Essentials of intellectual disability assessment and identification

Essentials of intellectual disability assessment and identification /

"A concise, up-to-date overview of intellectual disability evaluation and assessment Essentials of Intellectual Disability Assessment and Identification offers a practical, concise overview of the nature of intellectual disability and adaptive skills functioning in children, adolescents, and ad...

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Main Authors: Brue, Alan W. (Author), Wilmshurst, Linda (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2016]
Series:Essentials of psychological assessment series.
Subjects:
Intellectual disability.
Developmental disabilities.
Intelligence tests.
Educational tests and measurements.
Children.
Intellectual Disability
Developmental Disabilities
Intelligence Tests
Educational Measurement
Child
United States
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Dedication
  • Series Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One: History of Intellectual Disability
  • Early Beginnings
  • The Turn of the Century: 1900 to 1950
  • The Age of Assessment: Late 1950s to 1970
  • 1980s to the Present
  • Summary
  • Test Yourself
  • Chapter Two: Prevalence, Causes, Issues, and Comorbid Disorders
  • Etiology of Intellectual Disabilities: Subtypes
  • Differential Diagnoses
  • Comorbidity
  • Test Yourself
  • Chapter Three: Current Intellectual Disability Diagnostic and Federal Education Criteria
  • The DSM-5
  • American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
  • Differential Diagnoses and Comorbid Conditions
  • Specific Learning Disabilities
  • Test Yourself
  • Chapter Four: Legal Issues and Concerns
  • Education and the Law: Issues and Concerns
  • Test Yourself
  • Chapter Five: Theories of Intelligence and the Flynn Effect
  • Spearman's Two-Factor Theory
  • Thurstone's Primary Mental Abilities
  • Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory
  • Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
  • Planning, Attention-Arousal, Simultaneous, and Successive Theory of Intelligence
  • Theory of Multiple Intelligences
  • Flynn Effect
  • Intellectual Disability and Capital Punishment Cases
  • Test Yourself
  • Chapter Six: Assessment of an Intellectual Disability
  • Designing a Test Battery
  • Areas to Assess
  • Test Yourself
  • Chapter Seven: Integration of Assessment Results
  • Report Sample #1
  • Report Sample #2
  • Test Yourself
  • Chapter Eight: Postassessment Planning
  • Common Parent Reactions to Learning a Child has a Disability
  • Guidelines for Parents of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
  • Transition Planning
  • Self-Determination and Individuals with Developmental Disabilities.
  • Application of Self-Determination Practices
  • Results of The Arc Survey: FINDS 2011
  • Test Yourself
  • Appendix A: State Departments of Special Education
  • Appendix B: AAIDD and The Arc Position Statement on the Criminal Justice System
  • Criminal Justice System
  • Appendix C: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD): Guidelines to Professional Conduct
  • Position Statement of AAIDD
  • Appendix D: The ARC Position Statement on Self-Determination
  • Self-Determination
  • Appendix E: AAIDD and The Arc Position Statement on Self-advocacy
  • Self-Advocacy
  • Appendix F: The ARC Position Statement on Education
  • Education
  • Appendix G: The ARC Position Statement on Employment
  • Employment
  • Appendix H: Helpful Websites
  • References
  • About the Authors
  • Index
  • End User License Agreement.

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