A Comprehensive Guide to Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities [Hardcover]

Ivan Brown (Author, Editor), Ph.D. Percy (Editor), Maire (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 14, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1557667004 | ISBN-13: 978-1557667007 | Edition: 1

The book's goal is to promote the sharing of information, experience, solutions, and insights in order to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to improve their quality of life. The editors have toned down Ontario-specific material, added information that compares definitions, trends, and systems worldwide, and included resources available in different countries, to reshape for international audience.

This book will be divided into six sections: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Etiology and Conditions, Support and Intervention, Developmental Disabilities Through the Lifespan, Health, and The Future.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Extremely comprehensive . . . validates the importance of quality of life and self-determination as key lens through which to view supports for persons with disabilities. --Director, Developmental Disabilities Institute, Wayne State University

A timely contribution . . . cover[s] the myriad of conditions and impairments, but still manages to be strengths-based and not simply a litany of deficits. --Professor of Special Education, University of Kansas; Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, Senior Scientist, Beach Center on Disability

Gives a strong international flavor to the issues, background and perspectives worldwide of rights, services, science and supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. --Co-Director, The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities, University of Delaware

About the Author

Ivan Brown is Director of the Disability Support Unit at the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 768 pages
• Publisher: Paul H Brookes Pub Co; 1 edition (May 14, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557667004
• ISBN-13: 978-1557667007
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #496,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Horrible Book, January 13, 2009

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Nick Chen - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Comprehensive Guide to Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Hardcover)

This book is written by so many authors that it is not cohesive and reading it is a struggle.

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars poor condition when received it, September 12, 2009

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The shipping was fast, price was good. But very disappointed when I received it. The cover and back of the book looks like an old book, old and dirty!