Down Syndrome Neurobehavioural Specificity

People with Down Syndrome show a specific developmental profile with strengths in social understanding and visual learning and memory, and more difficulties with motor processes, speech and language, and auditory-vocal short-term memory. It is important that parents, practitioners and teachers know this and adapt interventions and educational approaches to take account of this particular profile. This is the only book to date that explains the developmental profile of people with Down Syndrome from its many different angles. It covers a range of perspectives, including the biology, psychology, speech and language, health care, and social competence of both children and adults with Down Syndrome. All the information is gathered and placed in the context of the neuro-genetic science that is developing around this area.

Prof. Jean A. Rondal, University of Liège, Belgium
Prof. Rondal has studied the education of mentally retarded people for over 40 years. He has won multiple awards for his outstanding scientific research at international conferences, and taught at several universities in Europe and North America. He co-founded the European Down Syndrome Association and was president from 1997 to 2000. He is currently a member of the Directorial Board of Down Syndrome International.

Dr. Juan Perera, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
Dr. Perera has attained worldwide recognition for his conferences, research and publications. A guest lecturer at several European and American universities, he has dedicated himself to isolating, studying and describing specific aspects of Down syndrome. He was president of the World Down Syndrome Congress held in Madrid in 1997. He has also been a member of the Scientific Committee for the last four world congresses and has organised six international symposiums on the different aspects of Down syndrome in Majorca.

List of contributors

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Foreword

ix

1 Specificity in Down Syndrome: A New Therapeutic Criterion

1

(16)

J. Perera

2 Down Syndrome: From Pathology to Pathogenesis

17

(18)

Krystyna E. Wisniewski, Elizabeth Kida, Adam A. Golabek, Mariusz Walus, Ausma Rabe, Sonia Palminiello, Giorgio Albertini

3 Ageing and Susceptibility to Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome

35

(18)

David Patterson

4 Down Syndrome Specificity in Health Issues

53

(14)

Alberto Rasore Quartino

5 Neuropsychological Aspects of Down Syndrome

67

(18)

Lynn Nadel

6 The Contribution of Memory to the Behavioural Phenotype of Down Syndrome

85

(16)

Darlynne A. Devenny

7 Specific Language Profiles in Down Syndrome and other Genetic Syndromes of Mental Retardation

101

(24)

Jean-Adolphe Rondal

8 Total versus Partial Specificity in the Behaviour of Persons with Down Syndrome

125

(14)

Robert M. Hodapp

9 The Emergence of a Syndrome-specific Personality Profile in Young Children with Down Syndrome

139

(14)

Deborah J. Fidler

10 Learning Difficulties in Down Syndrome

153

(22)

Giovanni Maria Guazzo

11 Off to a Good Start: Early Intervention for Infants and Young Children with Down Syndrome and their Families

175

(16)

Donna Spiker

12 Family Setting in Down Syndrome

191

(22)

Salvatore Soresi, Laura Nota, Lea Ferrari

Conclusions

213

(2)

Index

215

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Down Syndrome Neurobehavioural Specificity

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