Peter Sturmey & Robert Didden 
Evidence-Based Practice and Intellectual Disabilities [EPUB ebook] 

Evidence-Based Practice and Intellectual Disabilities responds to the recent increased focus on, and need for, the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in treating intellectual disabilities.

* The first book wholly dedicated to addressing EBP specifically in relation to intellectual disabilities

* Provides clinical guidelines based on the strength of evidence of treatments for a given problematic behavioral topography or disorder

* Highly relevant to a wide-ranging audience, including professionals working in community services, clinicians and parents and carers

Table of Content

Contributors vii

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

Part I Foundational Issues and Overview 1

1 Evidence-Based Practice: An Introduction 3

Peter Sturmey

2 Adaptive Behavior 29

Peter Sturmey

3 Maladaptive Behavior 62

Peter Sturmey

4 But Is It Worth It? 85

Peter Sturmey

Part II Specific Disorders and Challenging Behaviors
101

5 Aggressive Behavior 103

Olive Healy, Sinéad Lydon, and Clodagh Murray

6 Self-Injurious Behavior 133

Jeff Sigafoos, Mark F. O’Reilly, Giulio E. Lancioni,
Russell Lang, and Robert Didden

7 Stereotypic Behavior 163

Timothy R. Vollmer, Amanda B. Bosch, Joel E. Ringdahl, and John
T. Rapp

8 Feeding Problems 198

Keith E. Williams, Laura J. Seiverling, and Douglas G.
Field

9 Sleep Problems 219

Robert Didden, Wiebe Braam, Anneke Maas, Marcel Smits, Peter
Sturmey, Jeff Sigafoos, and Leopold Curfs

10 Anxiety Disorders 235

Peter Sturmey, William R. Lindsay, Tricia Vause, and Nicole
Neil

11 Mood Disorders 261

Peter Sturmey and Robert Didden

12 Offenders with Developmental Disabilities 280

Peter Sturmey and Klaus Drieschner

Index 292

About the author

Peter Sturmey is Professor of Psychology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, City College of New York, and a visiting professor at The Department of Dentistry, University College London. He is an Associate Editor for Research in Developmental Disabilities and Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Professor Sturmey has published widely on developmental disabilities such as autism, clinical case formulation, staff and parent training, restrictive behavioral interventions, and behavior analytic approaches to psychopathology.

Robert Didden is Professor of Intellectual Disabilities, Learning and Behaviour at the Behavioral Science Institute and School of Education of the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He is a psychologist at Trajectum, a center for the treatment of clients with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities and behavioral and psychiatric disorders. Professor Didden is an associate editor for Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities.