Prevention Science and Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Tears down the walls between two established cultures of research – prevention science and intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to promote prevention and health progress

Nathaniel Riggs (Volume editor), Bethany Rigles (Volume editor)

9780128245859, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 22 November 2021

312 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.66 kg

Prevention Science and Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Volume 61 highlights the WHOs emphasis on the importance of adopting a public health approach. Chapters in the book include A Prevention Science Approach to Promoting Health for Those with Developmental Disabilities, From Surviving to Thriving: A New Conceptual Model to Advance Interventions to Support People with FASD Across the Lifespan, Disability-related Abuse in People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Considerations Across the Lifespan, Two Sides of the Same Coin: A Qualitative Study of Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives on Factors Affecting Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices for Children with Autism in Elementary Schools, and more.

1. Applying a prevention science approach to promoting health for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Nathaniel R. Riggs, Susan Hepburn, and Miranda E. Pinks
2. From surviving to thriving: A new conceptual model to advance interventions to support people with FASD across the lifespan
Christie L.M. Petrenko and Carson Kautz-Turnbull
3. Disability-related abuse in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Considerations across the lifespan
Emily M. Lund
4. Two sides of the same coin: A qualitative study of multiple stakeholder perspectives on factors associated with implementation of evidence-based practices for children with autism in elementary schools
Kaitlyn Ahlers, Maria L. Hugh, Lindsay Frederick, and Jill Locke
5. Captivating: Avatars as therapeutic agents for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Lisa Daunhauer, Francisco Ortega, Ross Beveridge, Joe Strout, and Anita Bundy
6. Family-focused interventions as prevention and early intervention of behavioral problems in children with autism spectrum disorder
Laura Lee McIntyre and Megan Kunze
7. Body weight improvements associated with a nutritional intervention for adults with IDD living in group homes: A randomized controlled trial
Bethany Rigles, Kathleen Humphries, and Joshua A. Goode
8. Lifestyle intervention adaptations to promote healthy eating and physical activity of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Carol Curtin, April B. Bowling, Kerri N. Boutelle, Sarabeth Broder-Fingert, Gretchen A. Dittrich, Lauren T. Ptomey, Heidi I. Stanish, Diane D. Boas, Richard K. Fleming, Tanja V.E. Kral, and Linda G. Bandini
9. Cultural adaptations of a parent training program for families of children with ASD/IDD: Parents taking action
Sandy Magaña, Sarah Dababnah, Yue Xu, Mariana Garcia Torres, Sarah R. Rieth, Christina Corsello, Elizabeth Rangel, Lauren Brookman-Frazee, and Sandra B. Vanegas

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Child & developmental psychology [JMC]