Pediatric Intellectual Disabilities at School

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview.- Chapter 2. Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis.- Chapter 3. Medical Treatment.- Chapter 4: Impacts on Learning and Development Over Time.- Chapter 5: Bridging the Divide between Health Care Delivery, Family and the Educational Setting.- Chapter 6: Case Management .- Chapter 7: Diagnostic Assessment.- Chapter 8: Educational Interventions and Accommodations.- Chapter 9: Future Directions to Support People with Intellectual Disabilities.

Steven R. Shaw is associate professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University in Montreal. He earned a Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Florida in 1991. At McGill University, he is director of the Resilience, Pediatric Psychology and Neurogenetic Connections Lab and co-director of the McGill Developmental Research Lab. Before entering academia, he had 17 years of experience as a school psychologist in school, hospital, medical school, and independent practice. From 1997 to 2004, he served as lead psychologist and associate professor of pediatrics at The Children's Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina (developmental pediatrics and pediatric oncology units) and Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Shaw is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. His current research work focuses on improving methods of implementation of innovative ideas and evidence-based practices in education, improving instruction for children with borderline intellectual functioning and intellectual disabilities, and improving education for children with acute and chronic medical problems. He has over 220 scholarly publications and presentations and has published four books. He co-edited (with Paul McCabe) the Pediatric School Psychology book series for NASP/Corwin Press (2010). He is co-editor (with Andrea Cantor and Leslie Paige) of the book Helping Children in Home and School, 3rd edition (NASP 2010). He is on the editorial board of six international scholarly journals, Editor of the Canadian Journal of School Psychology, and is the former editor of School Psychology Forum.



Anna M. Jankowska is assistant professor in the Institute of Psychology at the University of Gdansk and adjunct assistant professor at City University of New York Brooklyn College. She earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Gdansk. Her doctoral thesis investigated cognitive and psychosocial