NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

By JOSHUA WILLIAMS

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY WHAT IS PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY? NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT INTERPRETATION WHY NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT? LINKING ASSESSMENT TO INTERVENTION CONCLUDING COMMENTS CHAPTER 2 LEARNING DISABILITIES: READING DISABILITY/DYSLEXIA DE? NITION ETIOLOGY COURSE AND PROGNOSIS EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS CASE STUDY: CORD—DYSLEXIA CHAPTER 3 LEARNING DISABILITIES: DYSCALCULIA/MATH DISABILITY CASE STUDY: CARL—DYSCALCULIA CHAPTER 4 SPECI? C LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT/DYSPHASIA CASE STUDY: NAYA—DYSPHASIA/SLI CHAPTER 5 AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS CASE STUDY: JOHN—ASPERGER’S DISORDER CHAPTER 6 ATTENTION-DE? CIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER CASE STUDY: EDDIE—ATTENTION-DE? CIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, COMBINED TYPE CHAPTER 7 TOURETTE SYNDROME CASE STUDY: MOSES—TOURETTE SYNDROME CHAPTER 8 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CASE STUDY: GAGE—TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CHAPTER 9 CHILDHOOD CANCER CASE STUDY: DAVID—LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA CASE STUDY: JAY—ASTROCYTOMA CHAPTER 10 EPILEPSY CASE STUDY: ZOEY—COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES WITH TEMPORAL LOBE ORIGIN CASE STUDY: LANE—LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME (EPILEPTIC APHASIA) CHAPTER 11 CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE: FOCUS ON SICKLE CELL DISEASE CASE STUDY: LANIA—SICKLE CELL DISEASE WITHOUT STROKE CASE STUDY: JED—SICKLE CELL DISEASE WITH STROKE CHAPTER 12 LOW BIRTH WEIGHT CASE STUDY: EMILY—EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT CHAPTER 13 ENVIRONMENTAL TOXIN EXPOSURE DE? NITION AND ETIOLOGY CASE STUDY: DEMETRIC—LEAD EXPOSURE CHAPTER 14 NEUROTOXINS, PREGNANCY, AND SUBSEQUENT DISORDERS COURSE AND PROGNOSIS: FASD AND ILLICIT DRUGS CASE STUDY: CALEB—FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME COURSE AND PROGNOSIS: ANTIEPILEPTICS AND FVS CASE STUDY: KEISHA—FETAL VALPROATE SYNDROME CHAPTER 15 CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIES AUTOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES: DOWN SYNDROME FRAGILE X WILLIAMS SYNDROME ANGELMAN SYNDROME PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME CASE STUDY: GEORGE—ANGELMAN SYNDROME SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS CASE STUDY: WALTER—NOONAN SYNDROME CHAPTER 16 NEUROCUTANEOUS DISORDERS NEURO? BROMATOSIS CASE STUDY: GINO—NEURO? BROMATOSIS TYPE TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX CASE STUDY: HECTOR—TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME CASE STUDY: JULIANA—STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME CHAPTER 17 METABOLIC DISORDERS TYPE 1 DIABETES CASE STUDY: SAM—TYPE 1 DIABETES PHENYLKETONURIA CASE STUDY: VINNIE—PKU MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDE DISORDERS