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Front Cover |
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Advances in Child Development and Behavior: Developmental Disorders and Interventions |
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Copyright |
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Contents |
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Contributors |
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Preface |
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References |
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Chapter 1: Poor Working Memory: Impact and Interventions |
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I. Introduction |
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II. Cognitive Profile |
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III. Social and Behavioral Profile |
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IV. Interventions |
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V. Summary and Future Directions |
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References |
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Chapter 2: Mathematical Learning Disabilities |
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I. Introduction |
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II. Cognitive Profile |
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III. Social and Behavioral Profile |
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IV. Interventions |
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V. Summary and Future Directions |
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Acknowledgments |
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References |
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Chapter 3: The Poor Comprehender Profile: Understanding and Supporting Individuals who Have Difficulties Extracting Meaning From Text |
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I. Introduction |
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II. Behavioral Profile |
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III. Cognitive Profile |
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IV. Biological Profile |
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V. Environmental Factors |
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VI. Interventions |
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VII. Summary and Future Directions |
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References |
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Chapter 4: Reading as an Intervention for Vocabulary, Short-Term Memory and Speech Development of School-Aged Children with Down Syndrome: a Review of the Evidence |
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I. Introduction |
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II. Cognitive Profile in Down Syndrome |
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III. Language, VSTM, Speech Production, and Hearing |
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IV. Reading in Children with DS |
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V. Summary and Future Directions |
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Acknowledgments |
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References |
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Chapter 5: Williams Syndrome |
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I. Introduction |
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II. Cognitive Profile |
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III. Social Behaviors |
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IV. Psychopathology |
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V. Interventions |
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VI. Conclusions and Future Directions |
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References |
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Chapter 6: Fragile X Syndrome and Associated Disorders |
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I. Introduction |
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II. Genetic Profile |
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III. Neural Profile |
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IV. Cognitive Profile |
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V. Social and Behavioral Profiles |
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VI. Interventions |
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VII. Summary and Future Directions |
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References |
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Author Index |
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Subject Index |
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Contents of Previous Volumes |
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