
International Review Research in Developmental Disabilities
- 1st Edition, Volume 58 - September 28, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Robert M. Hodapp, Deborah J. Fidler
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 6 9 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 6 9 7 - 3
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Request a sales quoteInternational Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, Volume 58, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics including The Importance of Informal Supports in Meeting the Daily Needs of Adults with IDD, Forms and Functions of Special Education Advocacy: Supporting Families of Children with IDD, The Disability Training Needs of Healthcare Professionals, Health promotion and obesity risk in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Community-based participatory approaches to IDD research, and Measuring behavioral problems in children with Down syndrome.
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- Presents the latest release in the International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities series
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: Special education advocacy for families of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Current trends and future directions
- Abstract
- 1: Context for special education advocacy
- 2: External special education advocacy
- 3: Conclusion
- Chapter Two: Meeting the daily needs of adults with IDD: The importance of informal supports
- Abstract
- 1: Informal support
- 2: The need to develop robust social networks
- 3: Individualizing informal supports through person-centered planning
- 4: Current initiatives to build informal supports
- 5: Future directions
- 6: Conclusion
- Chapter Three: The World Café as a methodology for examining disability issues: Review and recommendations
- Abstract
- 1: The World Café model
- 2: The promise of the World Café for disability research
- 3: Search and review methods
- 4: World Café studies examining disability issues
- 5: Discussion
- 6: Conclusions
- Chapter Four: Community-based participatory approaches to neurogenetic syndrome research
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Syndrome-informed intervention
- 3: Community-based participatory research and neurogenetic syndrome research
- 4: Future directions
- 5: Conclusion
- Chapter Five: Defining behavioral challenges in Down syndrome utilizing a multidimensional dynamic approach: Implications for treatment intervention
- Abstract
- 1: Behavioral challenges in Down syndrome
- 2: Motivation as a core component in evaluating behaviors
- 3: Cognition as a core component in evaluating behaviors
- 4: Social understanding and skills as a core component in evaluating behaviors
- 5: Sensorimotor and sensory processing as a core component in evaluating behaviors
- 6: Medical comorbidities as a core component in evaluating behaviors
- 7: Communication as a core component in evaluating behaviors
- 8: Developmental stages and age as core components in evaluating behaviors
- 9: Genetics as a core component in evaluating behaviors
- 10: Anxiety as a core component in evaluating behaviors
- 11: Caregiver perception and cultural influences as a core component in evaluating behaviors
- 12: Toward a multidimensional, dynamic approach to evaluating behavioral challenges
- 13: Conclusion
- Chapter Six: The disability-training needs of healthcare professionals: Scoping review and new initiatives
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Health and healthcare for individuals with IDD: A multi-level problem
- 3: Scoping review of disability-training needs of healthcare professionals
- 4: Understanding the state-of-the-art in disability training of healthcare professionals
- 5: Disability healthcare resources and policy initiatives
- 6: Concluding thoughts
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 58
- Published: September 28, 2020
- No. of pages (Hardback): 278
- No. of pages (eBook): 278
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128206966
- eBook ISBN: 9780128206973
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Robert M. Hodapp
Robert Hodapp is at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USADF
Deborah J. Fidler
Dr. Deborah Fidler is a Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University. Her research expertise is in the area of early development in individuals with neurogenetic syndromes, with a particular focus on the behavioral phenotype in Down syndrome and its implications for intervention and educational practice.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, USARead International Review Research in Developmental Disabilities on ScienceDirect