Handbook of Evidence-Based Practices in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xli

   PDF

2. Implementing Evidence-Based Practices Wisely

   • Nirbhay N. Singh

   Pages 1-7

3. Foundations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

      PDF

   2. Definition and Nature of Intellectual Disability

      • James C. Harris, Stephen Greenspan

      Pages 11-39

   3. Evidence-Based Practices

      • Karen C. Stoiber, Samuel Purdy, David A. Klingbeil

      Pages 41-68

   4. Functional Assessment

      • Raymond G. Miltenberger, Sarah E. Bloom, Sindy Sanchez, Diego A. Valbuena

      Pages 69-97

   5. Preference Assessments for Clinical Decision Making

      • Andrew L. Samaha, Sarah E. Bloom, Leah J. Koehler

      Pages 99-122

   6. Prevention of Severe Problem Behavior

      • Don E. Williams, Gabrielle T. Lee, Deborah L. Grossett

      Pages 123-136

   7. Community Support Needs

      • James R. Thompson, Stephanie DeSpain

      Pages 137-168

   8. Quality of Life

      • Robert A. Cummins

      Pages 169-227

   9. Functional Skills

      • Robert H. LaRue, Christopher J. Manente, Erica Dashow, Kimberly N. Sloman

      Pages 229-239

4. Treatment and Training Modalities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241

      PDF

   2. Complementary and Alternative Therapies

      • Marianne M. Glanzman, Marisa Toomey

      Pages 243-282

   3. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

      • Paul Willner, William R. Lindsay

      Pages 283-310

   4. Mindfulness

      • Yoon-Suk Hwang, Nirbhay N. Singh

      Pages 311-346

   5. Psychopharmacology

      • Shoumitro Deb

      Pages 347-381

   6. Assistive Technology

      • Giulio E. Lancioni, Nirbhay N. Singh, Mark F. O’Reilly, Jeff Sigafoos, Doretta Oliva, Robert Didden

      Pages 383-414

   7. Positive Behavior Support

      • Kelsey R. Morris, Robert H. Horner

      Pages 415-441

   8. Staff Training in Positive Behavior Support

      • Anne MacDonald

      Pages 443-466

   9. Parent Training

      • Laura Lee McIntyre, Cameron L. Neece

      Pages 467-492

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.

Policies and ethics