Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Roadmap for Families and Professionals

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities provides a unique contribution not currently available in the professional literature by addressing the experiences and perspectives of families living with or raising a child with a disability. Designed for family therapists, social workers, and other helping professionals, it provides empirically-based, practical information for working with families experiencing intellectual and developmental disabilities of a loved one. This book also provides important information for navigating the various professional systems of care with which these families interface: health care providers, early childhood intervention teams, educational systems, the legal system, and financial planners.

Briana S. Nelson Goff, PhD, LCMFT, is a professor in the School of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University. Dr. Nelson Goff received dual Bachelors of Science degrees in psychology and life science and a Master of Science degree in marriage and family therapy, all from Kansas State University. She completed a doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from Texas Tech University.

Nicole Piland Springer, PhD, LMFT, is an associate professor of practice in community, family, and addiction sciences, and the director of the Center for Family Systems Research and Intervention and the Family Therapy Clinic at Texas Tech University. Dr. Piland Springer received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, a Master of Science degree in human development and family studies, and a doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from Texas Tech University.