Meeting Emotional Needs in Intellectual Disability

Tanja Sappok

ISBN 10: 0889375895 / ISBN 13: 9780889375895

Published by Hogrefe Publishing Gmbh Sep 2021, 2021

About this Item

Neuware -Using a developmental perspective, the authors offer a new, integrated model for supporting people with intellectual disability (ID). This concept builds upon recent advances in attachment-informed approaches, by drawing upon a broader understanding of the social, emotional, and cognitive competencies of people with ID, which is grounded in developmental neuroscience and psychology. The book explores in detail how challenging behaviour and mental health difficulties in people with ID arise when their basic emotional needs are not being met by those in the environment. Using individually tailored interventions, which complement existing models of care, practitioners can help to facilitate maturational processes and reduce behaviour that is challenging to others. As a result, the 'fit' of a person within his or her individual environment can be improved. Case examples throughout the book illuminate how this approach works by targeting interventions towards the person's stage of emotional development.This book will be of interest to a wide range of professionals working with people with ID, including: clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, learning disability nurses, speech and language therapists, and teachers in special education settings, as well as parents and caregivers.Hogrefe Publishing GmbH, Merkelstraße 3, 37085 Göttingen 194 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Meeting Emotional Needs in Intellectual Disability
• Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing Gmbh Sep 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889375895
• ISBN 13: 9780889375895
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 253W x 181H x 17D millimeters 253 millimeters width by 181 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 468 grams

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Synopsis

Help adults with intellectual disabilities improve their mental health and quality of life

• Introduces a new emotional development, evidence-based model
• Details phases and milestones of development for people with ID
• Explains challenging behaviour and mental health problems according to the model
• Detailed guidance on how to apply the approach in practice
• Full of case examples

Using a developmental perspective, the authors offer a new, integrated model for supporting people with intellectual disability (ID). This concept builds upon recent advances in attachment-informed approaches, by drawing upon a broader understanding of the social, emotional, and cognitive competencies of people with ID, which is grounded in developmental neuroscience and psychology. The book explores in detail how challenging behaviour and mental health difficulties in people with ID arise when their basic emotional needs are not being met by those in the environment. Using individually tailored interventions, which complement existing models of care, practitioners can help to facilitate maturational processes and reduce behaviour that is challenging to others. As a result, the “fit” of a person within his or her individual environment can be improved. Case examples throughout the book illuminate how this approach works by targeting interventions towards the person’s stage of emotional development.

This book will be of interest to a wide range of professionals working with people with ID, including: clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, learning disability nurses, speech and language therapists, and teachers in special education settings, as well as parents and caregivers.

About the Author

Tanja Sappok, MD; Evangelical Hospital Queen Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany.Sabine Zepperitz, Dipl. Pädag.; Evangelical Hospital Queen Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany.Mark Hudson, DClinPsy; University of Nottingham, UK