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Human Needs and Intellectual Disabilities: Applications for Person Centered Planning, Dual Diagnosis, and Crisis Intervention
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Reiss, Steven – National Association for the Dually Diagnosed, 2009
Human Needs and Intellectual Disabilities identifies the 12 human needs most relevant to the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, autism and related developmental disabilities. It includes detailed, practical suggestions for caregivers or parents interested in the happiness, quality of life, and self-determination of their loved ones or…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Mental Retardation, Mental Disorders, Quality of Life
Health Matters for People with Developmental Disabilities: Creating a Sustainable Health Promotion Program
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Marks, Beth; Sisirak, Jasmina; Heller, Tamar – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
Adults with developmental disabilities are at significant risk for health problems. Effective health promotion can improve outcomes--and that's why adult day and residential agencies, schools, and other organizations need this invaluable program development guide. An urgent call to action and a start-to-finish framework for health promotion, this…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Physical Disabilities, Quality of Life
Bully Blocking: Six Secrets to Help Children Deal with Teasing and Bullying. Revised Edition
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Field, Evelyn M. – Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007
This confidence-boosting book aims to help children overcome the damaging effects of teasing and bullying, and to develop practical skills and attitudes to improve their self-esteem and quality of life. This revised edition of "Bully Blocking" (originally published under the title "Bully Busting") is based on Evelyn Field's "Secrets of Relating,"…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Support Groups, Quality of Life, Bullying