Books from AAMR
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The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Emerging Workforce: Employment of People with Mental Retardation
By Peter David Blanck31 See Leonard Schatzman & Anselm L. Strauss , Field Research : Strategies for a Natural Sociology , at 29 ( 1973 ) . 32 American Psychological Association ( APA ) , Ethical Principles of Psychologists , 36 Amer .
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Positive Behavior Support for People with Developmental Disabilities: A Research Synthesis
By Edward G. CarrUnderwood, L. A., Figueroa, R. G., Thyer, B. A., & Nzeocha, A. (1989). Interruption and DRI in the treatment of ... Wacker, D. P., Steege, M. W., Northup, J., Sasso, G., Berg, W., Reimers, T, Cooper, L., Cigrand, K., & Donn, L. (1990).
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Participatory Evaluation for Special Education and Rehabilitation
By David L. Braddock, David R. Johnson, Darrell R. LewisLewis and Johnson lay out a clear nine-step method for identifying and weighting the importance of disparate goals and outcomes.
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What is Mental Retardation?: Ideas for an Evolving Disability in the 21st Century
By Stephen Greenspan, Harvey N. SwitzkyWhat is Mental Retardation? is a rare peek into the divergent--and at times contentious--points of view among the world's leading researchers on what the condition of mental retardation is and how it should be defined, measured, and ...
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Embarking on a New Century: Mental Retardation at the End of the 20th Century
By Robert L. Schalock, Pamela C. Baker, M. Doreen CroserCaptures the challenging and controversial era between 1975-2000 that led the field of intellectual disability into an age of community acceptance and inclusion.
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Quality of Life: Application to persons with disabilities
By Robert L. SchalockQuality of work life assessment : A survey - based approach . Boston : Auburn House . Bradley , V.J. , Ashbaugh , J.W. , & Harder , P. ( 1984 ) . Assessing and enhancing the quality of services : A guide for the human service field .
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Staff Recruitment and Retention: Study Results and Intervention Strategies
By David L. Braddock, Sheryl Ann Larson, K. Charlie LakinA monograph that presents studies on recruitment and retention of direct support professionals, including strategies to reduce turnover of newly-hired staff.
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Social Inclusion at Work
By Janis G. ChadseyThese consensus - building students . communities . evaluation techniques are well suited for administrators No. 615 ..... .. $ 12.95 No. 609 . ... 8 Participatory Evaluation for Special Education and Rehabilitation .
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The Best of AAMR: Families and Mental Retardation : a Collection of Notable AAMR Journal Articles Across the 20th Century
By Bruce L. Baker, Jan BlacherSocial validation in mental retardation. Applied Research in Mental Retardation, 2, 39-53. Kogan, K. L., & Tyler, N. (1973). Mother-child interaction in young physically handicapped children. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 77, ...
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Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities in Inclusive Settings
By MaryAnn DemchakGet student-specific strategies on making classrooms more inclusive for children with severe disabilities in this monograph.
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Teaching Practical Communication Skills
By Stephen C. Luce, Kathleen DyerCHAPTER We need to teach the listeners how to make opportunities to communicate as much as we need to teach students the new pragmatic skills . FIVE inal Recommendations Teaching students with mental retardation prag- matic ...
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User's Guide: Mental Retardation : Definition, Classification, and Systems of Supports, 10th Edition : Applications for Clinicians, Educators, Disability Program...
By Robert L. Schalock"This practical new Guide on the 2002 AAIDD Definition Manual tells clinicians, educators, policy makers, and program managers how to implement the various components of the AAIDD definition system in their specific job settings.
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Natural Supports: A Foundation for Employment
By John S. Trach, Debra L. Shelden... supports can be organized into seven categories : organizational supports , physical supports , social supports , training supports , service supports , community supports , and family / personal supports . In this definition , natural ...
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Community-based Instructional Support
By David Wesley Test, Fred SpoonerThis book offers practical guidelines on applying instructional strategies for adults learning community-based tasks and preparing to live, work, and play in their communities.