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"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 "--
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
