Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities

Abstract

1. Introduction -- Part I: Organizational Preparedness -- 2. Importance of Organizational Infrastructure -- 3. Peer Review -- 4. Evidence-Based Practice and Crisis Intervention -- 5. Empirically-Supported Staff Selection, Training, and Management Strategies -- 6. The Use of Protective Equipment in the Management of Severe Behavior Disorders -- 7. Therapeutic Restraint and Protective Holding -- Part II: Crisis Identification and Acknowledgement -- 8. Assessment of Problem Behavior -- 9. Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior -- 10. Assessment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders -- 11. Unique Considerations of Prader-Willi Syndrome -- 12. The Motivation for Self-Injury: Looking Backward to Move Forward --  13. Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders in Individuals with Intellectual Disability -- 14. Involving Family in the Prevention and Intervention of Behavior Problems in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities --  Part III: Navigating the Continuum of Care -- 15. Legal and Ethical Issues -- 16. Less to More Restrictive Settings:  Policy and Planning Considerations -- 17. How to Make Effective Evaluation of Psychotropic Drug Effects in People with Developmental Disabilities and Self-injurious Behavior -- 18. Consultation in Public School Settings -- 19. Home-Based Services -- 20. Components of a Private School Program Serving Children and Adolescents with Severe Problem Behavior -- 21. Treating Severe Problem Behavior within Intensive Day-Treatment Programs -- 22. Intensive Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders -- 23. Outpatient Units -- 24. Intensive Outpatient Services -- 25. Do Good, Take Data, Get a Life, and Make a Meaningful Difference in Providing Residential Services.