Assessing adults with intellectual disabilities; a service providers' guide.9781405102209 Assessing adults with intellectual disabilities; a service providers' guide. Ed. by James Hogg hogg castrated male sheep usually 10 to 14 months old. Also used to describe an uncastrated male pig. and Arturo Langa. Blackwell Publishing 2005 253 pages $59.95 Paperback RC570 If the current experiment in community care has any chance at succeeding, those responsible for the assessment of clients must do a good job of choosing methods and instruments. In this collection of 16 articles, contributors describe the concepts behind the function of assessment in various behavioral behavioral pertaining to behavior. behavioral disorders see vice. behavioral seizure see psychomotor seizure. domains, and instruments and strategies that are currently commercially available or published in an accessible form. Topics include the issues involved in the systematic assessment of the quality of life, assessment for community life and work, and assessment of those with profound or multiple disabilities, mental illness, dementia dementia (dĭmĕn`shə) [Lat.,=being out of the mind], progressive deterioration of intellectual faculties resulting in apathy, confusion, and stupor. In the 17th cent. , genetic syndromes and behavioral phenotypes, and those who have offended of·fend v. of·fend·ed, of·fend·ing, of·fends v.tr. 1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in. 2. or may offend. Strategies and instruments described include those that assess the quality of life, employment, profound and multiple disabilities, psychopathology psychopathology /psy·cho·pa·thol·o·gy/ (-pah-thol´ah-je) 1. the branch of medicine dealing with the causes and processes of mental disorders. 2. abnormal, maladaptive behavior or mental activity. , behavioral problems, dementia, behavioral phenotypes and those who have offended or are at risk of doing so. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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