Understanding Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Professionals and Parents by

Description: Understanding Intellectual Disability by Margherita Orsolini, Ciro Ruggerini This book provides a novel approach to understanding children who have been diagnosed with intellectual disabilities (ID). This book explores the signs, symptoms and diagnosis of ID, together with dynamic perspectives on assessment, and consideration of treatment, therapy, and interventions for those living with the condition. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Understanding Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Professionals and Parents supports professionals and parents in understanding critical concepts, correct assessment procedures, delicate and science-infused communication practices and treatment methods concerning children with intellectual disabilities.From a professional perspective, this book relies on developmental neuropsychology and psychiatry to describe relevant measures and qualitative observations when making a diagnosis and explores the importance of involving parents in the reconstruction of a childs developmental history. From a parents perspective, the book shows how enriched environments can empower childrens learning processes, and how working with patients, families, and organizations providing care and treatment services can be effectively integrated with attachment theory. Throughout seven chapters, the book offers an exploration of diagnostic procedures, new insights on the concept of intelligence and the role of communication and secure attachment in the minds construction. With expertise from noteworthy scholars in the field, the reader is given an overview of in-depth assessment and intervention practices illustrated by several case studies and examples, as well as a lifespan perspective from a Human Rights Model of disability.Understanding Intellectual Disability is an accessible guide offering an up-to-date vision of intellectual disability and is essential for psychologists, health care professionals, special educators, students in clinical psychology, and parents.Things are connected through invisible bonds: you cannot pluck a flower without unsettling a star.Galileo Galilei Author Biography Margherita Orsolini is a Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology. She was the Director of the Centre for the Learning Disabilities in the Department of Developmental and Social Psychology at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.Ciro Ruggerini is a specialist in Child Neuropsychiatry and Psychiatry and a psychotherapist. He is the past president of the Italian Society of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and was the Coordinator of the Section of Neuropsychology of the Italian Society of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry from 2008 to 2011. Table of Contents 1. A Rose is a Rose but what is Intellectual Disability? Ciro Ruggerini and Antonina Pellegrino 2. Is Intelligence a General Mental Capacity? Margherita Orsolini, Francesca Federico and Sergio Melogno 3. Assessments of Children with Developmental Delays and Intellectual Disability Margherita Orsolini, Sara Conforti, Sergio Melogno 4. Intervention to Empower Childrens Learning Margherita Orsolini and Sergio Melogno 5. Attachment and Intellectual Disability: Promoting Secure Attachment in Relationships Furio Lambruschi, Ciro Ruggerini, and Melvin Piro 6. Not Just Telling: Narratives and the Construction of Shared Understanding in Interaction Marilena Fatigante, Samantha Salomone, Margherita Orsolini7. Personal Identity, Desire, Life ProjectCiro Ruggerini, Stefania Musci, Aldo Moretti Long Description Understanding Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Professionals and Parents supports professionals and parents in understanding critical concepts, correct assessment procedures, delicate and science-infused communication practices and treatment methods concerning children with intellectual disabilities. From a professional perspective, this book relies on developmental neuropsychology and psychiatry to describe relevant measures and qualitative observations when making a diagnosis and explores the importance of involving parents in the reconstruction of a childs developmental history. From a parents perspective, the book shows how enriched environments can empower childrens learning processes, and how working with patients, families, and organizations providing care and treatment services can be effectively integrated with attachment theory. Throughout seven chapters, the book offers an exploration of diagnostic procedures, new insights on the concept of intelligence and the role of communication and secure attachment in the minds construction. With expertise from noteworthy scholars in the field, the reader is given an overview of in-depth assessment and intervention practices illustrated by several case studies and examples, as well as a lifespan perspective from a Human Rights Model of disability. Understanding Intellectual Disability is an accessible guide offering an up-to-date vision of intellectual disability and is essential for psychologists, health care professionals, special educators, students in clinical psychology, and parents. Things are connected through invisible bonds: you cannot pluck a flower without unsettling a star. Galileo Galilei Details ISBN1032115394 Short Title Understanding Intellectual Disability Pages 264 Series Understanding Atypical Development Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1032115394 ISBN-13 9781032115399 Format Paperback Subtitle A Guide for Professionals and Parents Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Ciro Ruggerini Publication Date 2022-12-26 UK Release Date 2022-12-26 Illustrations 19 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and white AU Release Date 2022-12-26 NZ Release Date 2022-12-26 Alternative 9781032115412 Edited by Ciro Ruggerini DEWEY 618.928588 Audience Professional & Vocational Imprint Routledge We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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