Life Planning for Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Life Planning for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Author: Judith Greenbaum

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1572244518

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A Comprehensive Guide for Parents and Caregivers As any parent or caregiver of an individual with developmental disabilities can tell you, planning for the future of an adult with intellectual disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, severe autism, or another such condition requires hard work and good advice. While complete independence and self-reliance is out of reach for many adults with developmental disabilities, a productive, stable, and enjoyable life is certainly possible. But government and private support for parents and disabled individualsis scattered and difficult to negotiate. This book is a comprehensive guide to resources you can use to help an adult child or other individual with developmental disabilities for whom you care. The book begins by assessing the quality of life of the adult with a disability. It offers a wealth of suggestions for making that person's life even better. The book then focuses on long-term planning for the individual with a disability and helps answer the question, Who will take care of my child after I'm gone? Learn effective ways to: Assess a disabled individual's strengths and need for support services Develop a plan to for building a busy and productive life Locate good housing and employment opportunities Gather a supportive team of caregivers Advocate for a disabled individual with community agencies

Pain in Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Pain in Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Author: Tim F. Oberlander

Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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For clinicians working with patients who have disabilities and may not be able to self-report , recognising expressions of pain can be a challenge This book will assist practitioners to assess and manage pain and deliver appropriate care for people with severe developmental disabilities.

How to Teach Daily Living Skills to Adults with Developmental Disabilities
How to Teach Daily Living Skills to Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Author: John Meyers

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 144011319X

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As hard as it might be to imagine, there are people working in the social services field who aren't as well trained as they might be. This doesn't mean that they work for a "bad" agency or that we need to change the whole service delivery system. It means that those staff people need more training. Training in what? This book introduces readers to a wide range of principles used in teaching daily living skills to adults with developmental disabilities - including understanding the basics of behavior, assessing behaviors, writing plans, instructional processes, reinforcement, behavior management tips, data collection, ethical issues, and much more. It is written in a conversational tone rather than a textbook format, so it's like having a conversation with someone who has "been there and done that." This is an idea generating book designed to get you thinking about the service you provide the clients in your program.

Helping People with Developmental Disabilities Mourn
Helping People with Developmental Disabilities Mourn

Author: Marc A. Markell

Publisher: Companion Press

Published: 2004-06-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1617220949

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Frequently, people with developmental disabilities are excluded from bereavement ceremonies when a loved one or friend dies, therefore not receiving the special care needed for comprehending their own feelings of loss. Focusing on creating mourning rituals for special needs people, this guide offers specific rituals and techniques for caregivers to use while helping explain death and dying. With more than 20 examples such as the use of pictures and storytelling or drawing and music, these practical tools can substantially lend to the understanding of grief and sadness for intellectually and developmentally disabled adults and adolescents.

Library Programming for Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Library Programming for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Author: Barbara Klipper

Publisher: ALA Editions

Published: 2021-07-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780838948668

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Programming staff, library administrators, and LIS instructors will find this an easy-to-read handbook for understanding the needs of adults with developmental disabilities and the principles that undergird the best practices the authors describe.

Activities With Developmentally Disabled Elderly and Older Adults
Activities With Developmentally Disabled Elderly and Older Adults

Author: M Jean Keller

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 113658109X

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Learn how to effectively plan and deliver activities for the growing number of older people with developmental disabilities. Activities With Developmentally Disabled Elderly and Older Adults is an innovative new book that aims to stimulate interest and continued support for recreation program development and implementation among developmental disability and aging service systems. Particularly useful for human service professionals working in the areas of developmental disabilities and aging, this practical volume will also be of interest to researchers, educators, and students interested in recreation services with older adults who are developmentally disabled. The older adult population with developmental disabilities (DD) continues to grow rapidly, yet little is known about their needs and interests. In this book a wide variety of authors share innovative and creative strategies for programming activities with older adults with DD. They focus on diverse issues, services, and programs from researchers, educators, and practitioners, represented varied disciplines. Each chapter demonstrates the diversity that makes serving a growing number of older individuals with DD both challenging and rewarding. Among the wealth of information you will find in Activities With Developmentally Disabled Elderly and Older Adults are discussions on the characteristics of this population and challenge activity professionals to seek innovative program strategies to appropriately serve individuals with DD companionship/friendship, physical functioning, and retirement adjustment issues that confront older adults who have lived with lifelong disabling conditions how a continuum of recreational activities is needed to provide meaningful experiences to elders with developmental disabilities how to design therapeutic recreation programs survey instruments that can be used to gain information about the needs of elderly persons with DD how to find specific programs and services that are age appropriate and foster creative expression and positive self-esteem a rationale for the development of integrated recreation programs