Handbook on Quality of Life for Human Service Practitioners

The most comprehensive and current volume on the subject, the Handbook contains a unique and practical model of quality of life that human service professionals can use to develop services and evaluate outcomes of programs. Two international experts simplify quality of life into 8 factors that can be applied to programs in education; physical health; mental and behavioral health; mental retardation and intellectual disabilities; aging; and family services.

The Handbook is based on a reviewof international literature from 1985-2000 and contains over 50 pages of references.

Also available:

Social Inclusion at Work - ISBN 0940898977
Quality of Life: Applications for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - ISBN 0940898969

Since 1876, the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) has been providing worldwide leadership in the field of disabilities. AAIDD is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization of professionals and citizens concerned about intellectual and developmental disabilities.

AAIDD publishes books for professionals in developmental disability in the areas of:

-Supported living
-Definition of intellectual disability
-Disability funding
-Positive behavior support
-Palliative care
-Quality of life
-Health

'If you have any interest in quality of life for individuals in human services...then Schalock and Alonso have done you a tremendous favor. They have amassed a huge review of literature on quality of life...that will be helpful to both the seasoned researcher and program director, as well as to new students or professionals in the field.' --Mental Retardation

'I recommend it as an important text for staff training programs and a particularly useful reference in libraries of human service organizations.' --Christa Van Kraayenroord, Editor, International Journal of Disability, Development, and Education

'This publication represents a seminal text for QOL researchers and would be very useful for graduate level courses in QOL.'
Roger Stancliffe, Centre for Developmental Disability Studies, University of Sidney Australia

'This is an elegant, well-founded book blending conceptual rigor with an appreciation for the rather more fuzzy parameters of everyday life....It is anchored in the here and now, as the authors conclude that quality of life is manifested not only in research data, but in a variety of personal expressions consistent with being, belonging and becoming.'

Patricia Noonan Walsh, National University of Ireland, Dublin

'This is a well-researched book with its extensive guide to evaluating quality of life issues will be most helpful to policymakers and researchers.' --Elaine Bulter, Librarian, Support for Families of Children with Disabilities, San Francisco, CA