Understanding Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Grace Iarocci is Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Autism and Developmental Disorders Research Lab at Simon Fraser University. She is also a practicing psychologist in British Columbia, Canada. Jacob A. (Jake) Burack is Professor of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is the director of the McGill Youth Study Team and the scientific director of the Summit Centre for Education, Research, and Training.Dermot M. Bowler is a Professor of Psychology, a founder member of the Autism Research Group and Co-Chair of the Psychology Ethics Committee, at City, University of London, England.

• Part I: FoundationsChapter 1: Introduction: The Basics of a Developmental ApproachChapter 2: Gene-Environment Interactions and Intellectual DisabilityChapter 3: Screening, Assessment and Diagnosis Of Intellectual And Developmental DisabilitiesPart II: Intellectual DisabilitiesChapter 4: Down SyndromeChapter 5: Foetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersChapter 6: Neurogenetic Syndromes and Rare Disorders Associated with Intellectual DisabilityPart III: Developmental DisabilitiesChapter 7: Autism Spectrum Disorder: Psychological Theories and ExplanationsChapter 8: Autism Spectrum Disorder (or Difference): Features, Identification and ScreeningChapter 9: Language and CommunicationChapter 10: Specific Learning DisorderChapter 11: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderPart IV: Developmental Disability in ContextChapter 12: Intellectual Disability in the Family ContextChapter 13: Broadening Perspectives on Developmental Disability