Part One: Introduction and Overview
1. The More You Know the Less You Know, But That's OK: Developments in the Developmental Approach to Intellectual Disability
Jacob A. Burack, Natalie Russo, Heidi Flores, Grace Iarocci, and Edward Zigler
Part Two: Genes and Behavior
2. Behavioural Genetics, Genomics, Intelligence, and Mental Retardation
Grace Iarocci and Stephen A. Petrill
3. The Contribution of Developmental Models towards Understanding Gene-to-Behavior Mapping: The Case of Williams Syndrome
Mayada Elsabbagh and Annette Karmiloff-Smith
4. Linking Genes to Cognition: The Case of Fragile X Syndrome
Kim M. Cornish, Armando Bertone, Cary S. Kogan, and Gaia Scerif
Part Three: Cognitive Development
5. The Organization and Development of Spatial Representation: Insights from Williams Syndrome
Barbara Landau
6. Understanding the Development of Attention in Persons with Intellectual Disability: Challenging the Myths
Grace Iarocci, Mafalda Porporino, James T. Enns, and Jacob A. Burack
7. Memory and Learning in Intellectual Disabilities
Stefano Vicari
8. Short-Term Memory and Working Memory in Mental Retardation
Christopher Jarrold and Jon Brock
9. Executive Function across Syndromes Associated with Intellectual Disabilities: A Developmental Perspective
Natalie Russo, Tamara Dawkins, Mariëtte Huizinga, and Jacob A. Burack
10. Musical Ability and Developmental Disorders
Anjali K. Bhatara, Eve-Marie Quintin, and Daniel J. Levitin
11. Brain-Based Methods in the Study of Developmental Disabilities: Examples from ERP and MRI Research
Alexandra P.F. Key and Tricia A. Thornton-Well
Part Four: Language Development
12. Language Development in Childhood, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood in Persons with Down Syndrome
Robin S. Chapman and Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird
13. Literacy Development in Childhood, Adolescence, and Young Adulthood in Persons with Down Syndrome
Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird and Robin S. Chapman
14. Language Development in Fragile X Syndrome: Syndrome-Specific Features, Within-Syndrome Variation, and Contributing Factors
Leonard Abbeduto, Andrea McDuffie, Nancy Brady, and Sara T. Kover
15. Language Development in Williams Syndrome
Carolyn B. Mervis
Part Five: Social-Emotional Development
16. Emotional Development in Children with Developmental Disabilities
Connie Kasari, Laudan Jahromi, and Amanda Gulsrud
17. Socio-emotional and Brain Development in Children with Genetic Syndromes Associated with Developmental Delay
Alison Niccols, Karen Thomas, and Louis A. Schmidt
18. The Assessment and Presentation of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Associated Characteristics in Individuals with Severe Intellectual Disability and Genetic Syndromes
Joanna Moss, Patricia Howlin, and Chris Oliver
Part Six: Family and Context
19. Family Well-being and Children with Intellectual Disability
Laraine Masters Glidden
20. Dyadic Interaction between Mothers and Children with Down Syndrome or Williams Syndrome: Empirical Evidence and Emerging Agendas
Penny Hauser-Cram, Angela N. Howell-Moneta, and Jessica Mercer Young
21. Parenting and Mental Retardation: An attachment perspective
Rinat Feniger-Schaal, David Oppenheim, Nina Koren-Karie, and Nurit Yirmiya
22. Children with Down Syndrome: Parents' Perspectives
Michal Al-Yagon and Malka Margalit
23. Child Eliciting Effects in Families of Children with Intellectual Disability:
Proximal and Distal Perspectives
Deborah J. Fidler
24. Life Course Perspectives in Intellectual Disability Research: The Case of Family Caregiving
Anna J. Esbensen, Marsha Mailick Seltzer, and Marty Wyngaarden Krauss
Part Seven: Conclusions and Future Directions
25. On Knowing More: Future Issues for Developmental Approaches to Intellectual Disabilities
Jacob A. Burack, Robert M. Hodapp, Grace Iarocci, and Edward Zigler
Index