOLOGY AND EVALUATION IN NEURODEVEOPMENTAL DISABILITY Michael Shevell (Canada) NOVEL IMAGING TECHNIQUES Jeff Neil and Terry Inder (USA) SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY NEUROBIOLOGY OF SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT Richard I. Webster (Australia) EFFECTS OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER AT THE SYNAPSE Brian R. Christie, Brennan D. Eadie, Carl Ernst, Andrea K. Titterness , Cristina O. Vasuta, and Alina J. Webber (Canada) MOLECULAR BASIS OF LEARNING AND MEMORY Francois Bolduc and Tim Tully (USA) NEURONAL PLASTICITY AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY Sheryl L. Rimrodt and Michael V. Johnston (USA) ETIOLOGIC FEATURES CHROMOSOMAL SYNDROMES AND DEVLEOPMENTAL DELAY Sara S. Cathey and Kenton R. Holden (USA) INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY Myriam Srour and Michael Shevell (Canada) THE CEREBELLUM AND DEVELOPMENT Catherine Limperopoulos (Canada) and Adre du Plessis (USA) GENETIC MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT Elliott H. Sherr (USA) PERINATAL ACQUIRED BRAIN IJNURY Jerome Y. Yager (Canada) and Pierre Gressens (France) NON-PERINATAL ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY David J. Michelson and Stephen Ashwal (USA) MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, REHABILITATION, HEALTH, AND OUTCOMES NEW CONCEPTS IN THE REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Annette Majnemer and Johanna Darrah(Canada) EARLY INTERVENTION IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES David A. Kube and Frederick B. Palmer (USA) SERVICE UTILIZATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION OF CHILDREN WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Barbara Mazer and Annette Majnemer (Canada) CO-MORBID CONDITIONS IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Elysa J. Marco (USA) OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Annette Majnemer and Catherine Limperopoulos (Canada)