
Coping With a Diagnosis
Emily Papazoglou
in Don't Wait and See!: A Neuropsychologist's Guide to Helping Children Who Are Developing Differently
Having confirmation that your child is developing differently is devastating, but you must hold on to hope. Children often surprise us with their resiliency and also with their ability to ...
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The Developmental Disabilities
Marc Woodbury-Smith and Fred R. Volkmar
in Ziskin's Coping with Psychiatric and Psychological Testimony (6 ed.)
The focus of this chapter is primarily on intellectual disability and autism and related conditions; legal issues relative to the specific developmental disabilities are discussed more ...
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The Experience of Bereavement for Those with Developmental Disabilities
Patricia A. Wisocki
in Stress and Coping in Autism
This chapter presents case examples of bereavement among those with developmental disabilities; a review of the typical stages of grief, contrasted with what is known about the bereavement ...
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Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Clinical Handbook
Nicholas W. Gelbar (ed.)
Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Clinical Handbook is an edited volume that summarizes the current state of the research concerning adolescents and young adults ...
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Helping Parents With Challenging Children: Positive Family Intervention: Facilitator Guide
V. Mark Durand and Meme Hieneman
One of the main concerns of parents of children with developmental disabilities such as autism is the management of problem behaviour, including aggression, self-injury, and tantrums, which ...
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Session 1: Introduction and Goal Setting
V. Mark Durand and Meme Hieneman
in Helping Parents With Challenging Children: Positive Family Intervention: Facilitator Guide
Chapter 3 outlines the first session of the training program. This session discusses the importance of thoughts and feelings, positive behavior support (PBS), key features of the program ...
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Session 3: Analysis and Plan Design
V. Mark Durand and Meme Hieneman
in Helping Parents With Challenging Children: Positive Family Intervention: Facilitator Guide
Chapter 5 outlines the third training program session on analysis and plan design. The chapter discusses the use of distraction from pessimistic thoughts, analyzing patterns in the child’s ...
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Session 5: Managing Consequences
V. Mark Durand and Meme Hieneman
in Helping Parents With Challenging Children: Positive Family Intervention: Facilitator Guide
Chapter 7 outlines the fifth session of the training problem. This session focuses on the management of the consequences of behavior, including affirmations, parent reactions that can work ...
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Session 6: Replacing Behavior
V. Mark Durand and Meme Hieneman
in Helping Parents With Challenging Children: Positive Family Intervention: Facilitator Guide
Chapter 8 outlines session six of the training program. This session focuses on replacing problem behaviors, and includes discussions on cognitive restructuring, identifying and selecting ...
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Identification and Assessment of Challenging Behavior
V. Mark Durand and Meme Hieneman
in Helping Parents With Challenging Children: Positive Family Intervention: Facilitator Guide
Chapter 2 discusses the identification and assessment of challenging behavior, including information on methods such as interviews, behavior rating scales, direct observation procedures, ...
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Introductory Information for Facilitators
V. Mark Durand and Meme Hieneman
in Helping Parents With Challenging Children: Positive Family Intervention: Facilitator Guide
Chapter 1 presents introductory information for facilitators. This includes an outline of the background and purpose of the program, information on challenging behavior, development of the ...
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Session 8: Monitoring Results and Wrap-up
V. Mark Durand and Meme Hieneman
in Helping Parents With Challenging Children: Positive Family Intervention: Facilitator Guide
Chapter 10 outlines the final training session of the program. This session discusses the importance of reviewing and monitoring the results of the behavior plan once it is implemented, ...
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Session 7: Putting the Behavior Support Plan in Place
V. Mark Durand and Meme Hieneman
in Helping Parents With Challenging Children: Positive Family Intervention: Facilitator Guide
Chapter 9 discusses the seventh training program session on designing and implementing the behavior support plan. This includes how to integrate different components of comprehensive ...
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Evidence Base for the Developmental Narrative Elaboration Interview
Karen J. Saywitz and Lorinda B. Camparo
in Evidence-based Child Forensic Interviewing: The Developmental Narrative Elaboration Interview
Chapter 2 is a summary of the experimental research on the elements of the DNE Interview. It describes studies conducted with over 1000 children, ages 3 to 12, demonstrating positive ...
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Single-Case Research Methodology to Inform Evidence-Based Practice
David P. Wacker, Wendy K. Berg, and Jay W. Harding
in Effective Practices for Children with Autism: Educational and behavior support interventions that work
This chapter first presents a brief overview of single-case designs and thendescribes the use of representative designs with persons diagnosed with developmentaldisabilities. For each ...
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Psychotherapy for Developmental Disabilities
Jonathan M. Campbell and Angela Scarpa
in Bringing Psychotherapy to the Underserved: Challenges and Strategies
Psychological disorders commonly co-occur in individuals with developmental disabilities, yet mental health disorders are under-identified and mental health services are underutilized for ...
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Don't Wait and See!: A Neuropsychologist's Guide to Helping Children Who Are Developing Differently
Emily Papazoglou
A “wait and see” approach may harm your child as you lose valuable time to get development back on track. The brain develops most rapidly in the first few years of life, which means that ...
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Peer-Mediated Pivotal Response Training
Dacia M. McCoy, Chelsea Ritter, and J. Meredith Murphy
in Peers as Change Agents: A Guide to Implementing Peer-Mediated Interventions in Schools
Peer-mediated Pivotal Response Training (PM-PRT) is a behavioral approach that incorporates instruction and practice opportunities on pivotal and socially significant skills (e.g., ...
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Parenting Support for Children with Developmental Disability
Trevor G. Mazzucchelli and Lisa J. Studman
in The Power of Positive Parenting: Transforming the Lives of Children, Parents, and Communities Using the Triple P System
Children with a developmental disability are at a substantially greater risk, when compared to their typically developing peers, of showing a variety of emotional and behavioral problems. ...
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Session 2: Gathering Information
V. Mark Durand and Meme Hieneman
in Helping Parents With Challenging Children: Positive Family Intervention: Facilitator Guide
Chapter 4 discusses the second session of the training program on the identification and assessment of challenging behavior. This includes the relationship between thoughts and behavior, ...
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