Cover -- Book Title -- Contents -- About the Online Companion Materials -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- A Personal Note to the Reader -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I: As Life Begins -- Chapter 1: Genetics and Developmental Disabilities -- Chapter 2: Fetal Development -- Chapter 3: Environmental Toxicants and Neurocognitive Development -- Chapter 4: Birth Defects and Prenatal Diagnosis -- Chapter 5: Newborn Screening: Opportunities for Prevention of Developmental Disabilities -- Chapter 6: The First Weeks of Life -- Chapter 7: Premature and Small-for-Date Infants -- Section II: The Developing Child -- Chapter 8: Nutrition and Children with Disabilities -- Chapter 9: Feeding and Its Disorders -- Chapter 10: Hearing and Deafness -- Chapter 11: Vision and Visual Impairment -- Chapter 12: The Brain and Nervous System -- Chapter 13: Muscles, Bones, and Nerves -- Chapter 14: Patterns in Development and Disability -- Chapter 15: Diagnosing Developmental Disabilities -- Chapter 16: Understanding and Using Neurocognitive Assessments -- Section III: Developmental Disabilities -- Chapter 17: Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability -- Chapter 18: Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) -- Chapter 19: Inborn Errors of Metabolism -- Chapter 20: Speech and Language Disorders -- Chapter 21: Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Chapter 22: Attention Deficits and Hyperactivity -- Chapter 23: Specific Learning Disabilities -- Chapter 24: Cerebral Palsy -- Chapter 25: Neural Tube Defects -- Chapter 26: Traumatic Brain Injury -- Chapter 27: Epilepsy -- Chapter 28: The New Face of Developmental Disabilities -- Chapter 29: Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders in Children with Disabilities -- Section IV: Interventions, Families, and Outcomes -- Chapter 30: Early Intervention -- Chapter 31: Special Education Services.

Chapter 32: Behavioral Principles, Assessment, and Therapy -- Chapter 33: Occupational and Physical Therapy -- Chapter 34: Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sports -- Chapter 35: Oral Health Care -- Chapter 36: Assistive Technology -- Chapter 37: Caring and Coping: Helping the Family of a Child with a Disability -- Chapter 38: Complementary and Alternative Therapies -- Chapter 39: Ethical Considerations -- Chapter 40: Future Expectations: Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood -- Chapter 41: Health Care Delivery Systems and Financing Issues -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: Syndromes and Inborn Errors of Metabolism -- Appendix C: Commonly Used Medications -- Appendix D: Childhood Disabilities Resources, Services, and Organizations -- Index.