Peter Sturmey, Robert Didden

Evidence-Based Practice and Intellectual Disabilities (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Evidence-Based Practice and Intellectual Disabilities responds to the recent increased focus on, and need for, the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in treating intellectual disabilities. * The first book wholly dedicated to addressing EBP specifically in relation to intellectual disabilities * Provides clinical guidelines based on the strength of evidence of treatments for a given problematic behavioral topography or disorder * Highly relevant to a wide-ranging audience, including professionals working in community services, clinicians and parents and carers

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118321225
• Artikelnr.: 41052767

Autorenporträt

Peter Sturmey is Professor of Psychology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, City College of New York, and a visiting professor at The Department of Dentistry, University College London. He is an Associate Editor for Research in Developmental Disabilities and Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Professor Sturmey has published widely on developmental disabilities such as autism, clinical case formulation, staff and parent training, restrictive behavioral interventions, and behavior analytic approaches to psychopathology. Robert Didden is Professor of Intellectual Disabilities, Learning and Behaviour at the Behavioral Science Institute and School of Education of the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He is a psychologist at Trajectum, a center for the treatment of clients with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities and behavioral and psychiatric disorders. Professor Didden is an associate editor for Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Part I Foundational Issues and Overview 1 1 Evidence-Based Practice: An Introduction 3 Peter Sturmey 2 Adaptive Behavior 29 Peter Sturmey 3 Maladaptive Behavior 62 Peter Sturmey 4 But Is It Worth It? 85 Peter Sturmey Part II Specific Disorders and Challenging Behaviors 101 5 Aggressive Behavior 103 Olive Healy
Sinéad Lydon
and Clodagh Murray 6 Self-Injurious Behavior 133 Jeff Sigafoos
Mark F. O'Reilly
Giulio E. Lancioni
Russell Lang
and Robert Didden 7 Stereotypic Behavior 163 Timothy R. Vollmer
Amanda B. Bosch
Joel E. Ringdahl
and John T. Rapp 8 Feeding Problems 198 Keith E. Williams
Laura J. Seiverling
and Douglas G. Field 9 Sleep Problems 219 Robert Didden
Wiebe Braam
Anneke Maas
Marcel Smits
Peter Sturmey
Jeff Sigafoos
and Leopold Curfs 10 Anxiety Disorders 235 Peter Sturmey
William R. Lindsay
Tricia Vause
and Nicole Neil 11 Mood Disorders 261 Peter Sturmey and Robert Didden 12 Offenders with Developmental Disabilities 280 Peter Sturmey and Klaus Drieschner Index 292