New Book - A Practical Guide to Intensive Interaction

A Practical Guide to Intensive Interaction

Melanie Nind and Dave Hewett

This practical handbook will enable staff, parents and carers to help people with severe learning difficulties to communicate more easily with other people, using Intensive Interaction tools and techniques devised by the authors.

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Included in the guide are numerous case studies and examples, checklists.....

New Book - Authentic Dialogue with Persons who are Developmentally Disabled.

It has often been assumed that people with developmental disabilities are incapable of expressing or acquiring the level of emotional insight and sensitivity necessary to engage in any kind of therapy. Authentic Dialogue with Persons who are Developmentally Disabled explodes this myth, challenging mental health professionals and families to engage in genuine dialogue with people who are developmentally disabled.
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Positive impact of intellectual disability on families.

Positive impact of intellectual disability on families.: "Authors: Blacher J, Baker BL
Understanding positive, as well as negative, impact of a child with mental retardation will lead to a more balanced view of families and disability. In two studies we examined parents' perceived positive impact of a child with MR/DD. Study 1 involved 282 young adults with severe mental retardation; Study 2 involved 214 young children with, or without, developmental delays. In both studies, positive impact was inversely related to behavior problems. Moreover, positive impact moderated the relationship between behavior problems and parenting stress. Also, main and moderating effects of positive impact differed by parent ethnicity. Latina mothers reported higher positive impact than Anglo mothers did when the child had MR/DD. These findings are discussed in th..."