Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities (Issues in Clinical Child Psychology)

The __Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities__ synthesizes a substantive range of evidence-based research on clinical treatments as well as organizational processes and policy. This comprehensive resource examines the concept of behavioral crisis in children and adults with special needs and provides a data-rich trove of research-into-practice findings. Emphasizing continuum-of-care options and evidence-based best practices, the volume examines crisis interventions across diverse treatment settings, including public and private schools, nonacademic residential settings as well as outpatient and home-based programs. Key coverage includes: * Assessment of problem behaviors. * Co-occurring psychiatric disorders in individuals with intellectual disabilities. * Family members’ involvement in prevention and intervention. * Intensive treatment in pediatric feeding disorders. * Therapeutic restraint and protective holding. * Effective evaluation of psychotropic drug effects. The __Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities__ is a must-have resource for researchers, scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in clinical child, school, developmental, and counseling psychology, clinical social work, behavior therapy/analysis, and special education as well as other related professionals working across a continuum of service delivery settings. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-4 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 Importance of Organizational Infrastructure....Pages 7-26 Peer Review....Pages 27-48 Evidence-Based Practice and Crisis Intervention....Pages 49-69 Empirically Supported Staff Selection, Training, and Management Strategies....Pages 71-85 The Use of Protective Equipment in the Management of Severe Behavior Disorders....Pages 87-105 Therapeutic Restraint and Protective Holding....Pages 107-120 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Assessment of Problem Behavior....Pages 123-146 Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior....Pages 147-167 Assessment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders....Pages 169-182 Unique Considerations of Prader-Willi Syndrome....Pages 183-198 The Motivation for Self-Injury: Looking Backward to Move Forward....Pages 199-211 Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders in Individuals with Intellectual Disability....Pages 213-243 Involving Family in the Prevention and Intervention of Behavior Problems in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities....Pages 245-258 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 Legal and Ethical Issues....Pages 261-279 Less to More Restrictive Settings: Policy and Planning Considerations....Pages 281-297 How to Make Effective Evaluation of Psychotropic Drug Effects in People with Developmental Disabilities and Self-Injurious Behavior....Pages 299-316 Consultation in Public School Settings....Pages 317-329 Home-Based Services....Pages 331-349 Components of a Private School Program Serving Children and Adolescents with Severe Problem Behavior....Pages 351-365 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 Treating Severe Problem Behavior Within Intensive Day-Treatment Programs....Pages 367-391 Intensive Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders....Pages 393-408 Outpatient Units....Pages 409-422 Intensive Outpatient Services....Pages 423-439 Do Good, Take Data, Get a Life, and Make a Meaningful Difference in Providing Residential Services!....Pages 441-465 Back Matter....Pages 467-482 Importance of Organizational Infrastructure/ Dixon, Mark R -- Peer Review/ Luiselli, James K -- Evidence-Based Practice and Crisis Intervention/ Maffei-Almodovar, Lindsay -- Empirically Supported Staff Selection, Training, and Management Strategies/ DiGennaro Reed, Florence D -- The Use of Protective Equipment in the Management of Severe Behavior Disorders/ Fisher, Wayne W -- Therapeutic Restraint and Protective Holding/ Reed, Derek D -- Assessment of Problem Behavior/ Belva, Brian C -- Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior/ Neidert, Pamela L -- Assessment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders/ Patel, Meeta R -- Unique Considerations of Prader-Willi Syndrome/ Dozier, Claudia L -- The Motivation for Self-Injury: Looking Backward to Move Forward/ McComas, Jennifer -- Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders in Individuals with Intellectual Disability/ Ricciardi, Joseph N -- Involving Family in the Prevention and Intervention of Behavior Problems in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities/ McIntyre, Laura Lee -- Legal and Ethical Issues/ Sheldon, Jan Bowen -- Less to More Restrictive Settings: Policy and Planning Considerations/ Yell, Mitchell L -- How to Make Effective Evaluation of Psychotropic Drug Effects in People with Developmental Disabilities and Self-Injurious Behavior/ Schroeder, Stephen R -- Consultation in Public School Settings/ DiGennaro Reed, Florence D -- Home-Based Services/ Tarbox, Jonathan -- Components of a Private School Program Serving Children and Adolescents with Severe Problem Behavior/ Fienup, Daniel M -- Treating Severe Problem Behavior Within Intensive Day-Treatment Programs/ Call, Nathan A -- Intensive Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders/ Milnes, Suzanne M -- Outpatient Units/ Wacker, David P -- Intensive Outpatient Services/ Ringdahl, Joel E -- Do Good, Take Data, Get a Life, and Make a Meaningful Difference in Providing Residential Services! /Strouse, Michael C Emphasizing continuum-of-care options and evidence-based best practices, this book examines crisis interventions across diverse treatment settings, including public and private schools, nonacademic residential settings and outpatient and home-based programs.