The Sage Handbook of Developmental Disorders

Over the last four decades, breakthroughs in genetic knowledge, together with the emergence of disciplines devoted to the scientific study of developmental disorders have resulted in much greater awareness of the many different behavioural and genetic phenotypes involved. It is now evident that not only do different disorders have different causes and different manifestations, but different neurological and biochemical bases, different responses to intervention, and different life courses.Reflecting the enormous changes that have taken place in our knowledge and understanding of developmental disorders, this groundbreaking international volume brings this vast and complex field together for the first time. The Editors have collected together the world's leading academic scholars and clinicians, to explore how current research across a range of different disciplines can inform clinical practice and help to improve the lives of individuals and their families.

Patricia A. Howlin PhD is Professor of Clinical Child Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London. Prof. Tony Charman holds the Chair in Autism Education and is Director of the Centre for Research in Autism and Education at the institute of Education, London. Mohammad Ghaziuddin is a Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA