Advancing Equity and Empowerment : Perspectives and Practices With Latinx Families of Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Advancing Equity and Empowerment: Perspectives and Practices with Latinx Families of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Volume 68 in the International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Designing Interventions Targeting Social Isolation and Loneliness in Teens/Adults with IDD: Lessons Learned from Feasibility Studies, Designing syndrome-informed anticipatory interventions with community-based participatory principles, Babble Boot Camp in Down syndrome, Reevaluating Independence and Community for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, What is Down syndrome? The perspective of adults with Down syndrome, and more.

Additional chapters cover Newly discovered causes of severe and profound Intellectual Disability: Developmental and behavioral outcomes associated with Tubulinopathy and The Impact of Cognitive Engagement on Alpha and Beta Wave Patterns in the Motor Cortex: Exploring Associations for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

• Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
• Presents the latest release in the International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities series

Robert Hodapp is at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Dr. Deborah Fidler is a Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University. Her research expertise is in the area of early development in individuals with neurogenetic syndromes, with a particular focus on the behavioral phenotype in Down syndrome and its implications for intervention and educational practice.