Vicki Anderson, PhD, is Director of Psychology at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia; Director of Critical Care and Neuroscience Research at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology at the University of Melbourne. Dr. Anderson's work focuses on the outcomes of developmental and acquired brain disorders in children, particularly traumatic brain injury. She has served on the Board of Governors of the International Neuropsychological Society and is past president of the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment. Miriam H. Beauchamp, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Montréal, Québec, Canada, where she leads the ABCs Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory. She is also a researcher at the Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University. Dr. Beauchamp's work focuses on investigating the environmental, cognitive, and neural substrates of social functioning in children and adolescents using both behavioral and neuroimaging methodologies.
I. Introduction 1. SOCIAL: A Theoretical Model of Developmental Social Neuroscience
Vicki Anderson and Miriam H. BeauchampII. Theoretical Contributions 2. Peer Relations and Social Competence in Childhood
Kenneth H. Rubin
Annie Schulz Begle
and Kristina L. McDonald 3. Brain Development and the Emergence of Social Function
Stephanie Burnett Heyes
Catherine L. Sebastian
and Kathrin Cohen Kadosh 4. Social and Moral Functioning: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
Bradley C. Taber-Thomas and Daniel Tranel 5. Environmental Contributions to the Development of Social Competence: Focus on Parents
Amy E. Root
Paul D. Hastings
and Kari L. MaxwellIII. Assessing Social Function 6. Measuring Social Skills with Questionnaires and Rating Scales
Frank Muscara and Louise Crowe 7. Measuring the Different Components of Social Cognition in Children and Adolescents
Rosée Bruneau-Bhérer
Amélie M. Achim
and Philip L. Jackson 8. Theory-Driven Imaging Paradigms and Social Functions: Implications for Management Strategies
Julian J. Dooley
Stefanie Rosema
and Miriam H. Beauchamp 9. Measurement of Social Participation
Gary BedellIV. Disrupted Social Function 10. Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Social Function in Childhood Brain Insults: Toward the Integration of Social Neuroscience and Developmental Psychology
Keith Owen Yeates
Erin D. Bigler
Cynthia A. Gerhardt
Kenneth H. Rubin
Terry Stancin
H. Gerry Taylor
and Kathryn Vannatta 11. Impact of Early Brain Insult on the Development of Social Competence
Vicki Anderson
Stefanie Rosema
Alison Gomes
and Cathy Catroppa 12. Social Development and Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents
Gerri Hanten
Harvey S. Levin
Mary R. Newsome
and Randy S. Scheibel 13. Genetic Disorders and Social Problems
Kylie M. Gray and Kim Cornish 14. Pediatric Brain-Injury-Related Psychiatric Disorders and Social Function
Jeffrey E. Max 15. Social Cognition in Autism
Baudouin Forgeot d'Arc and Laurent MottronV. Social Interventions 16. Pragmatic Language Impairment after Brain Injury: Social Implications and Treatment Models
Skye McDonald
Lyn S. Turkstra
and Leanne Togher 17. Family-Centered and Parent-Based Models for Treating Socio-Behavioral Problems in Children with Acquired Brain Injury
Damith T. Woods
Cathy Catroppa
and Vicki Anderson 18. Social Anxiety and Its Treatment in Children and Adolescents with Acquired Brain Injury
Cheryl Soo
Robyn L. Tate
and Ronald M. Rapee