Main description:

Increasingly more and more children with developmental disabilities survive into adulthood. Pediatricians and other clinicians are called upon to care for an increasing number of children with developmental disabilities in their practice and thus there is a need for a practical guide specifically written for paediatricians and primary care clinicians that addresses major concepts of neurodevelopmental pediatrics. In the United States, the specialty training leading to a conjoint board certification by the American Board of Pediatrics and American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, requires a total of 6 years of training (2 years of pediatrics, 1 year of neurology, 18 months of child neurology, 18 months of neurodevelopmental disabilities). As of December 2006, in the US, there were 241 pediatricians and 55 child neurologists certified in the subspecialty of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Thus most of the children with developmental disabilities are seen by pediatricians and therefore it is important for these pediatricians to be well informed of common issues in the field. The 60,000 or so pediatricians in the United States (and hundreds more in other countries) are the main target audience for a practical book on neurodevelopmental pediatrics.

Contents:

NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Clinical care for children and young adults

Patel DR, Greydanus DE, Omar HA, Merrick J, eds

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

I Leslie Rubin, MD

Chapter 1

Neurodevelopmental disabilities: Introduction and epidemiology

Dilip Patel and Joav Merrick

Chapter 2

Basic concepts of developmental diagnosis

Dilip Patel

Chapter 3

Psychological assessment and testing

Margo Adams Larsen, Erin Tentis-Berglund, Robin Joseph and Helen D Pratt

Chapter 4

Inborn errors of metabolism

Manmohan Kamboj

Chapter 5

Genetic evaluation in developmental disabilities

Helga Toriello

Chapter 6

Neurodevelopmental aspects of common genetic syndromes

Helga Toriello

Chapter 7

Autism spectrum disorders

Ahsan Nazeer

Chapter 8

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Donald E Greydanus

Chapter 9

Sleep in children and adolescents with neurobehavioral disorders

Bantu Chhangani and Donald E Greydanus

Chapter 10

Learning disabilities

Helen D Pratt and Donald E Greydanus

Chapter 11

Intellectual disability

Dilip Patel and Joav Merrick

Chapter 12

Developmental language disorders

Nikola Nelson

Chapter 13

Disorders of speech and voice

Helen Sharp and Stephen M Tasko

Chapter 14

Tic disorders

Donald E Greydanus

Chapter 15

Medical management of cerebral palsy

Nancy N Dodge

Chapter 16

Myelomeningocele

Dilip R Patel

Chapter 17

Pain in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Lynn Breau, Meir Lotan and Jeffrey L Koh

Chapter 18

Visual impairment

Katherine Bergwerk

Chapter 19

Impact of neurodevelopmental disorders on hearing in children and adolescents

Bharti Katbamna and Teresa Crumptom

Chapter 20

Sexuality and gynecological care

Donald E Greydanus and Hatim Omar

Chapter 21

Dental aspects

Ilan Feldberg and Joav Merrick

Chapter 22

General medical care of individuals with developmental disabilities

Joav Merrick and Mohammed Morad

Chapter 23

Principles of team care for children with developmental disabilities

Dilip Patel and Helen D Pratt

Chapter 24

Working with the family and care givers

Helen D Pratt

Chapter 25

Allied health professionals and intellectual disability: Moving towards independence

Meir Lotan

Chapter 26

Adoption

Gary Diamond and and Yehuda Senecky

Chapter 27

Palliative care and end-of-life issues

Joav Merrick and Mohammed Morad

Chapter 28

Transition from child oriented to adult oriented health care

Dilip R Patel and Donald E Greydanus

Chapter 29

Psychosocial functioning in youth with chronic illness

John A Yozwiak, Regan E Settles and Rachel F Steffens

Chapter 30

Parents and siblings

Joav Merrick, Isack Kandel and Mohammed Morad

Chapter 31

Parenthood

Joav Merrick, Isack Kandel and Mohammed Morad

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Chapter 32

About the editors

Chapter 33

About Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Chapter 34

About Division of Adolescent Medicine University of Kentucky

Chapter 35

About National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Jerusalem, Israel

INDEX

Index