Language, Learning, and Behavior Disorders
Developmental, Biological, and Clinical Perspectives

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Contributors
Preface
Part I. Developmental Perspective: Introduction Nancy J. Cohen
1. Language and emotion: a developmental perspective Philip S. Dale
2. Understanding language dysfunction from a developmental perspective: an overview of pragmatic theories Peter Chaban
3. Atypical ontogeny: atypical development from a developmental perspective Bryna Siegel
4. Language and psychopathology: an attachment perspective Patricia M. Crittenden
5. Developmental changes in the mechanisms linking language disabilities and behaviour disorders Jim Stevenson
Part II. Language Impairment and Psychiatric Disorder: Introduction Rosemary Tannock
6. Unsuspected language impairments in psychiatrically disturbed children: developmental issues and associated conditions Nancy J. Cohen
7. Executive dysfunction as an underlying mechanism of behaviour and language problems in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Rosemary Tannock and Russell Schachar
8. Discourse deficits in childhood schizophrenia Rochelle Caplan
9. Comorbidity of autistic disorder and specific developmental language disorder: existing evidence and some promising future directions M. Mary Konstantareas and J. H. Beitchman
Part III. Learning Disabilities: Concepts, Comorbidity and Heritability: Introduction J. H. Beitchman
10. A conceptual model and definition of dyslexia: findings emerging from the Connecticut longitudinal study Sally E. Shaywitz, Jack M. Fletcher and Bennett A. Shaywitz
11. Phonological recoding deficits and dyslexia: a developmental perspective Margaretha C. Vandervelden and Linda S. Siegel
12. Cognitive functioning, learning disability and school failure in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a family study perspective Stephen V. Faraone, Joseph Biederman and Kathleen Kiely
13. Twin studies of reading disability J. C. DeFries and Jacquelyn Gillis Light
Part IV. Biological Considerations: Introduction J. H. Beitchman
14. Neuroimaging and functional brain analysis William J. Logan
15. Neurochemical correlates of academic achievement deficits and aggressive behavior in children with ADHD Jeffrey M. Halperin, Jeffrey H. Newcorn and Vanshdeep Sharma
16. Acquired disorders of memory in childhood Penelope Krener
17. Interaction between language and cognition: evidence from Williams Syndrome Michael Rossen, Edward S. Klima, Ursula Bellugi, Amy Bihrle and Wendy Jones
Part V. Intervention: Introduction M. Mary Konstantareas
18. Multimodal treatment of the hyperactive child with and without learning disabilities Lily Hechtman, Joan Kouri and Chava Respitz
19. Social-interactional approaches to child language intervention Tanya M. Gallagher
20. Language intervention programming for preschool children with social and pragmatic disorders Deborah A. Hayden and Margit Pukonen
21. Communication training approaches in autistic disorder M. Mary Konstantareas
Part VI. Outcome Studies: Introduction M. Mary Konstantareas
22. Linguistic impairment and psychiatric disorder: pathways to outcome Joseph H. Beitchman, E. B. Brownlie and Beth Wilson
23. Academic performance in children with speech and language impairment: a review of follow-up research Debbie Carol Schachter
24. Reading in childhood and mental health in early adulthood Sheila Williams and Rob McGee
25. Communicative competence and psychosocial development in deaf children and adolescents Carol Musselman, Sherri MacKay, Sandra C. Trehub and Rita S. Eagle
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