International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, Volume 57 in the series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors who discuss Peer mentoring and the development of friendships between individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities, Health issues across adulthood in Down Syndrome: a view from multiple databases, Mindfulness interventions in developmental disabilities: issues and possibilities, Reading Interventions for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a review, Communication system identification for individuals with complex communication needs, and much more.

1. Understanding friendships and promoting friendship development through peer mentoring for individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities Lindsay S. Athamanah, Cynde K. Josol, Danielle Ayeh, Marisa H. Fisher, and Connie Sung 2. Educational identification of students with serious emotional disability and/or autism spectrum disorder: how current practices perpetuate disproportionality Susan L. Hepburn 3. Reading interventions for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a review Rose A. Sevcik, Andrea Barton-Hulsey, Casy Walters, and MaryAnn Romski 4. Vocabulary and grammar development in children with autism spectrum disorder, fragile X syndrome, and Down syndrome Elizabeth Hilvert and Audra Sterling 5. Communication system identification for individuals with complex communication needs: the need for effective feature matching M. Alexandra Da Fonte, Miriam C. Boesch, Rachel D. Young, and Nicole P. Wolfe 6. Health issues across adulthood in Down syndrome Robert M. Hodapp, Rachel E. Core, Meghan M. Burke, Maria P. Mello, and Richard C. Urbano