Developmental Disorders And Interventions

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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 functioning of children with William's syndrome, Down syndrome, Fragile X and autism, reading difficulties, mathematical difficulties and working memory problems are discussed by some of the leading researchers in the field. Within each chapter, the authors consider current interventions and methods for remediating difficulties associated with each disorder, which will be of particular interest to clinical and educational practitioners. *Goes in depth to address contemporary research into neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders of learning.*A necessary resource for both psychology researchers and students

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Contributors to This Volume Paula J. Clarke Joni Holmes Kim M. Cornish Glynis Laws Darren L. Dunning Melanie A. Porter Susan E. Gathercole Deborah M. Riby David C. Geary Nicole J. Rinehart Kylie M. Gray Emma Truelove Lisa M. Henderson Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier 32 Jamestown Road, London NW1 7BY, UK Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA First edition 2010 Copyright # 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, E-mail: [email protected] You may also complete your request online via the Elsevier homepage (http://www.elsevier.com), by selecting “Support & Contact” then “Copyright and Permission” and then “Obtaining Permissions.” ⬁ Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, Elsevier prints its books on acid-free paper whenever possible. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-0-12-374748-8 ISSN: 0065-2407 (Series) For information on all Academic Press publications visit our website at elsevierdirect.com Printed in the United States of America 10 11 12 13 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contributors PAULA J. CLARKE School of Education, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom KIM M. CORNISH Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia DARREN L. DUNNING Department of Psychology, University of York, York, United Kingdom SUSAN E. GATHERCOLE Department of Psychology, University of York, York, United Kingdom DAVID C. GEARY Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA KYLIE M. GRAY Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia LISA M. HENDERSON Department of Psychology, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom JONI HOLMES Department of Psychol