Mental health assessment
Assessing the physical/mental health connection
Family and community support
What is normal?: Understanding "normal," "usual," and "common," behavior in people with Down syndrome
Memory
Communication skills
Self-esteem and self-image
Self-talk, imaginary friends, and fantasy life
The groove and flexibility
Life span issues: "teenage behavior," isolation, withdrawal, retirement
Mental illness and its precipitants
Assessment of mental illness
Treatment approaches for mental illness
Mood disorders
Anxiety
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Psychotic disorders
Eating refusal
Challenging behavior
Self-injurious behavior
Tic disorders and repetitive movements
Austism
Alzheimer disease.