Section 1. Spectrum of Developmental Disabilities
1. Definition and conceptualization
2. Typical neurodevelopment
3. What causes NDD?
4. Themes from the neuroscience of NDD
5. Clinical phenotypes of NDD: definition and examples (DSMV or ICD-10)
6. Risk/Screening and Early identification
Section 2. Diagnostic Processes
7. History and physical examination
8. Neurodevelopmental examination (age specific, standardized tools, value of serial evaluations, developmental curves, the 3 Ds: delay, dissociation and deviance)
9. Clinical formulationsi
Section 3. Etiologic Evaluation (indications, advantages, disadvantages, utility, methods, interpretation)
10. Neuroimaging: (Fetal MRI, Head US, brain MRI: structural, functional, metabolic, connectomics)
11. Genetic evaluation (karyotyping, SNP and next generation sequencing)
12. Electrophysiology
13. Neuropsychology and education
14. PT/OT
15. Speech and Language
16. Vision and hearing evaluation
17. Family functioning / social
18. Continuum of NDD expression – comorbidities and differential diagnosis
Section 4. NDD beyond the diagnosis: Management/Therapy
19. Prevention (primary, secondary and tertiary)
20. Early intervention (Utility and Futility)
21. Management vs Therapy: (intensity, duration, success, failure, costs, utility and futility)
22. Specific therapiesi
23. The medical home and interdisciplinary care
24. Community support and advocacy
25. Telemedicine
26. Management/therapy in low resource settings
27. Preparing for the many transitionsi
Section 5. Future Directionsi. Research in NDD
28. Limitations and challenges
29. From observation to intervention