Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

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.

• AN OVERVIEW OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITYCONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITYMichael Shevell (Canada)THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SELECTED NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: AN OVERVIEWMarshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp and Carolyn Drews-Botsch (USA)THE CHANGING PANORAMA OF PRESCHOOL DISABILITY: BIOMEDICAL AND SOCIAL RISKMichael E. Msall and Jennifer J. Park (USA)ETHICS AND COMMON MORALITY IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESMichael Shevell (Canada)POLICY AND GOALS FOR THE FUTURE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILTIESDavid L. Coulter (USA)CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLDSally Hartley and Charles R.J.C. Newton (UK)DETECTION AND EVALUATION OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITYSCREENING FOR DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMSFrances Page Glascoe and Kevin P. Marks (USA)ETIOLOGY AND EVALUATION IN NEURODEVEOPMENTAL DISABILITYMichael Shevell (Canada)NOVEL IMAGING TECHNIQUESJeff Neil and Terry Inder (USA)SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITYNEUROBIOLOGY OF SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTRichard I. Webster (Australia)EFFECTS OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER AT THE SYNAPSEBrian R. Christie, Brennan D. Eadie, Carl Ernst, Andrea K. Titterness , Cristina O. Vasuta, and Alina J. Webber (Canada)MOLECULAR BASIS OF LEARNING AND MEMORYFrancois Bolduc and Tim Tully (USA)NEURONAL PLASTICITY AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITYSheryl L. Rimrodt and Michael V. Johnston (USA)ETIOLOGIC FEATURESCHROMOSOMAL SYNDROMES AND DEVLEOPMENTAL DELAYSara S. Cathey and Kenton R. Holden (USA)INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYMyriam Srour and Michael Shevell (Canada)THE CEREBELLUM AND DEVELOPMENTCatherine Limperopoulos (Canada) and Adré du Plessis (USA)GENETIC MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENTElliott H. Sherr (USA)PERINATAL ACQUIRED BRAIN IJNURYJerome Y. Yager (Canada) and Pierre Gressens (France)NON-PERINATAL ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURYDavid J. Michelson and Stephen Ashwal (USA)MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, REHABILITATION, HEALTH, AND OUTCOMESNEW CONCEPTS IN THE REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESAnnette Majnemer and Johanna Darrah(Canada)EARLY INTERVENTION IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESDavid A. Kube and Frederick B. Palmer (USA)SERVICE UTILIZATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION OF CHILDREN WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESBarbara Mazer and Annette Majnemer (Canada)CO-MORBID CONDITIONS IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESElysa J. Marco (USA)OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESAnnette Majnemer and Catherine Limperopoulos (Canada)