Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Reed, Derek D. (Editor), DiGennaro Reed, Florence D. (Editor), Luiselli, James K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Issues in Clinical Child Psychology,
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Behavioral Therapy.; Rehabilitation.; Educational psychology.; Social work.; Developmental psychology.; Psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Social Work.; Educational Psychology.; Family.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6531-7

The Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities synthesizes a substantive range of evidence-based research on clinical treatments as well as organizational processes and policy. This comprehensive resource examines the concept of behavioral crisis in children and adults with speci...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• Part I: Organizational Preparedness
• 2. Importance of Organizational Infrastructure
• 3. Peer Review
• 4. Evidence-Based Practice and Crisis Intervention
• 5. Empirically-Supported Staff Selection, Training, and Management Strategies
• 6. The Use of Protective Equipment in the Management of Severe Behavior Disorders
• 7. Therapeutic Restraint and Protective Holding
• Part II: Crisis Identification and Acknowledgement
• 8. Assessment of Problem Behavior
• 9. Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior
• 10. Assessment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders
• 11. Unique Considerations of Prader-Willi Syndrome
• 12. The Motivation for Self-Injury: Looking Backward to Move Forward
• �13. Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders in Individuals with Intellectual Disability
• 14. Involving Family in the Prevention and Intervention of Behavior Problems in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• �Part III: Navigating the Continuum of Care
• 15. Legal and Ethical Issues
• 16. Less to More Restrictive Settings:� Policy and Planning Considerations
• 17. How to Make Effective Evaluation of Psychotropic Drug Effects in People with Developmental Disabilities and Self-injurious Behavior
• 18. Consultation in Public School Settings
• 19. Home-Based Services
• 20. Components of a Private School Program Serving Children and Adolescents with Severe Problem Behavior
• 21. Treating Severe Problem Behavior within Intensive Day-Treatment Programs
• 22. Intensive Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders
• 23. Outpatient Units
• 24. Intensive Outpatient Services
• 25. Do Good, Take Data, Get a Life, and Make a Meaningful Difference in Providing Residential Services.