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PART ONE: OVERVIEW Introduction - Patricia Howlin, Tony Charman andMohammad Ghaziuddin PART TWO: DISORDERS WITH A KNOWN GENETIC CAUSE Down'sSyndrome: General Overview - Deborah J Fidler and Lisa Daunhauer DownSyndrome: Lifetime Course and Strategies for Intervention - Janet CarrFragile X Syndrome: Medical and Genetic Aspects - R.J. Hagerman et al FragileX Syndrome: Life-Course and Strategies for Intervention - Andrea Schneiderand David Hessl Williams Syndrome - Daniela Plesa Skwerer and HelenTager-Flusburg Prader-Willi Syndrome - Joyce Whittington and Anthony HollandAngelman Syndrome - Bernard Dan and Karine Pelc Rett Disorder - Alison KerrSmith-Magenis Syndrome - Jenny Sloneem and Orlee Udwin Tuberous SclerosisComplex - Petrus J de Vries Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome/ 22q11 DeletionSyndrome - Frederick Sundram and Kieran C Murphy Cornelia de Lange, Cri duChat and Rubistein Taybi Syndromes - Chris Oliver et al PART THREE: DISORDERSWITH COMPLEX OR AS YET UNKNOWN CAUSES Attention-Deficit/ HyperactivityDisorder - Timothy E Wilens and Thomas J Spencer Autism Spectrum Disorders:General Overview - Catherine Lord, So Hyun Kim and Adriana DiMartino AutismSpectrum, Disorders: Interventions and Outcomes - Patricia Howlin and TonyCharman Developmental Language Disorders: Overview - Courtenay FrazierNorbury Developmental Language Disorders: Lifetime Course and Strategies forIntervention - Rhea Paul and Kimberly Gilbert Intellectual Disability:Concepts, Definitions and Assessment - Cory Shulman et al IntellectualDisability: Lifetime Course and Strategies for Intervention - Jane McCarthyand Nick Bouras The Disintegrative Disorders - Fred R Volkmar EpilepticDisorders - Ian Miller and Roberto Tuchman Tourette Syndrome - Mary MRobertson and Andrea E Cavanna PART FOUR: ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED DISORDERSAcquired Brain Injury during Childhood - Anna Mandalis, Frank Muscara, andVicki Anderson Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders - Kieran D O'Malley Pretermand Low Birth Weight Babies - Dieter Wolke Extreme Deprivation - MichaelRutter and Camilla Azis-Clauson