Topics featured in this handbook include:

Informed consent and the enablement of persons with ID.

The responsible use of restraint and seclusion as a protective measure.

Vocational training and job preparation programs that assist individuals with ID.

Psychological and educational approaches to the treatment of aggression and tantrums.

Emerging technologies that support learning for students with ID.

Key sexuality and relationship issues that are faced by individuals with ID.

Effective approaches to weight management for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Additional Information

The Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities is an essential reference for researchers, graduate students, clinicians and related therapists and professionals in clinical child and school psychology, pediatrics, social work, developmental psychology, behavioral therapy/rehabilitation, child and adolescent psychiatry, and special education.