Behavior Safety and Clinical Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Behavior Safety and Clinical Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031549228 | 338 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 7 MB
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031549228 | 338 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 7 MB
This book addresses behavior safety and clinical practice with persons who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). It focuses on safety concerns among children, youth, and adults with IDD who are susceptible to accidents and personal injury, lack self-preservation skills to prevent and avoid risk exposure, demonstrate behavior that is harmful (e.g., abuse, aggression, and property destruction), and receive restrictive and potentially unsafe interventions. The book examines characteristics of service settings, including strategies that promote environmental safety, training of care providers to implement safety protocols, and mitigation of risk factors associated with disease transmission. In addition, it describes evidence-based practices at the person-specific, intervention, and organizational levels, featuring service recommendations and directions for future research.