Neurodevelopmental Disabilities - Clinical And Scientific Foundations - International Review Of Child Neurology Series

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.

Dr Michael Shevell is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology/Neurosurgery and Paediatrics at McGill University. He is also currently Director of the Division of Paediatric Neurology at the Montreal Children's Hospital-McGill University Health Centre. He has an ongoing research interest in children with or at risk for neurodevelopmental disabilities. He was Chairman of the Xth World Congress of the International Child Neurology Association held in Montreal in June 2006. He is the long-standing Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Child Neurology Society and is a currently a Member of the Executive Board of the International Child Neurology Association and former President of the Canadian Association of Child Neurology.

Contents (contributors where applicable).

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 Adr? 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)