Handbook of Evidence-Based Practices in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

1. Treatment and Training Modalities

   1. Social Skills

      • Laci Watkins, Michelle Kuhn, Mark F. O’Reilly, Russell Lang, Jeff Sigafoos, Giulio E. Lancioni

      Pages 493-509

   2. Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention

      • Adrienne Perry, Julie Koudys, Ksusha Blacklock

      Pages 511-535

   3. Active Support

      • Sandy Toogood, Vasiliki Totsika, Edwin Jones, Kathy Lowe

      Pages 537-560

   4. Self-Determination and Choice

      • Michael L. Wehmeyer, Karrie A. Shogren

      Pages 561-584

   5. Telehealth

      • David P. Wacker, Kelly M. Schieltz, Alyssa N. Suess, Patrick W. Romani, Yaniz C. Padilla Dalmau, Todd G. Kopelman et al.

      Pages 585-613

   6. Skills Training for Parents with Intellectual Disabilities

      • Maurice A. Feldman, Munazza Tahir

      Pages 615-631

2. Evidence-Based Interventions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 633-633

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   2. Self-Injury

      • Theodore A. Hoch, Carl R. Dzyak, Brian L. Burkhalter

      Pages 635-676

   3. Rumination

      • Carl R. Dzyak, Brian L. Burkhalter, Theodore A. Hoch

      Pages 677-713

   4. Pica

      • Don E. Williams, David McAdam

      Pages 715-726

   5. Aggressive Behavior

      • Robert Didden, William R. Lindsay, Russell Lang, Jeff Sigafoos, Shoumitro Deb, Jan Wiersma et al.

      Pages 727-750

   6. Stereotypy

      • John T. Rapp, Marc J. Lanovaz

      Pages 751-779

   7. Inappropriate Sexual Behavior and Sexual Offending

      • William R. Lindsay

      Pages 781-808

   8. Sleep Disorders

      • Deborah L. Grossett, C. Merle Johnson, Don E. Williams, Domonique L. Randall

      Pages 809-822

   9. Communication

      • Jeff Sigafoos, Giulio E. Lancioni, Mark F. O’Reilly, Russell Lang, Nirbhay N. Singh, Robert Didden et al.

      Pages 823-850

   10. Vocational Training

       • John Kregel, Meg Sander

       Pages 851-870

   11. Leisure Skills

       • Brian J. Feeney, Rebecca K. Arvans, W. Larry Williams

       Pages 871-889

   12. Community Living and Participation

       • Amy S. Hewitt, Kristin Hamre, Kelly Nye-Lengerman, Jennifer Hall-Lande, Libby Hallas-Muchow

       Pages 891-905

   13. Health and Wellness

       • James K. Luiselli

       Pages 907-922

   14. Safety Skills

       • Jina Jang, Anurati Mehta, Dennis R. Dixon

       Pages 923-941

This handbook presents a diverse range of effective treatment approaches for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Its triple focus on key concepts, treatment and training modalities, and evidence-based interventions for challenging behaviors of individuals with IDD provides a solid foundation for effective treatment strategies, theory-to-implementation issues, and the philosophical and moral aspects of care. Expert contributions advocate for changes in treating individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by emphasizing caregiver support as well as respecting and encouraging client autonomy, self-determination, and choice. With its quality-of-life approach, the handbook details practices that are person-centered and supportive as well as therapeutically sound.


Topics featured in the handbook include:

• Functional and preference assessments for clinical decision making.
  
• Treatment modalities from cognitive behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy to mindfulness, telehealth, and assistive technologies.
  
• Self-determination and choice as well as community living skills.
  
• Quality-of-life issues for individuals with IDD.
  
• Early intensive behavior interventions for autism spectrum disorder.
  
• Skills training for parents of children with IDD as well as staff training in positive behavior support.
  
• Evidence-based interventions for a wide range of challenging behaviors and issues.

The Handbook of Evidence-Based Practices in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians, scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in clinical psychology, social work, behavior therapy, and rehabilitation. 

• Aggression and intellectual disabilities
• Assessment methodology for intellectual disabilities
• Cognitive behavior therapy and intellectual disabilities
• Community living skills and intellectual disabilities
• Community support needs and intellectual disabilities
• Complementary therapies for intellectual disabilities
• Diagnostic instruments for intellectual disabilities
• Evidence-based practices in developmental disabilities
• Feeding problems and intellectual disabilities
• Functional skills training and intellectual disabilities
• Intellectual disability across the lifespan
• Mindfulness-based therapies for intellectual disabilities
• Parent training and intellectual disabilities
• Pica and intellectual disabilities
• Psychopathology and intellectual disabilities
• Self-injurious behavior and intellectual disabilities
• Sexual offenses and intellectual disabilities
• Social skills training and intellectual disabilities
• Staff training and intellectual disabilities
• Toileting competence and intellectual disabilities

“This book covers a spectrum of topics relevant to the understanding of the philosophy, policy, assessment, and intervention related to evidence-based practice in the intellectual and developmental disability field. … This book will be invaluable for graduate students, professionals working in community services, special education teachers, clinicians in residential facilities, psychiatrists and all other clinicians involved in the care of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.” (Ramasamy Manikam, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Vol. 26, 2017)

“This book presents the current evidence-base for assessment, treatment modalities, and interventions for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. … For academics, this book provides a wealth of information on virtually all issues associated with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and identifies areas in need of further research to grow this field. Thus, if there is space for only one book on this topic in your office, this is the book.” (Theresa M. Courtney, Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Vol. 1, 2017)

• Department of Psychiatry and Health Beha, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta Univ, Augusta, USA

  Nirbhay N. Singh

Nirbhay N. Singh, Ph.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta GA. He is also with ONE Research Institute in Raleigh NC. He was formerly a Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Clinical Psychology at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and Director of the Commonwealth Institute for Child and Family Studies, Richmond VA. His research interests include behavioral and psychopharmacological treatments of individuals with disabilities, assistive technology for supporting individuals with severe, profound, and multiple disabilities, and mindfulness. He is the Editor-in-Chief of two international journals, Journal of Child and Family Studies and Mindfulness, and Editor of the book series, Mindfulness in Behavioral Health.

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