Contemporary issues in intellectual disabilities / V.P. Prasher, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prasher, Vee P.

Series:

Disability Studies (Joav Merrick - Series Editor - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem

Disability studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual disability.

Learning disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text brings together health and social issues related to areas of mental health, ageing and life span, biological and behavioural issues, challenging behaviour and offending, communication and social issues, empowerment, rights and ethics, and finally policy, populations and service systems.

Contents:

Intro

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

CONTENTS

PREFACE

EDITOR‟S CONTACT INFORMATION

PART I. MENTAL HEALTH

Chapter 1 PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND FUNCTION OF CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Introduction

Methodology

Results

Discussion

References

Chapter 2 DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL-INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Diagnostic Criteria and MI-ID

Diagnostic Conundrums among Children with MI-ID

DM-ID and Children

Conclusion

Chapter 3 EARLY ONSET PSYCHOSIS IN YOUTH WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Findings

Chapter 4 PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY IN ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES - A REVIEW OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD

Analysis of AMSP Data (2003 - 2007)

Analysis of Data Obtained From Discharge Summaries (1997 - 2007)

Chapter 5 PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME IN WOMEN WITH DOWN SYNDROME

Chapter 6 WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS: A COMPARISON OF THE LITERATURE

Women without Intellectual Disability and Psychiatric Disorders

Women with Intellectual Disability and Psychiatric Disorders

Acknowledgments

Chapter 7 STAFFS‟ KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS OF WORKING WITH WOMEN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

Method

Chapter 8 FORENSIC PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PAEDOPHILIA IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

Forensic Psychotherapy and Links with Intellectual Disabilities

Referral

Patient History

Level of Intellectual Disability

Forensic History

Critical Review

Formulation

PART II. AGING AND LIFESPAN

Chapter 9 PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF AGING IN DOWN SYNDROME:THE IMPACT OF LIFE EVENTS

Life Events Exposure in Adults with Down Syndrome

The Effects of Multiple Life Events Over Time

Age and the Effects of Social and Environmental Events

The Effects of Medical Events in Older People with DS

Chapter 10 FOUR TO FORTY YEARS: THE PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT OF A COHORT WITH DOWN SYNDROME

Background to the Study

Language

Reading and Arithmetic

Self-Help

Differences by Gender, Place of Rearing and Social Class

Chapter 11 SURVIVAL IN ELDERLY PERSONS WITH DOWN SYNDROME

Chapter 12 HOW DO PERSONS WITH SEVERE AND PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES EXPERIENCE THEIR APPROACHING DEATH AND HOW CAN THEY BE SUPPORTED

Understanding Death

Understanding Signals

Support

Chapter 13 THE FRAILTY SYNDROME IN OLDER PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Characteristics of the Frail Sample

Frailty Developmental Course

Chapter 14 SUPPORTING AGING ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Voices of Self-Advocates

Voices of Family Members

Chapter 15 TALKING TO OLDER WOMEN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN BREAST CANCER SCREENING

References.

Chapter 16 LIFESPAN RELATED DISEASES IN THE ADULTS WITH PROFOUND AND MULTIPLE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Aim

PART III. BIOLOGICAL AND BIOBEHAVIORAL ISSUES

Chapter 17 FRAGILE X: A FAMILY OF DISORDERS AND ADVANCES IN TREATMENT

Phenotypic Overview

Targeted Treatments in FXS

Epidemiology Diagnostic Testing and Screening

Chapter 18 BIOMARKERS OF AGGRESSIVE AND SELF-ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR

Chapter 19 DO BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME SUGGEST A PHENOTYPIC PATTERN?

Participants

Instruments

Procedure

High Frequency Problem Behaviors

Acknowledgment

Chapter 20 CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR IN ANGELMAN SYNDROME, CHARGE SYNDROME, CORNELIA DE LANGE SYNDROME, AND PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME

Participants and Procedure

Instrument

Incidence of Challenging Behavior

Comparison of Challenging Behavior between Syndromes

Chapter 21 FETAL ALCOHOL AND FETAL TOBACCO SYNDROMES: A JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE

Aim and Methods

Alcohol

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)

Maternal Drinking during Pregnancy in FAS and FAE

Tobacco

Fetal Tobacco Syndrome (FTS) and Fetal Tobacco Effects (FTE)

Maternal Factors in FTS and FTE

Alcohol and Tobacco

Features of CNS Involvement in FTS, FTE, FAS and FAE

CNS Involvement in the Maternal Drinking and Smoking Groups

Comparative Effects of Tobacco and Alcohol on Offspring

Prevalence Rates in Japan

PART IV. CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR AND OFFENDING

Chapter 22 PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Introduction

Scope of the Research

Prevalence

Main Findings

1. Disability Discrimination and Possible Human Rights Abuses

Recommendation

2. Knowing Who Has ID or Learning Difficulties

3. Implications for the Criminal Justice System

4. A Needs Led Approach: Collaborative Multi-Agency Working

5. Workforce Development

Chapter 23 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN RESIDENTIALCARE IN ISRAEL

Data

Findings Concerning Mental Health Services

Chapter 24 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF VIOLENCE ON STAFF

Stress in Staff Working in Intellectual Disability Settings

Staff Stress and Violence in Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Chapter 25 ETHOLOGY AND NEUROPHARMACOLOGY OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Aggression In Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities

Ethology, Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities and Aggressive Behavior

Chapter 26 IS SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR RELATED TO ADDICTION BEHAVIORS?

SIB, Drug Addiction and Addiction Behaviors

SIB and Sensitization

PART V. COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL ISSUES

Chapter 27 THE PERCEPTIONS OF PROFESSIONALS ON THE PROTOCOLS OF THE SLTS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Professionals

Research Design

Content of the Questions with Rationale

Results and Discussion

Experiences in the Field of Autism

The Protocol of the Professionals when Diagnosing Autism

Detailed Case History

DSM IV Criteria.

Neurological Impairment

Psychological Impairment

Observe Behavior

Play

Standard Scoring

General Examination

Referrals

Referral of Children by Neurologists, Paediatricians and Child Psychiatrists to a SLT for Intervention Once the Diagnosis ofAutism is Made

The Understanding and Knowledge by Professionals of the Roles and Responsibilities of SLTs

Chapter 28 AUTONOMY AS EXPLAINED BY AUTISM DIAGNOSIS, AGE COHORT, LANGUAGE SKILLS AND BEHAVIOR

Background

Sample

Materials

Statistical Analysis

Chapter 29 MAKING CONNECTIONS: EVALUATION OF A TOTAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING CASCADE IN ADULT SERVICES IN A RURAL PART OF THE U.K.

Background to Study

Study Aim

Chapter 30 EXPRESSION OF DISTRESS IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF LIKE

Survey for Parents

Experimental Study

Observational Study

Chapter 31 MOVEMENT DEVELOPMENT IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: EVIDENCES FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS

Analysis of Symmetry in Early ASD

Analysis of Gait After Six Months of Independent Walking

Chapter 32 USING NON-DIRECTIVE RESEARCH METHODS TO EXPLORE THE BARRIERS AND SUPPORTS TO LEARNING

PART VI. EMPOWERMENT, RIGHTS AND ETHICS

Chapter 33 WOMEN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: THEIR PLACE IN HISTORY 1800‟S-2000‟S

Chapter 34 SAFEGUARDING THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS OF WOMEN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Mapping the Existing Territory

Mapping the Future Territory

Summary

Chapter 35 WOMEN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: UNDERSTANDING SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61209-292-6

OCLC:

682621172