Handbook of intellectual and developmental disabilities

Examines issues surrounding intellectual and developmental disabilities in a real-world socio-political framework. This book also summarizes the major domains and emerging subspecialties of this area and offers a range of assessment and diagnostic tools and tactics, including cognitive and adaptive...

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Other Authors: Jacobson, John W., Mulick, James A. 1948-, Rojahn, Johannes., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Springer, ©2007.
New York : [2007]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 726 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Issues in clinical child psychology.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Epidemiology and etiology of mental retardation / Suzanne McDermott [and others]
  • The autism spectrum / Christopher Gillberg
  • Cerebral Palsy / Sarah Winter
  • Epilepsy in people with mental retardation / Shoumitro Deb
  • Pediatric brain injury / Dennis C. Russo [and others]
  • Behavioral effects of genetic mental retardation disorders / Robert M. Hodapp and Elisabeth M. Dykens
  • Social acceptance and attitude change : fifty years of research / Gary N. Siperstein, Jennifer Norins, and Amanda Mohler
  • Evaluating developmental disabilities services / John W. Jacobsen
  • Educational service interventions and reforms / James M. Kauffman and Timothy J. Landrum
  • Psychological services for older adults with intellectual disabilities / James P. Acquilano [and others]
  • Residential and day services / Richard R. Saunders
  • Behavioral-clinical consultation in the development disabilities : contemporary and emerging roles / Joseph N. Ricciardi and James K. Luiselli
  • Advocacy and litigation in professional practice / Richard J. Landau
  • Intellectual assessment and intellectual disability / John G. Borkowski [and others]
  • Adaptive behavior / Sharon A. Borthwick-Duffy
  • Psychosocial and mental status assessment / Peter Sturmey
  • Functional behavioral assessment in practice : concepts and applications / Sandra L. Harris and Beth A. Glasberg
  • Psychoeducational assessment / Caroline I. Magyar, Vincent Pandolfi, and Christine R. Peterson
  • Developmental and behavioral screening / Frances Page Glascoe
  • Forensic and psychosexual assessment / Marc Goldman
  • Family assessment and social support / Laraine Masters Glidden and Sarah A. Schoolcraft
  • Science to practice in intellectual disability : the role of empirically supported treatments / Sigan L. Hartley, Sarah Voss Horrell, and William E. Maclean Jr.
  • Early intervention : background, research findings, and future directions / Sharon Landesman Ramey, Craig T. Ramey, and Robin Gaines Lanzi
  • The system of early intervention for children with developmental disabilities : current status and challenges for the future / Michael J. Guralnick
  • Stereotypy, self-injury, and related abnormal repetitive behaviors / James W. Bodfish
  • Assessment and treatment psychopathology among people with developmental delays / Johnny L. Matson and Rinita B. Laud
  • Aggression in persons with intellectual disabilities and mental disorders / William I. Gardner
  • Speech and language deficits in children with developmental disabilities / Joanne Gerenser and Bonnie Forman
  • Functional skills training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities / Paula K. Davis and Ruth Anne Rehfeldt
  • Social skills training for children with intellectual disabilities / Denis G. Sukhodolsky and Eric M. Butter
  • Vocational skills and performance / Janis G. Chadsey
  • Sex offending behavior / Christine Maguth Nezu [and others]
  • Pharmacotherapy / Michael G. Aman and Yaser Ramadan
  • Ethical issues in clinical services and research / Robert L. Sprague
  • Ethics and values in behavioral perspective / Linda J. Hayes and Jonathan Tarbox.