Intellectual Disability : Management, Causes and Social Perceptions.

Intro -- INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: MANAGEMENT, CAUSES AND SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. SUBTELOMERIC ENDINGS - CHROMOSOMAL REGIONS WITH A HIGH DIAGNOSTIC IMPACT IN MENTAL RETARDATION SYNDROMES: INSIGHTS FROM THE PAST TWO DECADES. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT CHROMOSOME TIPS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SUBTELOMERIC ARCHITECTURE -- SUBTELOMERIC HAPLOTYPES -- SUBTELOMERE SCREENING COHORTS -- SUBTELOMERE SCREENING PROCEDURES -- CONCLUSION -- Pathologic Subtelomeric Aberrations and Syndromes -- Monosomy 1p36 -- Monosomy 2q37.3 -- Monosomy 4p16.3 -- Monosomy 5p15.33 -- Monosomy 6p25 -- Monosomy 9q34 -- Monosomy 17p13.3 -- Monosomy 22q13 -- There Is No Specific Molecular Mechanism for Subtelomeric Rearrangements -- Subtelomeric Rearrangements and Holoprosencephaly (HPE) -- Subtelomeric Rearrangements and Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy -- Subtelomeric Rearrangements and WASH Genes -- DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN PATHOLOGIC IMBALANCE AND POLYMORPHISM -- Frequencies of Subtelomeric Polymorphisms in Different Study Groups -- Characterization of Distal Subtelomeric Polymorphisms -- Characterization of Interstitial Subtelomeric Polymorphisms -- Boundaries between Polymorphisms and Pathogenic Imbalance and the Role of the Size of Variants -- Subtelomere Screening in Prenatal Diagnosis -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. INCREASING OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES THROUGH DATA-BASED MECHANISMS FOR STAFF TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK -- ABSTRACT -- SECTION ONE - INTRODUCTION AND RELEVANCE -- SECTION TWO - THE ROLE OF SINGLE SUBJECT RESEARCH IN EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES -- SECTION THREE - EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, STAFF TRAINING, AND SYSTEMS SUPPORT -- SECTION FOUR - MANAGEMENT OF TEACHER BEHAVIOR.

SECTION FIVE - REAL-WORLD IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA-BASED PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND FEEDBACK SYSTEMS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY MANAGEMENT, CAUSES AND SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS WELL-DEFINED SITUATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINITIONS: THE UNSCIENTIFIC GAME -- General English Dictionaries -- Scientific Dictionaries -- MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE -- WHAT CAUSES DEVELOPMENTAL (INTELLECTUAL) DISABILITIES(EX MENTAL RETARDATION) -- SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS -- NUMEROUS DISPUTANDUM -- World Health Organization -- MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY -- MYTHS AND REALITIES ABOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (EX MENTAL RETARDATION) -- MANAGEMENT (THE WHAT? HOW? INITIATIVES) -- MANAGING DISABILITIES AT SCHOOL SETTINGS -- Social Concern -- What Can Management Offer? -- How the Manager Will Perform? -- FUTURE TRENDS IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. PSYCHOSOCIAL AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF COMORBID AGGRESSION IN PEDIATRIC MENTAL RETARDATION AND OTHER PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORIES OF AGGRESSION -- Neurobiological Theory -- Social Information Processing and Other Models -- TRADITIONAL PSYCHOSOCIAL TREATMENTS -- OTHER APPROACHES -- PHARMACOTHERAPY -- COMBINATION: PSYCHOSOCIAL AND PSYCHO- PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENTS -- TREATMENT GUIDELINES -- CONCLUSIONS: MULTIMODAL TREATMENT AND FUTURE PHARMACOTHERAPY OF AGGRESSION IN PEDIATRIC PDDS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. CARING FOR CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENTS: A FOCUS ON WILLIAMS AND SMITH-MAGENIS SYNDROMES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF WILLIAMS AND SMITH-MAGENIS SYNDROMES -- Williams syndrome -- Smith-Magenis syndrome -- Syndrome Comparison -- CAREGIVER BURDEN -- CAREGIVER HEALTH AND WELL-BEING -- IMPACT OF POOR SELF-CARE ON THE FAMILY SYSTEM.

INTERVENTIONS TARGETING FAMILY FUNCTIONING -- FUTURE RESEARCH AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. COGNITIVE SKILLS ENHANCEMENT IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. OVERVIEW ON COGNITIVE EMPOWERMENT -- 2. BIOLOGICAL BASES OF COGNITIVE EMPOWERMENT -- 3. THE ASSESSMENT OF PROCESSES AND ABILITIES -- 4. THE EVALUATION OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES -- 5. THE ASSESSMENT OF ABILITIES -- 6. BASIC METHODS OF COGNITIVE EMPOWERMENT -- 7. EXAMPLES OF METHODOLOGIES BASED ON COGNITIVE EMPOWERMENT -- Reading-Writing Ability Training -- First Phase -- Second Phase -- FIRST PHASE -- SECOND PHASE -- M.'S Performances in the Reading Ability Training -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. EMERGING TRENDS OF RESEARCH ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON COGNITIVE SKILLS ENHANCEMENT IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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