Assessing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

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The book addresses the vital need for effective assessment of adults with intellectual disabilities in community care settings. It equips professionals with systematic methods to identify individual needs and evaluates how these assessments can improve service delivery. The volume is split into two parts: theoretical discussions on assessment roles across behavioural areas, and detailed descriptions of various assessment tools and strategies, considering their design, availability, and practical use. Special attention is given to adults with additional mental health challenges, behavioural issues, profound disabilities, suspected dementia, quality of life measures, and employment-related assessment.
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This handbook is ideal for healthcare practitioners, social workers, researchers, and policy makers involved in intellectual disability services, especially those interested in assessment methods and person-centred care.

This handbook helps professionals working with adults with intellectual disabilities to establish the needs of individuals through systematic assessment and to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the service they provide. A comprehensive handbook for professionals working with adults with intellectual disabilities.

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The continuing drive towards care in the community has made effective assessment of the needs of people with intellectual disabilities more critical than ever. Assessing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities enables professionals working with adults with intellectual disabilities to establish the needs of individuals through systematic assessment and to employ such assessments to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the service they provide.

The volume is divided into two main parts. The first consists of conceptual chapters addressing issues on the function of assessment in various behavioural domains. The second part describes selected assessment instruments and strategies that are commercially available or are published in an accessible form. Each of these is considered with respect to function, construction, availability, and utility.

The expert contributors to this volume cover the full spectrum of need, including adults with intellectual disabilities and additional mental health difficulties, behavioural problems, also considering those with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities, and those suspected of developing dementia.

The assessment of quality of life is given special consideration, as is assessment for employment.

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Assessing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities is praised as an indispensable resource by experts such as Matthew P. Janicki from the University of Illinois, who highlights its nuanced approach and applicability for clinicians and researchers. Professor Trevor R. Parmenter of the University of Sydney commends its timely, international perspectives and strong focus on person-centred planning, making it highly relevant to modern support practices.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405102209

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 December 2005

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

Edited by James Hogg
Edited by Arturo Langa

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 173.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 553g

Pages: 272

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Education & Reference Health & Wellness Non-Fiction

About the Author

James Hogg is Director of the White Top Research Unit, University of Dundee and Research Professor.

Arturo Langa is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Lead Clinician working for Lanarkshire Primary Care Trust, and Senior Honorary Lecturer at the University of Dundee.