Table Of Contents:

• Dyslexia: Assessment
• Processing Speed
• Sexuality in Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Sexuality in Intellectual Disabilities
• 18p Deletion Syndrome
• Assessment of the Very Young Child
• Autism Spectrum Disorder: Assessment of Social Behavior
• Joint Attention
• Bipolar Disorder
• Resilience, Characteristics of
• Developmental Psychopathology
• Intelligence: IQ Scores
• Epilepsy
• Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
• Behavior Checklists
• Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
• Individualized Educational Program (IEP)
• Cerebral Cortex
• Cingulate Gyrus
• Accommodations
• Health-Related Disorders
• Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
• Differential Ability Scales (DAS)
• Intellectual Disabilities, Assessment of Children With
• Autism Spectrum Disorder: Assessment of Speech, Language, and Communication Disorders in
• Physical-Activity and Youth With Developmental Disabilities
• Dementia
• Dyslexia: Causes
• Eating Disorders
• Occupational Therapy
• American Sign Language
• Deafness
• Siblings of Individuals With Developmental Disorders
• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• Physical Therapy
• Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)
• Separation Anxiety Disorder
• Sleep Disorders
• 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Conduct Disorder
• Autism Spectrum Disorder: School Consultation
• Support Groups for Children with Developmental Disabilities
• Supportive Employment
• Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders, History of
• Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement
• Central Nervous System
• Cerebellum
• Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities
• Early Childhood Development
• Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum (ACC)
• Apraxia
• Speech and Language Development
• Intellectual Disabilities: Assessment of Adults With
• Neuropsychological Assessment
• Sexual Orientation In Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
• Bullying
• Community-Based Interventions
• Families as Partners in Educational Decision Making
• Genetic Research
• Mitochondrial Disorders
• Inclusion
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndromes
• Intellectual Disability: Severe and Profound
• Educational Advocacy
• Friendships
• Postnatal Risk Factors
• Mullen Scales of Early Learning
• Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test
• Bilingualism
• Expressive Language Tests
• Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS)
• Post-traumatic and Acute Stress Disorders
• Social Anxiety
• Temperament
• Concussion
• Seizures
• Longitudinal Research
• Brain Plasticity
• 504 Plan
• Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (ABAS)
• Executive Function Tests
• Mania
• Angleman Syndrome and Chromosome 15 Disorders
• Autism: Assessment of Adults With
• 16p11.2 Microdeletion/Microduplication Syndrome
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Music Therapy
• Neurological Examination
• Autism Spectrum Rating Scale (ASRS)
• Cognitive Assessment System
• Comprehensive Executive Functioning Inventory
• Autism Spectum Disorder: Assessment in School
• Transitional Age Youth
• Relationship Development Intervention
• Repetitive Behaviors and Interests
• Autism, Rising Prevalence of: Theories
• Non-Epileptic Stress Induced Seizures
• Empathy
• Stress and Coping
• Adults with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Birth Defects
• Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
• Neuroimaging Methods
• Schizophrenia, Adult Onset
• Schizophrenia, Early Onset
• Hemispheric Differences
• Autism Spectrum Disorders, Biology Of
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Genetics of Intellectual Development
• Nutrition In Childhood and Adulthood
• Nutrition, Importance in First Years of Life
• Neural Plasticity
• Nonverbal Learning Disability
• Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised (ADI-R)
• Dementia and Aging in Down Syndrome
• Allergies
• Specific Phobia
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Stroke (Perinatal/Pediatric)
• Stroke, Prenatal
• Executive Functioning
• Phenotype
• Cultural Norms
• Mylenation and Connectivity
• Sexual Exploitation
• Trauma
• Basal Ganglia
• Epidemiology, Historical Changes
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10)
• Failure to Thrive
• Williams Syndrome
• Depression
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
• Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication-Handicapped Children (TEACCH)
• Down Syndrome, Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral Presentation
• Prevention of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Receptive Language Tests
• Gender Differences
• Readiness Skills
• Eye Tracking
• Cognitive Development
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Cultural Differences in Discipline
• Microcephaly
• Tic Disorders
• Pragmatics
• Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
• Obesity
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Assessment of Children with
• Alcohol Abuse in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Substance Use
• Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
• Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS)
• Disability Rights Movement, The
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
• Section 504 and the Education of Children with Disabilities
• Dual Diagnosis
• Cross Disorder Genetic Risk
• Disability Research Methodology
• Adaptive Functioning
• Behavior Modification
• Self-Stimulatory Behaviors
• Intellectual Disability: Comorbidity
• Encopresis
• Neurobiology of Developmental Disabilities
• Intellectual Disability: Mild
• Language Disorders
• Behavior Therapy
• Social Skills
• Resilience, Learning Disorders and
• Consent in Research and Treatment
• Decision Making Capacity
• Employment for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Culturally Sensitive Assessment
• Neurofibromatosis
• Free, Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
• Fetal Alcohol Disorders
• Mathematics Disorder
• Extinction
• Turner Syndrome
• Augmentative Communication
• Support Groups for Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities
• Health Promotion
• Echolalia
• Early Childhood Education for Students with Developmental Disabilities
• Early Intervention
• Adult Literacy
• Memory
• People-First Language
• Regression
• Intellectual Disability
• Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development
• Mental Retardation: Historical Changes in Terminology
• Prater Willi Syndrome
• Protective Factors
• Intelligence: Environmental Factors
• Intelligence-Achievement Discrepancy
• Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development
• Positive Parenting of Children with Developmental Disabilities
• Positive Behavior Support and Developmental Disabilities
• Cerebral Palsy
• Least Restrictive Environment, History of
• Social Skills Deficits
• Deinstitutionalization
• Employment for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
• Student-Teacher Relationships
• Larry P v. Wilson Riles
• Homeschooling
• Peer Rejection
• Academic Achievement Tests
• Wechsler Preschool and Primary Intelligence Scale
• Intellectual Disability, Abuse and
• Parental Stress
• Biofeedback
• Single Case Research Design
• Functional Behavioral Analysis (FBA)
• Classroom Aides
• Fluid Intelligence
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome
• Newborn Screening
• Braille, Use in Individuals with Visual Impairment
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy
• Smith–Magenis Syndrome
• Social Cognition
• Funding Services for Adults with Developmental Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder
• School Refusal
• Camp Shriver
• International Perspectives on Developmental Disabilities
• Sensory Integration Issues
• Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities
• Parental Adjustment
• Aggression
• Human Genome Project
• Diagnostic Overshadowing
• Flynn Effect
• Gardner's Theory of Intelligence
• Sports
• Autism Spectrum Disorder: Assessment of Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions
• Financial Abuse
• Sturge-Weber Syndrome
• Job Coaching
• Federal Funding for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Residential and Day Services
• Technology-Enhanced Learning
• Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
• Online Learning
• Accessible Design
• Multiple Baseline Study
• Assistive Technology
• Prematurity
• Brainstem
• Phobias
• Feeding Disorders of Infancy or Childhood
• Adjustment Disorder
• Infancy
• Peer Tutoring
• Anchored Instruction
• Sexualized Behavior
• History of Special Education
• Universal Design for Learning
• Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
• Sexual Abuse
• Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
• Attachment Theory
• Adrenoleukodystrophy and Other Leukodystrophies
• Stuttering
• Autism Rating Scales
• Peer Acceptance
• Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development
• Panic Attacks
• Selective Mutism
• Stereotypy
• Self-Regulation
• Disorders of Elimination
• Down Syndrome, Medical Concerns and Comorbid Disorders
• Acquired Pediatric Brain Damage
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Life Skills
• Life Skills Coaching
• Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
• Autism, Rising Prevalence of: Epidemiology
• Eugenics Movement
• Conservatorship
• Otitis Media
• Executive Functioning Coaching
• Corpus Callosum
• Respite Care
• Homework
• Giftedness
• Mainstreaming, History of
• Special Olympics
• Ecological Systems Theory
• Adolescence
• Social Support
• Hypotonia and Hypertonia
• Dating and Close Relationships
• Suicide
• Amniocentesis and Testing for Prenatal Birth Defects
• Obsessions and Compulsions
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
• Media Portrayals of Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities
• Media Portrayals of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities
• Nature Versus Nurture
• Frontal Lobes
• Hyperkinesis
• Floor Time
• Labeling, Pros and Cons
• Access to Treatment for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
• Arc of the United States, The
• Intellectual Disability: Prevention
• Cognitive Neuroscience of Intelligence
• Developmental Interview
• Self-Contained Classroom
• Disability Discrimination: U.S. Supreme Court Cases
• Due Process
• History of Mental Retardation
• Theory of Mind
• Complementary Treatments
• Blindness
• Psychosis
• Self-Esteem
• Family-Based Interventions
• Desensitization, Systematic
• Rubella
• Crystallized Intelligence
• Medication, Potential Misuse of
• Preschool Age Children
• Article 12 and The Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
• Intellectual Disability: Moderate
• Mental Status Examination
• Mood Stabilizers
• Phonics-Based Intervention
• Mainstreaming, Current Practices
• Diagnostic Reading Assessment
• Reading Programs: Teaching Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Splinter Skills
• Developmental Milestones
• Program Evaluation
• Randomized Clinical Trials
• Treatment Intervention
• Treatment Planning
• Patau Syndrome
• Triple X Syndrome
• Klinefelter Syndrome
• Cri-du-Chat Syndrome (5p Minus Syndrome)
• Dandy-Walker Syndrome
• Anoxia
• Learned Helplessness
• Temporal Lobes
• Early Start Denver Model
• Environmental Risk Factors
• Epidemiology
• Noonan Syndrome
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)
• Encephalitis
• Endophenotypes
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• End-of-Life-Care
• International Classification of Diseases (ICD), History of
• Media Use by Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Case Management and Care Coordination
• Brain Tumor
• Speech Sound Disorder
• Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
• Ethical Issues in Treatment
• Psychological Testing
• Ethical Issues in Education
• Least Restrictive Environment, Current Practices
• Labeling, Impact Of
• Ethical Issues in Research, History
• Vaccinations and Autism
• Familial Aggregation Studies
• Herpes Simplex
• Structured Interviews
• Infant Stimulation Programs
• Rumination Syndrome
• Panic Disorder
• Tourette’s Disorder
• Lead Poisoning
• Meningitis
• Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
• Intelligence, Historical Views
• Special Education Law: U.S. Supreme Court Cases
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
• Dyslexia: Treatment
• Rett Syndrome
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Art Therapy
• Emotional Abuse
• Vulnerability Stress Model
• Estate Planning
• Global Developmental Delay
• Portage Project
• Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome
• Learning Disorders, Biology of
• Cleft Palate
• Head Start Programs
• Enuresis
• Perseveration
• Ethical Issues in Research, Current Standards
• Visual Spatial Skills
• Stimulant Medications
• Sexual Awareness and Knowledge
• Fine Motor Delays
• Fine Motor Development
• Identity Development
• Nutrition, Prenatal
• Depressogenic Conditions
• Functional Inclusion
• Future Research Directions in Developmental Disabilities
• Intellectual Disability: Development and Outcome
• Nonverbal Intelligence, Assessment of
• Learning Disorders
• UCLA Young Autism Project
• Partnering with Refugees with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their Families
• Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
• Lifespan
• Chromosomal Microarray
• Race and Ethnicity
• Environmental Issues on Social Participation in Children with Developmental Disabilities
• Multidisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Students With Developmental Disabilities
• Infant Visual Attention and Novelty Preference
• Male Brain Theory of Autism
• Limbic System
• Gross Motor Delays
• Personalized Supports
• Intellectual Disabilities, Biology of
• Quality of Life
• Elementary School Age
• Famous People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Infantile Automatisms
• Wilson's Disease
• Multiple Intelligences
• Visual Motor Coordination
• Neurotransmitters
• Pivotal Response Therapy
• Secondary Education for Students with Developmental Disabilities
• Sexual Development, Physical
• Written Language, Tests of
• Continuous Performance Tests
• Intellectual Disability: Learning and Academic Disorders
• Stigma
• Assisted Living
• Spina Bifida
• Genetic Counseling
• Social Inclusion
• Emotional Development
• Tuberous Sclerosis
• Family Impact in Adulthood
• Guardianship
• Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
• Aphasia
• Monogenic Diseases
• Swallowing Dysfunction and Dysphasia
• Cognitive Rehabilitation Training
• Regular Education Initiative (REI)
• Intelligence Tests: Effect of Culture and Ethnicity on
• Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder
• Support Groups for Adults with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
• Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
• Psychopharmacological Interventions
• Dysgraphia
• Metacognitive Training
• Mentoring
• Flooding
• Munchausen by Proxy
• Hydrocephalus
• Metacognition
• Teratogens
• Moral Development
• Hormones
• Naturalistic Observation
• Probiotics
• Gross Motor Development
• Iatrogenic effects
• Polygenic Risk
• Mosaicism
• Prenatal Care
• Whole Genome Sequencing
• History of Head Start
• Pica
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Education for All Handicapped Children Act
• Discrete Trial Training
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Self-Injury
• Parenting Style
• Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
• Physical Abuse
• Nutritional Therapies for Children with Developmental Disabilities
• Maltreatment of Persons With Intellectual Disabilities
• Technology for Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Elementary Education for Students with Developmental Disabilities
• Maternal Substance Abuse
• Prenatal Risk Factors
• Disruptive Behavior Disorders
• Special Education
• Volume 1
• List of Entries
• Reader’s Guide
• About the Editor
• Contributors
• Introduction
• Entries
• A
• B
• C
• D
• Volume 2
• List of Entries
• Reader’s Guide
• Entries
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• Volume 3
• List of Entries
• Reader’s Guide
• Entries
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• Volume 4
• List of Entries
• Reader’s Guide
• Entries
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• Resource Guide
• Tables
• Index