Assessing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

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This handbook helps professionals working with adults withintellectual disabilities to establish the needs of individualsthrough systematic assessment and to monitor and evaluate theeffectiveness of the service they provide. * * A comprehensive handbook for professionals working with adultswith intellectual disabilities. * Enables these professionals to establish the needs ofindividuals * Helps them to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of theservice they provide. * Expert contributions include conceptual chapters anddescriptions of selected assessment instruments. * Covers the full spectrum of need, including adults with mentalhealth difficulties, behavioural problems, forensic needs andassessment of people with profound intellectual and multipledisabilities, and those suspected of developing dementia.

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James Hogg

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Educational & School Psychology Erziehungs- u. Schulpsychologie Learning Disability Lernstörungen Psychologie Psychology

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"Hogg and Langa have assembled a gem... they have captured a rangeof nuanced issues and problems facing workers in the field ofintellectual disabilities. This text is sure to become anindispensable companion to any clinician, researcher, or providerwanting to better understand assessment and the complex lives ofpeople with intellectual disabilities." Matthew P. Janicki,Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago "A timely publication that brings together a group of highlyrespected contributors from Europe, North America and Australia.Its strength lies in its coverage of important conceptual issues,including person-centred planning, supported by a critical analysisof contemporary strategies and assessment instruments. The focus onperson-centred planning ensures its relevance to emerging practicesin the support of people with an intellectual disability. It willfind a place in the libraries of both practitioners andresearchers." Professor Trevor R. Parmenter, Foundation Chair ofDevelopmental Disability, University of Sydney "This is a thought-provoking review of current assessmentpractice, reflecting the shift towards person-centred approachesand a concern to make assessment secure better lives for peoplewith intellectual disabilities." Professor Jim Mansell, TizardCentre, University of Kent at Canterbury
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