The most current research & best practices from two dozen experts

Behavioral Issues and Their Treatment

Clinicians who work with children of all ages will fully explore

• behavioral phenotypes of established syndromes, such as Down syndrome, Smith Magenis syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, and Williams syndrome
  
  
• the relationship between brain development and cognitive ability as children grow older
  
  
• functional behavioral assessment and its critical role in helping resolve behavior challenges
  
  
• the distinctive social traits of specific genetically based syndromes
  
  
• psychiatric diagnosis in individuals with neurogenetic syndromes
  
  
• speech-language therapy for children with social, emotional, and behavioral disorders
  
  
• pharmacological management of behavioral disturbance in intellectual disability
  
  
• new genetic techniques and technologies that help advance our understanding of neurogenetic syndromes
  
  

This groundbreaking volume is a must for pediatricians, psychologists, pediatric neurologists, nurses, researchers, and SLPs, OTs, and PTs in clinical settings. Pre- and in-service professionals will get the foundation of current, in-depth knowledge they need to evaluate and address neurobehavioral disorders—and help ensure better outcomes for children of all ages.

Preface

Section I: Neurogenetic Syndromes

Chapter 1. Behavioral Phenotypes: Recent Advances
James C. Harris

Chapter 2. Smith Magenis Syndrome: A Neurobehavioral Syndrome with Genetic Underpinnings
Andrea L. Gropman & Ann C.M. Smith

Chapter 3. Fragile X: Expansion of a genetic disorder
Walter E. Kaufmann & Deepa U. Menon

Chapter 4. Behavioral Phenotypes in Down Syndrome: A Probabilistic Model
George T. Capone

Chapter 5. Autism and Prader-Willi Syndrome: Searching for Shared Endophenotypes
Travis Thompson

Chapter 6. Williams Syndrome: Psychological Characteristics
Carolyn B. Mervis & Angela E. John

Chapter 7. Developmental Influences on Psychological Phenotypes
Gene S. Fisch

Chapter 8. Is There a Behavioral Phenotype in Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders?
Piyadasa W. Kodituwakku

Section II: Treatment of Neurogenetic Syndromes

Chapter 9. Functional Behavioral Assessment: Its Value in the Treatment of Maladaptive Behaviors in Individuals with Neurogenetic Syndromes
Theodosia Paclawskyj

Chapter 10. Psychiatric Diagnosis in Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Disability
Richard B. Ferrell

Chapter 11. Speech Language Therapy for Children with Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders
Janet E. Turner & Mary K. Boyle

Chapter 12. A Clinical Approach to the Pharmacological Management of Behavioral Disturbance in Intellectual Disability
Sarah Risen, Bruce K. Shapiro, & Pasquale J. Accardo

Chapter 13. Integrating Behavioral and Pharmacological Interventions for Severe Problem Behavior Displayed by Children with Neurogenetic and Developmental Disorders
Louis P. Hagopian & Mary E. Caruso-Anderson

Section III. Future Implications

Chapter 14. New Genetic Techniques: Implications for Neurobehavioral Syndromes
Lisa Emrick

Chapter 15. Genetically Informative Phenotypes: Opportunities for Progress and Potential Pitfalls
Peter Szatmari

Chapter 16. Social Phenotypes in Neurogenetic Syndromes
Carl Feinstein & Shivani Verma

Chapter 17. Behavioral Phenotypes: Nature versus Nurture Revisited
Pasquale J. Accardo & Margie L. Jaworski