Patricia Howlin & Tony Charman 
The SAGE Handbook of Developmental Disorders 

Over the last four decades, breakthroughs in genetic knowledge, together with the emergence of disciplines devoted to the scientific study of developmental disorders have resulted in much greater awareness of the many different behavioural and genetic phenotypes involved. It is now evident that not only do different disorders have different causes and different manifestations, but different neurological and biochemical bases, different responses to intervention, and different life courses.

Reflecting the enormous changes that have taken place in our knowledge and understanding of developmental disorders, this groundbreaking international volume brings this vast and complex field together for the first time. The Editors have collected together the world′s leading academic scholars and clinicians, to explore how current research across a range of different disciplines can inform clinical practice and help to improve the lives of individuals and their families.

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PART ONE: OVERVIEW

Introduction – Patricia Howlin, Tony Charman and Mohammad Ghaziuddin

PART TWO: DISORDERS WITH A KNOWN GENETIC CAUSE

Down Syndrome: General Overview – Deborah J. Fidler and Lisa Daunhauer

Down Syndrome: Lifetime Course and Strategies for Intervention – Janet Carr

Fragile X Syndrome: Medical and Genetic Aspects – R.J. Hagerman et al

Fragile X Syndrome: Life Course and Strategies for Intervention – Andrea Schneider and David Hessl

Williams Syndrome: Overview and Recent Advances in Research – Daniela Plesa Skwerer and Helen Tager-Flusburg

Prader-Willi Syndrome – Joyce Whittington and Anthony Holland

Angelman Syndrome – Bernard Dan and Karine Pelc

Rett Disorder – Alison Kerr and Hayley Archer

Smith-Magenis Syndrome – Jenny Sloneem and Orlee Udwin

Tuberous Sclerosis Complex – Petrus J de Vries

Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome/ 22q11 Deletion Syndrome – Frederick Sundram and Kieran C Murphy

Cornelia de Lange, Cri du Chat and Rubistein Taybi Syndromes – Chris Oliver et al

PART THREE: DISORDERS WITH COMPLEX OR AS YET UNKNOWN CAUSES

Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder – Timothy E Wilens and Thomas J Spencer

Autism Spectrum Disorders: General Overview – Catherine Lord, So Hyun Kim and Adriana Di Martino

Autism Spectrum, Disorders: Interventions and Outcomes – Patricia Howlin and Tony Charman

Developmental Language Disorders: Overview – Courtenay Frazier Norbury

Developmental Language Disorders: Lifetime Course and Strategies for Intervention – Rhea Paul and Kimberly Gilbert

Intellectual Disability: Concepts, Definitions and Assessment – Cory Shulman et al

Intellectual Disability: Lifetime Course and Strategies for Intervention – Jane Mc Carthy and Nick Bouras

The Disintegrative Disorders – Fred R Volkmar

Epileptic Disorders – Ian Miller and Roberto Tuchman

Tourette Syndrome – Mary M Robertson and Andrea E Cavanna

PART FOUR: ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED DISORDERS

Acquired Brain Injury during Childhood – Anna Mandalis, Frank Muscara, and Vicki Anderson

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders – Kieran D O′Malley

Preterm and Low Birth Weight Babies – Dieter Wolke

Extreme Deprivation – Michael Rutter and Camilla Azis-Clauson

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Mohammad Ghaziuddin is an Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry at the University of Michigan
in Ann Arbor, USA.