Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Foundations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. History of Intellectual Disabilities

      • Emily A. Roth, Shivali N. Sarawgi, Jill C. Fodstad

      Pages 3-16

   3. Theories of Intelligence

      • Matthew J. Euler, Ty L. McKinney

      Pages 17-44

   4. Definition and Diagnosis

      • Paige Cervantes, Rebecca Shalev, Lauren Donnelly

      Pages 45-59

   5. Problem-Solving and Working Memory in People with Intellectual Disabilities: An Historical Perspective

      • Ralph P. Ferretti

      Pages 61-71

3. Philosophy of Care

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Philosophy of Care

      • Maya Matheis

      Pages 75-89

   3. Quality of Life

      • Haris Memisevic, Mirjana Djordjevic

      Pages 91-107

   4. Service Delivery Models

      • Anne M. Bowers

      Pages 109-119

   5. Comorbidity and Intellectual Disability

      • Larry Burd, Michael Burd, Marilyn G. Klug, Jacob Kerbeshian, Svetlana Popova

      Pages 121-137

4. Parent/Professional Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Parent and Professional Organizations

      • Claire O. Burns, Georgia Shaheen, Shelley R. Upton

      Pages 141-152

   3. Staff Training and Supervision

      • John Rose, Abigail Gallivan

      Pages 153-167

   4. Multidisciplinary Teams

      • Patricia M. Noonan, Amy S. Gaumer Erickson

      Pages 169-183

   5. Reports and How to Write Them

      • Jerrica Guidry, Peter Castagna, Thompson E. Davis III

      Pages 185-200

   6. Agencies and Professions in the Provision of Care

      • Karen L. Nankervis, Maria V. Vassos

      Pages 201-217

5. Client Protections and Innovations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

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   2. Informed Consent

      • Eileen Carey, Ruth Ryan

      Pages 221-245

   3. Research Priorities and Protections

      • Susana Gavidia-Payne, Mervyn Jackson

      Pages 247-261

This handbook offers a comprehensive review of intellectual disabilities (ID). It examines historical perspectives and foundational principles in the field. The handbook addresses philosophy of care for individuals with ID, as well as parent and professional issues and organizations, staffing, and working on multidisciplinary teams. Chapters explore issues of client protection, risk factors of ID, basic research issues, and legal concerns. In addition, chapters include information on evidence-based assessments and innovative treatments to address a variety of behaviors associated with ID. The handbook provides an in-depth analysis of comorbid physical disorders, such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy and seizures, and developmental coordination disorders (DCD), in relation to ID.


Topics featured in this handbook include:

• Informed consent and the enablement of persons with ID. 
• The responsible use of restraint and seclusion as a protective measure. 
• Vocational training and job preparation programs that assist individuals with ID. 
• Psychological and educational approaches to the treatment of aggression and tantrums. 
• Emerging technologies that support learning for students with ID. 
• Key sexuality and relationship issues that are faced by individuals with ID.
• Effective approaches to weight management for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 

The Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities is an essential reference for researchers, graduate students, clinicians and related therapists and professionals in clinical child and school psychology, pediatrics, social work, developmental psychology, behavioral therapy/rehabilitation, child and adolescent psychiatry, and special education.

• Aggression and intellectual disability
• Assessment and treatment of intellectual disabilities
• Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and ID
• Comorbidities and intellectual disorders
• Compliance and ID
• Down Syndrome and intellectual disability
• Dual diagnosis and intellectual disabilities
• Environmental toxins and ID
• Epilepsy, seizures, and intellectual disabilities
• Feeding and intellectual disabilities
• Functional assessment of intellectual disabilities
• Genetics and intellectual disability
• Informed consent and intellectual disability
• Intellectual disabilities and pica
• Legal issues and intellectual disability
• Report writing and intellectual disabilities
• Restraint, seclusion and intellectual disability
• Self-injurious behavior (SIB) and intellectual disorders
• Substance abuse and intellectual disabilities
• Vocational training and ID

• Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

  Johnny L. Matson

Johnny L. Matson, Ph.D., is Professor and Distinguished Research Master in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A. He has also previously held a professorship in psychiatry and clinical psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of more than 800 publications including 41 books. He served as the Founding Editor-in-Chief for the journals Research in Developmental Disabilities (Elsevier) and Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (Elsevier) and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (Springer).

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