DISORDERS WITH A KNOWN GENETIC CAUSE : Down syndrome: general overview -- Down syndrome: lifetime course and strategies for intervention -- Fragile X syndrome: medical and genetic aspects -- Fragile X syndrome: life course and strategies for intervention -- Williams syndrome: overview and recent advances in research -- Prader-Willi syndrome -- Angelman syndrome -- Rett disorder -- Smith-Magenis syndrome -- Tuberous sclerosis complex -- Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome/ 22q11 deletion syndrome -- Cornelia de Lange, cri du chat and Rubistein Taybi syndromes -- DISORDERS WITH COMPLEX OR AS YET UNKNOWN CAUSES : Attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder -- Autism spectrum disorders: general overview -- Autism spectrum, disorders: interventions and outcomes -- Developmental language disorders: overview -- Developmental language disorders: lifetime course and strategies for intervention -- Intellectual disability: concepts, definitions and assessment -- Intellectual disability: lifetime course and strategies for intervention -- The disintegrative disorders -- Epileptic disorders -- Tourette syndrome -- ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED DISORDERS : Acquired brain injury during childhood -- Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders -- Preterm and low birth weight babies -- Extreme deprivation

1. Developmental disabilities