Forensic issues in adolescents with developmental disabilities / edited by Ernest Gralton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gralton, Ernest.

Series:

Forensic focus ; 32.

Forensic focus ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers with disabilities.

Forensic psychology.

Teenagers with disabilities--Services for.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Adolescents with developmental disabilities are a complex population who require specialised treatment and care. This interdisciplinary text examines the processes involved in working with this client group in forensic settings, and explores the ways in which their needs differ from those of other young people who engage in high risk behaviour.

Contents:

Complex co-morbidities in adolescents with developmental disabilities and forensic needs / Ernest Gralton

Communication : obstacles and opportunities / Carol Reffin

The application of sensory integration within an adolescent forensic learning disability service / Claire Underwood and Jackie O'Connell

Mental illness in adolescents with developmental disabilities who require secure care / Ernest Gralton

Working with the families of developmentally disabled young people detained in secure settings / Phil Webb and Margaret Mills

Education in adolescents with developmental disabilities in secure settings / Cheryl Smith and Mel Dixon

Autistic spectrum disorders in adolescents who require secure care / Ernest Gralton

Occupational therapy input for adolescents with developmental disabilities in secure settings / Belafonte Hosier, Jackie O'Connell, and Lesley Tebbutt

Physiotherapy in adolescents with developmental disabilities who require secure care / Hilary Haynes

Risk assessment in adolescents with developmental disabilities / Lucy Adamson and Anne McLean

Developmental traumatology : its relevance to secure settings for adolescents with developmental disabilities / Ernest Gralton

Genetic influences in forensic adolescent psychiatry / Anu Iyer

Acquired brain injury in adolescents with forensic needs / Ekkehart Staufenberg and Ernest Gralton

The legal context for adolescents with developmental disabilities, an international perspective / Teresa Flower

Art psychotherapy for adolescents with developmental disabilities, an inner world examined through images / Mary Barnes

Forensic issues for adolescents with developmental disabilities in community settings / Sarah Bernard

Models of secure inpatient care for adolescents with developmental disabilities / Ernest Gralton and Yve Griffin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613291486

9781283291484

1283291487

9780857003461

0857003461

OCLC:

749264918