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.
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
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.