The book summarises the current theoretical understanding and methods of assessment, with an examination of different intervention programs for working memory disorders. This comprehensive text will appeal to academics and professionals in the field of developmental disorders and atypical development.

Tracy Packiam Alloway is Professor of Psychology at University of North Florida. She has spent over a decade being part of cutting-edge research on the importance of Working Memory in education and has published over 100 research articles and book chapters. Her research has appeared in over 250 news articles, and she has been invited to comment on television and radio as an expert on Working Memory.

List of contributors

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Working Memory and intellectual disabilities

Chapter 3: Memory and language in children with SLI

Chapter 4: Working Memory and autism

Chapter 5: Working Memory & attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Chapter 6: Working Memory & Specific Learning Disorders: Reading

Chapter 7: Role of Working Memory in the language learning mechanism by ear, mouth, eye, and hand in individuals with and without Specific Learning Disabilities in written language

Chapter 8: Working Memory and Specific Learning Disability: Math

Chapter 9: Working Memory and low birth weight

Chapter 10: Developmental Coordination Disorder and Working Memory

Chapter 11: Working Memory in Down syndrome: Methodological considerations and intervention implications

Chapter 12: Working Memory and TBI

Chapter 13: Working Memory and youth depression

Epilogue: Working Memory and clinical development disorders: Theories, debates and interventions

Index