Behavioural phenotypes and special educational needs: is aetiology important in the classroom?

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BACKGROUND: A number of genetic conditions with associated intellectual disability and/or special educational needs have increasingly well-defined behavioural phenotypes. Thus, the concept of 'behavioural phenotype' and aetiology of intellectual disability may be important with regard to school-based interventions. METHOD: The evidence for distinctive cognitive and behavioural aspects of five of the most common...

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