A Comprehensive Guide to Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Hardcover)

Developmental Disabilities; What Do We Mean by Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Related Terms?; Changing Perspectives on Developmental Disabilities; Currents Trends and Issues in Intellectual Disabilities; International Human Rights and Intellectual Disability; Etiology and Condition; An Introduction to Genetics, Development and the Nervous System; Factors that Cause or Contribute to Developmental Disabilities; Autism and Related Disabilities; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Children, Families, and HIV Infection; Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; Support and Intervention; Introduction to Assessment, Intervention, and Services; Introduction to Person-Centered and Family-Centered Support; Behavioral Intervention and Developmental Disabilities; Developmental Disabilities through the Lifespan; Prenatal and Early Life; Early Intervention: Principles and Practices; Education for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; The Transition from School to Adult Life; Lifestyles of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Women's Work: A Gendered Approach to Developmental Disability; Parenting by Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; Health; Ethical Issues Relating to Consent in Providing Treatment and Care; Physical Health; Intellectual Disabilities and Behavioral, Emotiona,l and Psychological Disturbances; Future; Current Trends & Future Challenges.