Table of Contents
1. Overview of FXS and Fragile X Spectrum Disorders
Randi J Hagerman
2. Autism Spectrum Disorders and Fragile X Syndrome: Intertwined and Guiding Interventions
Leonard Abbeduto, Angela John Thurman and Jenniffer Villarreala
3. The Diagnosis of Fragile X syndrome: New Advances, Population Screening and Cascade Testing
Mittal J Jasoliya and Flora Tassone
4. Molecular Advances in Fragile X Syndrome and Fragile X-associated Disorders
Jamie L Randol, Malgorzata Bzymek and Paul J Hagerman
5. Medical, Psychopharmacological and Targeted Treatment for FXS
Randi J Hagerman, Dragana Protic and Elizabeth M Berry-Kravis
6. Behavioral Interventions to Improve Tantrums, Aggressions, Anxiety, and Mood Instability
Karen Riley, Andrea Schneider, David Hessl and Marcia L Braden
7. Women’s Issues in Fragile X Spectrum Disorders
Jessica Ezzell Hunter, Anne C Wheeler, Emily Graves Allen, Kaitlyn Wald, Aleksandar Rajkovic, Randi J Hagerman and Stephanie L Sherman
8. FXTAS: New Advances and Treatments
Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño, Jun Yi Wang, Jim Grigsby, Deborah Hall and Randi J Hagerman
9. My baby has just been diagnosed with Fragile X Syndrome: What is there to know?
Susan M Rivera, Jane E Roberts, Anne C Wheeler and Randi J Hagerman
10. Academic Intervention and Therapies for Children with FXS
Kerrie Lemons Chitwood, Laura Greiss Hess, María Diez-Juan and Marcia Braden
11. International Perspective on Identification and Treatment of Fragile X Syndrome and Associated Disorders
Suma Shankar, Tri Indah Winarni, Weerasak Chonchaiya, Gry Hoem, Angel Belle C Dy, Lourdes Sumpaico-Tanchanco, Aruna Gowdra, Maria Jimena Salcedo-Arellano and Wilmar Saldarriaga
12. Parent Advocacy and Establishing an International Parent Support Organization
Robert M Miller, Jayne Dixon Weber and Elizabeth M Berry-Kravis