Description
Book SynopsisThe key question in this provocative and state-of-the-art research volume is whether people with Down syndrome have a specific developmental profile of strengths, weaknesses, and needs on which early intervention, education, and healthcare should be based if they are to be effective.
Table of ContentsList of contributors.
Foreword.
1 Specifi city in Down Syndrome: A New Therapeutic Criterion (J. Perera).
2 Down Syndrome: From Pathology to Pathogenesis (Krystyna E. Wisniewski, Elizabeth Kida, Adam A. Golabek, Mariusz Walus, Ausma Rabe, Sonia Palminiello, Giorgio Albertini).
3 Ageing and Susceptibility to Alzheimer’s Disease in Down Syndrome (David Patterson).
4 Down Syndrome Specifi city in Health Issues (Alberto Rasore Quartino).
5 Neuropsychological Aspects of Down Syndrome (Lynn Nadel).
6 The Contribution of Memory to the Behavioural Phenotype of Down Syndrome (Darlynne A. Devenny).
7 Specifi c Language Profi les in Down Syndrome and other Genetic Syndromes of Mental Retardation (Jean-Adolphe Rondal).
8 Total versus Partial Specifi city in the Behaviour of Persons with Down Syndrome (Robert M. Hodapp).
9 The Emergence of a Syndrome-specifi c Personality Profi le in Young Children with Down Syndrome (Deborah J. Fidler).
10 Learning Diffi culties in Down Syndrome (Giovanni Maria Guazzo).
11 Off to a Good Start: Early Intervention for Infants and Young Children with Down Syndrome and their Families (Donna Spiker).
12 Family Setting in Down Syndrome (Salvatore Soresi, Laura Nota, Lea Ferrari).
Conclusions.
Index.
