Handbook of Developmental Disabilities

Handbook of Developmental Disabilities

Author: Samuel L. Odom

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2007-08-07

Total Pages: 673

ISBN-13: 1593854854

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This handbook reviews current knowledge about developmental disabilities. It examines evidence-based practice, research, and policy issues related to developmental disabilities with consideration to recent developments in the field.


Community Disability Services

Community Disability Services

Author: Ian James Dempsey

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781557534149

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The first Austalasian text on community disability services to provide a ready source of evidence based practice and service management guidelines. It seeks to provide an integration of principles, policy and practice in disability service provision in the 21st century.


Active Citizenship and Disability

Active Citizenship and Disability

Author: Andrew Power

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-01-14

Total Pages: 525

ISBN-13: 1107029910

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This book provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation. It explores how these principles have been enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how different jurisdictions have implemented them to enable meaningful engagement and participation by persons with disabilities in society. The philosophy of 'active citizenship' underpinning the Convention - that all citizens should (be able to) actively participate in the community - provides the core focal point of this book, which grounds its analysis in exploring how this goal has been imagined and implemented across a range of countries. The case studies examine how different jurisdictions have reformed disability law and policy and reconfigured how support is administered and funded to ensure maximum choice and independence is accorded to people with disabilities.


The Development, Conceptualisation and Implementation of Quality in Disability Support Services

The Development, Conceptualisation and Implementation of Quality in Disability Support Services

Author: Jan Šiška

Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press

Published: 2021-08-01

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 8024649535

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Social services for people with disabilities have undergone substantial changes over time, in particular in the past two decades. Whilst lack of affordable and appropriate housing is a barrier to community living for many people with disabilities, it is only one part of the jigsaw. This book traces some of these changes, in particular related to living situation and support available, in a range of different countries and considers the factors that have influenced these changes. This book considers other aspects of what is needed to bring about real change in the lives of all people with disabilities.


Group Homes for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Group Homes for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Author: Tim Clement

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1843106450

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Draws on a unique 3-year action research study that surveyed daily life and residents' experiences. Provides evidence-based strategic and practical suggestions for ways that staff and organisations can improve quality of life for residents. Authors from La Trobe University, Australia.


Textbook of Psychiatry for Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Textbook of Psychiatry for Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Author: Marco O. Bertelli

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-05-11

Total Pages: 1075

ISBN-13: 3319957201

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This textbook provides a state of the art of the knowledge on the prevalence, risk and etiological factors, clinical features, assessment procedures and tools, diagnostic criteria, treatment, and prognosis of the psychiatric disorders encountered in people with intellectual disability (ID) and low-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ID and ASD represent two meta-syndromic groups of several different conditions, each with particular cognitive and communication features. People with ID/ASD display an increased prevalence of a variety of psychiatric disorders, including psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety and stress-related disorders, somatoform disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, as well behavioral syndromes, personality disorders, and disorders due to psychoactive substance use. This book will enable readers to understand the specificities of psychiatric disorders in the context of ID/ASD. It explains clearly how diagnostic criteria and assessment procedures for psychiatric disorders that were created for the general population have to be modified for use with ID/ASD. Above all, it will enable clinicians to overcome difficulties in diagnosis and to deliver more effective care that meets the particular needs of patients with ID/ASD.


Public Administration and Disability

Public Administration and Disability

Author: Julie Ann Racino

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-12-16

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 146657982X

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Based on decades of evidence-based research and technical assistance, Public Administration and Disability: Community Services Administration in the US brings together the diverse, expert perspectives and discusses the leading efforts of the past three decades in the field of disability and community services. The book highlights the development of


The economics of disability

The economics of disability

Author: John Cullinan

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2015-02-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1847799809

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This book brings together research relating to the economics of disability in Ireland. It addresses a range of issues of relevance to the economic circumstances of people with disabilities, considering topics such as social inclusion, poverty, the labour market, living standards and public policy. It also considers issues of specific relevance to children, working-age adults and older people with disabilities, providing important evidence that can help improve disability policies, services and supports. Each chapter presents a clear and relatively non-technical treatment of the specific topic under consideration, making it accessible to a greater number of interested readers. In doing so, it provides an important addition to our knowledge and understanding of the economics of disability and will serve as a useful and up-to-date resource for a range of interested parties both in Ireland and internationally.