Contents

Preface

List of Contributors
 

Part I Introduction

1. Penny’s Promise

  James M. Johnston & Dennis Reid

2. What Are Intellectual Disabilities?

  James M. Johnston

3. How Can Intellectual Disabilities Be Diagnosed and Treated?

  Laura Chezan, Katie Wolf, & Erik Drasgow
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Part II Evaluating Approaches to Behavioral Services

4. Concepts and Approaches in Behavioral Services

  Dennis Reid

5. Fads, Follies, and Frauds

  Gina Green

6. Applied Behavior Analysis: A Science-Based Technology of Behavior Change

  James M. Johnston & Dennis Reid

7. Professions, Qualifications, and Skills

  James M. Johnston
 

Part III Assessing Behavioral Needs

8. Assessing Needs and Guiding Interventions

  David Rotholz & Anne Kinsman

9. Developing Habilitation and Education Plans

  Kim Lucker-Greene

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Part IV Building Repertoires

10. Early Intervention: Teaching From the Beginning

   Maureen Schepis

11. How Special Education Should Be Special

   Dennis Reid

12. Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities of Adulthood

   Dennis Reid

Part V Resolving Problems with Behavior

13. Where Do Behavior Problems Come From?

   Merrill Winston

14. Addressing Behavioral Challenges

   Dawn Bailey & Mary Riordan

15. Using Psychotropic Drugs

   Peter Sturmey

Part VI How Services Are Supposed to Work and Why They Might Not

16. Governmental and Non-governmental Service Systems

   Judith Johnston

17. Legal Issues

   R..M. Schell

18. Barriers to Effective Services

   James M. Johnston & Dennis Reid

References

Author Index

Subject Index