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- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Series Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 History of Intellectual Disability
- Early Beginnings
- The Turn of the Century: 1900 to 1950
- The Age of Assessment: Late 1950s to 1970
- 1980s to the Present
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
- AAMR/AAIDD
- Education System and Special Education Law
- Summary
- Test Yourself
- Chapter 2 Prevalence, Causes, Issues, and Comorbid Disorders
- Etiology of Intellectual Disabilities: Subtypes
- Intellectual Disabilities Due to Genetic and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Intellectual Disabilities Due to Environmental Toxins (teratogens), Infectious Diseases, or Birth Tr
- Differential Diagnoses
- Comorbidity
- Test Yourself
- Chapter 3 Current Intellectual Disability Diagnostic and Federal Education Criteria
- The DSM-5
- Specifiers
- Global Developmental Delay
- Unspecified Intellectual Disability
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Intensity of Supports
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
- IDEA 2004: Part C—The Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Program (Ages Birth to 2)
- IDEA 2004: Part B—Special Education Programs and Services: Preschool (Age 3 to 5)
- Differential Diagnoses and Comorbid Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Developmental Delay and Lack of Early Stimulation
- Specific Learning Disabilities
- Test Yourself
- Chapter 4 Legal Issues and Concerns
- Education and the Law: Issues and Concerns
- Special Education Labels and Placement Decisions
- The Legal System: Issues and Concerns
- Test Yourself
- Chapter 5 Theories of Intelligence and the Flynn Effect
- Spearman’s Two-Factor Theory
- Thurstone’s Primary Mental Abilities
- Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory
- Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
- Planning, Attention-Arousal, Simultaneous, and Successive Theory of Intelligence
- Theory of Multiple Intelligences
- Flynn Effect
- The Flynn Effect on an Intellectual Disability Diagnosis
- The Flynn Effect and High-Stakes Decisions
- Intellectual Disability and Capital Punishment Cases
- Penry v. Lynaugh (1989)
- Atkins v. Virginia (2002)
- Hall v. Florida (2014)
- Test Yourself
- Chapter 6 Assessment of an Intellectual Disability
- Designing a Test Battery
- Student
- Test Availability
- Areas to Assess
- Intellectual Ability
- Adaptive Behavior
- Development and School Readiness
- Academic Achievement
- Behavior
- Test Yourself
- Chapter 7 Integration of Assessment Results
- Report Sample #1
- Background Information
- Test Results/Interpretations
- Summary
- Report Sample #2
- Background Information
- Test Results/Interpretations
- Summary
- Test Yourself
- Chapter 8 Postassessment Planning
- Common Parent Reactions to Learning a Child has a Disability
- Guidelines for Parents of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
- Transition Planning
- Levels of Severity and Expected Levels of Functioning
- The Arc: Assistance in Transition Planning
- Self-Determination and Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
- Application of Self-Determination Practices
- Use of Lifebooks
- The Use of Assisted Technology
- Self-Advocacy Online
- Results of The Arc Survey: FINDS 2011
- Test Yourself
- Appendix A State Departments of Special Education
- Appendix B AAIDD and The Arc Position Statement on the Criminal Justice System
- Criminal Justice System
- Issue
- Position
- Appendix C American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
- Position Statement of AAIDD
- Preamble
- Guidelines
- Appendix D The Arc Position Statement on Self-Determination
- Self-Determination
- Issue
- Position
- Appendix E AAIDD and The Arc Position Statement on Self-Advocacy
- Self-Advocacy
- Issue
- Position
- Appendix F The Arc Position Statement on Education
- Education
- Issue
- Position
- Appendix G The Arc Position Statement on Employment
- Employment
- Issue
- Position
- Best Practices
- School-to-Work Transition
- Training of Staff and People with I/DD
- Systems
- Appendix H Helpful Websites
- References
- About the Authors
- Index
- EULA




