Aggressive and destructive behaviors are an ongoing challenge for many children, adolescents, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). What's behind these high-risk behaviors and how can professionals help manage them? Discover the answers in this comprehensive text, the most up-to-date compendium of knowledge on addressing challenging behaviors in the least restrictive settings using evidence-based, empirically supported practices.
With contributions from more than 30 prominent clinicians and researchers, this book gives readers cutting-edge research and clear assessment and intervention guidelines in six key topic areas:
Ideal for use as a graduate-level textbook or a valuable in-service reference for psychologists, social workers, educators, and other professionals, this book represents the best and latest thinking on an issue of critical importance to people with I/DD. Professionals will come away with the knowledge and proven best practices they need to assess high-risk challenging behavior, intervene appropriately, and improve quality of life for the people they serve.
Show moreAggressive and destructive behaviors are an ongoing challenge for many children, adolescents, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). What's behind these high-risk behaviors and how can professionals help manage them? Discover the answers in this comprehensive text, the most up-to-date compendium of knowledge on addressing challenging behaviors in the least restrictive settings using evidence-based, empirically supported practices.
With contributions from more than 30 prominent clinicians and researchers, this book gives readers cutting-edge research and clear assessment and intervention guidelines in six key topic areas:
Ideal for use as a graduate-level textbook or a valuable in-service reference for psychologists, social workers, educators, and other professionals, this book represents the best and latest thinking on an issue of critical importance to people with I/DD. Professionals will come away with the knowledge and proven best practices they need to assess high-risk challenging behavior, intervene appropriately, and improve quality of life for the people they serve.
Show moreJames K. Luiselli, Ed.D., ABPP, BCBA-D, Clinical
Psychologist and Senior Vice President, Applied Research, Clinical
Training, and Peer Review, May Institute, 41 Pacella Park Drive,
Randolph, Massachusetts 02368
May Institute is a private human services and behavioral health
care organization serving children, adolescents, and adults with
developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injury, psychiatric
disorders, and medically compromised conditions. Dr. Luiselli also
maintains a private practice in educational, clinical, and
behavioral consultation.
Dr. Luiselli is a licensed psychologist, certified health service
provider, diplomate in behavioral psychology from The American
Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), and Board Certified
Behavior Analyst (BCBA). He has held academic appointments at
Harvard Medical School, Northeastern University, and Indiana State
University. Within the May Institute, he is Director of the
Predoctoral Internship Program in Clinical Psychology and the
Program of Professional Continuing Education.
He is active in clinical treatment, consultation, and research. In
1996 he was ranked by the Association for Advancement of Behavior
Therapy (AABT) as one of the top 50 most-published authors in the
behavior analysis and therapy literature from 1974 to 1994. The
journal Research in Developmental Disabilities (2000) listed him as
the eighth most-published researcher in the developmental
disabilities field from 1979 to 1999. He has authored more than 275
publications, including the books Behavioral Medicine and
Developmental Disabilities (Springer-Verlag, 1989), Self- Injurious
Behavior: Analysis, Assessment, and Treatment (Springer-Verlag,
1991), Antecedent Control: Innovative Approaches to Behavioral
Support (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 1998), Behavior Psychology
in the Schools: Innovations in Evaluation, Support, and
Consultation (The Haworth Press, 2002), Antecedent Assessment and
Intervention: Supporting Children and Adults with Developmental
Disabilities in Community Settings (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.,
2006), Effective Practices for Children with Autism: Educational
and Behavior Support Interventions that Work (Oxford University
Press, 2011), and Behavioral Sport Psychology: Evidence-Based
Approaches to Performance Enhancement (Springer, 2011).
Dr. Luiselli has been the senior editor of special-topic journal
issues published in Behavior Modification, Mental Health Aspects of
Developmental Disabilities, Child & Family Behavior Therapy,
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, and
International Journal of Behavioral Consultation & Therapy. He was
a contributing editor to the Habilitative Mental Healthcare
Newsletter and Associate Editor for Education and Treatment of
Children. He also is a contributing writer for The New England
Psychologist, reviews books for Metapsychology Online Reviews, and
serves on the board of editors of six peer-reviewed journals,
including Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Mindulness,
and Clinical Case Studies. He has been a national expert consensus
panel member for the Treatment of Psychiatric and Behavioral
Problems in Mental Retardation for the guideline series published
by the American Journal on Mental Retardation.
Craig H. Kennedy, Ph.D., BCBA, Chair, Special Education
Department, and Professor of Special Education and Pediatrics, Box
328, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
37203
Dr. Kennedy is Chair of the Special Education Department and
Professor of Special Education and Pediatrics at Vanderbilt
University and is a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Investigator. He also
is Director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Behavior Analysis Clinic. Dr.
Kennedy received a master of science degree in special education
and rehabilitation from the University of Oregon and a doctorate in
special education with an emphasis in quantitative sociology from
the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Dr. Kennedy has published more than 140 scholarly works, including
the book Single-Case Designs for Educational Research (Allyn &
Bacon, 2005). He has served as Associate Editor of the Journal of
Applied Behavioral Analysis, Journal of Behavioral Education, and
Journal of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps.
He is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Secretary of the Board
of Trustees of the Society for the Experimental Analysis of
Behavior. He is a member of the American Association on
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Association for
Behavior Analysis, Society for Neuroscience, and TASH. He also
serves on the editorial boards of many highly respected
peer-reviewed journals.
In 1991, Dr. Kennedy received TASH’s Alice H. Hayden Award, and
in 1993, he received the B.F. Skinner New Research Award from the
American Psychological Association, Division 25. He was also
recognized in 2003 for his research excellence by Peabody College
at Vanderbilt University.
"A comprehensive approach to social and behavioral interventions for more serious behavioral challenges encountered among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities . . . Will be a benchmark reference work for years to come." --Travis Thompson, Ph.D.
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