Section 1: Historic and Contemporary Scientific Approaches 1. History: Science, Policy, and Families Roy Brown, Margaret R. Kyrkou, Karen Watchman, and Robert M. Hodapp 2. Developmental Approaches Jacob A. Burack, Jessica Lai, Jillian Stewart, and Oriane Landry 3. Social-emotional Development Amanda Dimachkie and Connie Kasari 4. Animal Models Ana Moyer and Roger H.
Reeves Section 2: Social Development and Family Relations 5. Mother-Child Dyads Penny Hauser-Cram, Ashley Woodman, and Linda Gilmore 6. Parental Socialization & the Down Syndrome Advantage Robert Hodapp and Ellen Casale 7. The Roles of Siblings Monica Cuskelly 8. Fears, Phobias, and Rituals David W. Evans and Mirko Uljaravic 9. Family Care of Adults Robert Hodapp, Kelli Sanderson, and Maria Mello Section 3: Cognition and Neuropsychology 10.Infant Development Hana D'Souza and Dean D'Souza 11.
Lifespan Brain Development Nancy Raitano Lee, Manisha Udhnani, and Taralee Hamner 12. Perceptual Signatures Jacalyn Guy, Christina Marcone, and Armando Bertone 13. Attention Ellie Kaplan, Elizabeth P. McKernan, Justin B. Kopec, Erin Matsuba, and Natalie Russo 14. Working Memory Liz Smith and Chris Jarrold 15. Executive Function Deborah Fidler, Lisa A. Daunhauer, Elizabeth Will, and Emily Schworer 16.
Language Development Leonard Abbeduto, Natalie Arias-Trejo, Angela John Thurman, Jessica Ramos-Sanchez, and Laura Del Hoyo Soriano 17. Motor Skills Shannon Ringenbach, Nathaniel Arnold, Kahyun Nam, Simon D. Holzapfel, Chih-Chia Chen, Corina Lopez, and Monica Szeto Section 4: Comorbid Conditions 18. Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Alex Helman, Kathryn L. Van Pelt, Frederick A. Schmitt, and Elizabeth Head 19. Autism Spectrum Disorder Cory Shulman 20. Sleep Disorders Katharine Hughes, Payal Khosla, Lauren Pisani, Goffredina Spanò, and Jamie O.
Edgin Section 5: Interventions & Future Directions 21. Language Steven Warren, Shelley L. Bredin-Oja, Laura J. Hahn, and Nancy Brady 22. Dementia Carla Startin, Shahid Zaman, and Andre Strydom 23. Animal Models and Development Nadine M. Aziz and Tarik Haydar 24. Future Directions Leonard Abbeduto, Jamie O.
Edgin, and Jacob A. Burack Epilogue: The Voices of Persons with Down Syndrome and their Families Jacob A. Burack and Emily Stubbert.