Assessing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Service Provider's Guide

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.

Features include:

• A comprehensive handbook for professionals working with adults with intellectual disabilities.
• Enables these professionals to establish the needs of individuals
• Helps them to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the service they provide.
• Expert contributions include conceptual chapters and descriptions of selected assessment instruments.
• Covers the full spectrum of need, including adults with mental health difficulties, behavioural problems, forensic needs and assessment of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities, and those suspected of developing dementia.

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Hogg, James; Langa, Arturo

ISBN:

978-1-40-510220-9

Specialty:

• Clinical Psychology
• Psychology

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

264

Publication Year:

2006

• Wiley Psychology Book Collection