Clinical Psychology and People with Intellectual Disabilities

Clinical Psychology & People with Intellectual Disabilities provides trainee and qualified clinical psychologists with the most up-to-date information and practical clinical skills for working with people with intellectual disabilities. Represents an invaluable training text for those planning to work with people with intellectual disabilities Includes coverage of key basic concepts, relevant clinical skills, and the most important areas of clinical practice All chapters have been fully updated with the latest evidence. New chapters cover working professionally, working with people with autism and addressing aspects of the wider social context within which people with learning disabilities live. Beneficial to related health and social care staff, including psychiatrists, nurses, and social workers

Clinical Psychology & People with Intellectual Disabilities provides trainee and qualified clinical psychologists with the most up-to-date information and practical clinical skills for working with people with intellectual disabilities.* Represents an invaluable training text for those planning to work with people with intellectual disabilities* Includes coverage of key basic concepts, relevant clinical skills, and the most important areas of clinical practice* All chapters have been fully updated with the latest evidence. New chapters cover working professionally, working with people with autism and addressing aspects of the wider social context within which people with learning disabilities live.* Beneficial to related health and social care staff, including psychiatrists, nurses, and social workers

About the Editors ixList of Contributors xiPreface xiiiPart 1: Setting the Scene 1Chapter 1 Intellectual Disabilities - ClassificationEpidemiology and Causes 3Chris HattonChapter 2 Service Provision 23Rupa Gone, Chris Hatton and Amanda CaineChapter 3 Social Context 51Eric Emerson and Rupa GoneChapter 4 Cognitive Assessment 63Isobel LambChapter 5 Common Legal Issues in Clinical Practice83A.J. HollandPart 2: General Clinical Issues 105Chapter 6 Interviewing People with Intellectual Disabilities107Helen Prosser and Jo BromleyChapter 7 Working with People: Direct Interventions 121Nigel Beail and Andrew JahodaChapter 8 Working with Families 141Jo Bromley and Christine MellorChapter 9 Working with Organisations or: Why Won't TheyFollow My Advice? 161Judith McBrien and Sue CandyChapter 10 Reflections on 25 Years Working in the NHS 181Ian FlemingPart 3: Working with 203Chapter 11 Working with People Whose Behaviour ChallengesServices 205Alick BushChapter 12 Working with Offenders or Alleged Offenders withIntellectual Disabilities 235Glynis H. Murphy and Isabel C.H. ClareChapter 13 Sexual Exploitation of People with IntellectualDisabilities 273Paul Withers and Jennifer MorrisChapter 14 Working with Parents Who Happen to Have IntellectualDisabilities 293Sue McGawChapter 15 People with Intellectual Disabilities and MentalIll-Health 313D. Dagnan and W.R. LindsayChapter 16 Working with People with Autism 339Jo Bromley, Elizabeth Crabtree, Christine Mellor and MaryDelaneyChapter 17 Older Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Issuesin Ageing and Dementia 359Sunny Kalsy-Lillico, Dawn Adams and Chris OliverIndex 393