Individuals who present with the combination of developmental disabilities and a history of criminal offenses elicit a wide variety of responses from clinicians and administrators. These responses vary from overly punitive to dismissive. It is relatively easy to find examples of each extreme applied to the same type of offense in different areas. The purpose of this monograph is to present a systematic objective method of assessment that can facilitate the development of clinically appropriate individualised community treatment programs. The Appendix to this monograph contains an Annotated Bibliography of selected recently published articles on this subject.

Criminal Offenders with Mental Retardation: Risk Assessment and the Continuum of Community-Based Treatment Programs

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Edwin J. Mikkelsen

Wayne J. Stelk

Psychology & Counseling

NADD

Developed because there is a dearth of information the growing body of research that demonstrates that people with developmental disabilities are at greater risk for sexual abuse and that appropriately adapted therapy services for people with developmental disabilities who have been sexually abused are rarely available.

Counselling People with Developmental Disabilities Who Have Been Sexually Abused

Sobsey, Dick

Mansell, Sheila

Mood disorders are some of the most common mental health problems. People with mental retardation, like everyone else, may experience mood disorders. If unrecognized, untreated, or treated ineffectively these disorders result in additional preventable disability and handicap. This book provides a current summary of the research literature, including diagnosis, epidemiology, assessment, and treatment

Mood Disorders in People with Mental Retardation

Sturmey PhD, Peter

Mental Health

<div>A concise yet comprehensive review of the issues related to problem behavior by individuals with developmental disabilities and/or mental health needs. The book is written in an informal jargon-free style and is designed to be a resource for family members, case managers, qualified mental retardation professionals, advocates, direct support professionals, and clinicians without advanced training in psychology or behavior analysis.</div>

The Little Book of Practical Solutions: A Common Sense Guide to Understanding and Preventing Problem Behavior

Hughes MA, Edward E.

No special needs group among people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities strains the service capacity of community and residential services to a greater extent than do people with dual diagnoses of developmental and psychiatric conditions. During the past decade many provider agencies have developed specialized services for people with dual diagnosis. Some have specialized in a primary focus of service for such people, including residential or housing and day services. Although these programs incorporate mental health services and heightened clinician presence and influence on everyday activities compared to other developmental services programs, progressive specialized programs also include key elements typical of the most progressive nonspecialized settings. The program models for residential and day services in this book include the entire range of residential and housing options available for people with dual diagnosis. These program models share common features that are responsive to the prevailing philosophy of individualized service, tempered by important differences in service mix and approaches that reflect differing needs of different subgroups of people with dual diagnosis.

Contemporary Dual Diagnosis: MH/MR Service Models Volume I: Residential and Day Services (1) (Monograph series)

Jacobson PhD BCBA, John W.

Holburn PhD, Steve

Mulick PhD, James A.

One of the major challenges to the integrity of individualized developmental services in community systems for the past two decades has been the assurance of timely, accessible, and high quality partial and periodic or intermittent services. For people with dual diagnosis of psychiatric and developmental conditions, this challenge is heightened by the need for conventional developmental services combined with community mental health services, in addition to social and health services. Although partial and intermittent service approaches are intended, generally, to be conducive to supportive living and compatible with group home living, in fact these goals have not been readily achieved.This volume represents the interactionist position that has become more common in service design and development today. It is our hope that the dissemination of effective models of services and support for people with dual diagnoses, such as those presented in this volume, will accelerate the development of sufficient partial services for people with dual diagnoses. As pioneering efforts in organizing partial dual diagnosis service provision, some of the models presented are still in development, and it is hoped that their breadth and scope will inspire programmatic and evaluative innovation.

Contemporary Dual Diagnosis: MH/MR Service Models Volume II: Partial and Suportive Services (2) (Monograph series)

Unique in its approach, Ethical Dilemmas: Sexuality and Developmental Disability addresses the critical issues and questions and provides recommendations and suggestions through extensively documented research and expert consensus. Numerous case studies are used throughout to identiy the issues. The reader will have an opportunity to examine a range of topics such as sex education, consent to treatment, sexual abuse prevention, sexual offenses, policies and procedures, parenting, human rights, legal perspectives to consent, reporting sexual assault along with a concluding summary chapter written independently by a lawyer and bioethicist.

Ethical Dilemmas: Sexuality and Developmental Disability

This book was developed to be a practical summary of some of the common syndromes related to developmental disability for professionals and students in the field. The editors have selected some common and some lesser known syndromes that are associated with persons with developmental disabilities and coexisting mental or behavioral challenges, specifically Fragile X, Down, Williams, Smith-Magenis, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Tourette’s, 22q Deletion, Smith-Lemli-Opitz, and Angelman Syndrome. The objective was to demonstrate how and why support and treatment can be individualized by recognizing the differential realities of persons, with various syndromes, who are all labeled as developmentally disabled.

Demystifying Syndromes: Clinical and Educational Implications of Common Syndromes Associated with Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Griffiths PhD, Dorothy

King MD FRCPC, Robert

For all who have puzzled over, questioned about, or wrestled with the dilemma of understanding the differences between mental health and mental illness, specifically in persons with developmental disabilities, this book provides a humorous yet empathic guide to those seeking more practical knowledge on the subject.

Quandaries: Understanding Mental Illnesses in Persons with Developmental Disabilities

Gabriel, Sue

Providing a thorough update on the developments in in the field of dual diagnosis, this book covers the field as applied to those with intellectual disabilities. These relatively recent advances include those in the development of behavior modification principles and procedures, assessment devices, and treatment approaches that have had a dramatic impact on services for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Behavior Modification for Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Treatments and Supports Volume I (Volume 1)

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