Maltreatment of People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities presents research and evidence-based strategies to prevent and address the maltreatment of people with IDD across the lifespan.

With a life-course perspective and emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration, this volume uses a public health framework of surveillance, screening, and intervention. The work also explores the policy implications of strategies to prevent and address the maltreatment of people with IDD. 

Chapters address:

• Childhood maltreatment
• Sexual abuse
• Bullying
• Social vulnerability  
• Reproductive, sexual, and child-rearing rights  
• Parenting with a disability
• Adult Maltreatment
• Older adult victimization  
• Abusive head trauma
• Murder and execution 

Intellectual Disability: Definition, Diagnosis, Classification, and Systems of Supports, 12th  Edition  

The AAIDD Manual leads the field in understanding, diagnosing, and classifying the construct of intellectual disability (ID). The 12th edition integrates the findings and developments of the last 10 years and presents the operational definition in a systematic approach to diagnosis, optional subgroup classification, and planning of systems of supports for people with ID. In addition, the 12th edition examines the construct of age of onset in light of the developments of the last 10 years and changes that criterion in a way that will be critically important for professionals in the field. The material in the 12th edition is presented in a user-friendly fashion and includes advance organizers for each chapter to facilitate easy access and understanding.

Intellectual Disability: Definition, Diagnosis, Classification, and Systems of Supports, 12th Edition

Intellectual Disability: Definition, Diagnosis, Classification, and Systems of Supports, 12th Edition

Lives and Legacies of People with Intellectual Disability provides a new way to view the personal and cultural contributions of people with ID.

This book is intended to be instrumental in moving toward a new understanding of community. A wide range of relevant literature is reviewed on quality of life, the social context of ID, and supports to ensure that people with ID participate in the meaningful activities of everyday life. Most importantly, individual stories are used to illustrate the meaningful legacies of people with ID.


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The Supports Intensity Scale-Children’s Version® (SIS-C®) is a standardized, norm-referenced measure of the intensity of support needs for children between the ages of 5 and 16. 

The purpose of the user’s manual is to enable users to administer and score the SIS-C with fidelity, and to interpret and use findings from the SIS-C in ways that will enhance planning processes and outcomes for children with ID.

This product requires specialized training.  See our Purchase Qualifications Policy.

International purchases of SIS—C products cannot be made online. International customers interested in purchasing SIS—C products need to contact Ajith Mathew at ajith@aaidd.org. Do not place your order online.

The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability is the authoritative resource on the application of diagnostic information concerning intellectual disability (ID) in death penalty cases, and will be useful to all professionals involved in ID determination processes within the criminal justice system.

In a landmark Atkins v. Virginia decision in 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that executing someone with ID is a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. In its 2014 Hall v. Florida decision, the Court ruled that, while states have the right to establish their own rules for handling Atkins cases, they cannot ignore scientific and medical consensus on the diagnosis of ID, which considers both IQ test scores and measures of adaptive behavior.

The publication addresses the following critical topics:

• The definition of ID, diagnostic criteria, and analyses of Atkins cases
• Assessment considerations
• Intellectual functioning, including IQ testing and the Flynn effect
• Adaptive behavior

Also discussed are related topics including cultural and linguistic considerations,  competence to waive Miranda rights and to stand trial, retrospective diagnosis, malingering, comorbid disorders, educational records, and professional issues.

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Preface by Edward A. Polloway, Editor
Foreword by Honorable Kevin F. Foley

Chapters by

• Edward A. Polloway, James R. Patton, and J. David Smith
• Marc J. Tassé
• Gary N. Siperstein and Melissa A. Collins
• John H. Blume and Karen Salekin
•  Keith F. Widaman
• Stephen Greenspan, George W. Woods, and Harvey N. Switzky
• Kevin S. McGrew
• Dale G. Wilson
• Stephen Greenspan and J. Gregory Olley
• Stephen Greenspan
• J. Gregory Olley
• Caroline Everington, Gilbert S. Macvaugh III, Karen L. Salekin, and Timothy J. Derning 
• Richard Ruth
• Karen L. Salekin and Caroline Everington
• Denis W. Keyes and David Freedman
• George W. Woods, David Freedman, and Timothy J. Derning
• James R. Patton
• Karen L. Salekin, Gilbert S. Macvaugh III, and Timothy J. Derning
• Gilbert S. Macvaugh III, Mark D. Cunningham, and Marc J. Tassé

Trauma-Informed Behavioral Interventions: What Works and What Doesn't outlines the ways in which some individuals with IDD may have been harmed by a failure to consider problem behaviors as trauma responses that cannot be modified through the application of consequences.

With numerous case studies, the author describes exploring past traumas and successful strategies for stabilization, prevention, and intervention. This book provides insights on  how to support people who have experienced large and small-scale traumas. She provides examples of "mental health plans" and illustrates how the plans should be written to ensure optimal implementation.

This book gives the professionals and paraprofessionals a trauma-informed paradigm within which to support people with IDD and to establish the critical elements needed for their recovery from trauma.

Way Leads on to Way: Paths to Employment for People with Intellectual Disability examines the current status of our efforts to achieve meaningful, competitive employment in the community on a large scale.

There has been steady progress in moving toward systems of supports for people with intellectual disability and increased self-determination. Emerging best practices are described in the following areas:

• employment goals
• return-to-work for disability beneficiaries
• transition planning
• vocational assessment and preparation
• supports in competitive employment
• postsecondary education
• service learning
• planning and supporting employment

Authors:

William E. Kiernan (foreword)

Chapters by

• Valerie J. Bradley, Julie Bershadsky, Stephanie Giordano, Dorothy Hiersteiner, Rie Kennedy-Lizotte, and John Butterworth
• Raymond A. Cebula, III and Thomas P. Golden
•  Judith Gross and Grace Francis
• Dwannal W. McGahee and Margaret E. King-Sears
• Daniel C. Marston
• Daniel J. Baker and Bret Vaks
• David Hagner, Bryan Dague, and Kimberly Phillips
• Christy L. Nittrouer, Julie L. Pickens, and Karrie A. Shogren
• Trevei B. Freeze, Rick Freeze, and Zana Marie Lutfiyya
• Kelly R. Kelley and Cassie M. Coco
• Pamela J. Gent and Stacy K. Dymond
• Jaimie Ciulla Timmons, Sheila Lynch Fesko, and Agnieszka Zalewska
• Katharine G. Shepherd, Colby T. Kervick, and George Salembier
• John Butterworth, Derek Nord, and Alberto Migliore