Includes bibliographical references and index.

The genetics underlying developmental disabilities / Mark L. Batshaw, Eyby Leon, and Monisha S. Kisling -- Environmental exposures / Shruti N. Tewar -- Birth defects and prenatal diagnosis / Rhonda L. Schonberg and Margaret B. Menzel -- Newborn screening / Joan E. Pellegrino -- Premature and small-for-date infants / Khodayar Rais-Bahrami and Billie Lou Short -- Fetal development / Nickie N. Andescavage -- The senses: the world we see, hear, and feel / Louis Pellegrino -- The brain and nervous system / Joseph Scafidi and Andrea Gropman -- Muscles, bones, and nerves / Peter B. Kang -- Nutrition / Lina Diaz-Calderon, Virginia Gebus, and Laurie S. Conklin -- Child development / Louis Pellegrino -- Diagnosing developmental disabilities / Scott M. Myers -- Neuropsychological assessment / Lauren Kenworthy and Laura Gutermuth Anthony -- Intellectual disability / Bruce K. Shapiro and Mark L. Batshaw -- Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome / Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Katherine Myers, and Nancy J. Roizen -- Inborn errors of metabolism / Nicholas Ah Mew, Erin MacLeod, and Mark L. Batshaw -- Speech and language disorders / Barbara L. Ekelman and Barbara A. Lewis -- Autism spectrum disorder / Deborah Potvin and Allison B. Ratto -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Marianne M. Glanzman and Neelam Kharod Sell -- Specific learning disabilities / Robin P. Church and M.E.B. Lewis -- Cerebral palsy / Tara L. Johnson, Eric M. Chin, and Alexander H. Hoon -- Epilepsy / Tesfaye Getaneh Zelleke, Dewi Frances T. Depositario-Cabacar, and William Davis Gaillard -- Acquired brain injury / Sarah Risen, Melissa K. Trovato, and Scott C. Schultz -- Developmental disability in chronic disease / Nancy J. Roizen and Catherine Scherer -- Visual impairment / Heather de Beaufort -- Deaf/hard of hearing / Susan E. Wiley -- Behavioral and psychiatric disorders / Adelaide S. Robb and Gabrielle Sky Cardwell -- Sleep disorders / Judith Owens and Miriam Weiss -- Feeding and its disorders / Peggy S. Eicher -- Interdisciplinary education and practice / Lewis H. Margolis and Angela McCaffrey Rosenberg -- Early intervention services / Toby M. Long -- Rehabilitative services / Melissa Fleming, Marisa Birkmeier, Mackenzie Brown, Justin M. Burton, Satvika Garg, and Sarah H. Evans -- Special education services / Elissa Batshaw Clair -- Behavioral therapy / Henry S. Roane, William E. Sullivan, Brian K. Martens, and Michael E. Kelley -- Oral health / Erik Scheifele, Mitali Y. Patel, Anupama Rao Tate, and H. Barry Waldman -- Assistive technology / Larry W. Desch -- Family assistance / Michaela L. Zajicek-Farber -- Pharmacological therapy / Shogo John Miyagi and Johannes N. van den Anker -- Complementary health approaches / Thomas D. Challman -- Transition from adolescence to adulthood / Lisa Tuchman and Cara E. Pugliese -- Medical home and health care systems / Renee M. Turchi and Angelo P. Giardino -- Racial and ethnic disparities / Olanrewaju O. Falusi, Monika Goyal, Elissa Batshaw Clair, Catherine Larsen Coley, Susan Keller, Mary A. Hadley and Denice Cora-Bramble.

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