Description
Book SynopsisThis important book recognises the complexity and importance of emotions and emotional development in the needs and lives of people with intellectual disabilities (learning disabilities), and in their care and support. Combining research, assessment and practice, and bringing together a team of experts and advisers in the field, enables exploration of this complex topic from a number of positive perspectives, including emotional development as an adaptive behaviour, as a support need, and as a quality of life domain. With insights into the intertwined connection between the emotions and the brain, the book systematically sets out theoretical frameworks, themes of emotional development, diagnostics and support, before considering whether it is possible to provide an integrative model as a basis for theory, everyday practice and research. It is a book that is relevant to everyone working in the field of intellectual disability as a key reference for practice, education, policy-making and research.
Table of ContentsPreface Editorial Introduction Part I Theoretical frameworks 1. Emotional development and intellectual disability: introduction to a dynamic concept 2. Neurobiological aspects of emotional development 3. Seven stages of emotional development, from birth to adulthood 4. Emotional development, stress and adaptation 5. The relationship between cognition and emotion in people with an intellectual disability: a neurocognitive approach Part II Themes of emotional development 6. Development of emotion regulation and the role of the attachment relationship 7. Emotional Development in Autism Spectrum Disorders 8. Sexual and emotional development in people with intellectual disabilities 9. Emotional development and mental health disorders 10. The systematic and family approach in relation to emotional development and intellectual disability Part III Diagnostics and support 11. Emotional development and assessment in persons with an intellectual disability 12. The Scale of Emotional Development - Short 13. Scale for Emotional Development for people with intellectual disabilities (SED-R2) and translation into (treatment and) support 14. The SED-R(2) Colour Profile 15. What works?! Cross-fertilisation between forensic psychiatry and care for people with mild intellectual disabilities 16. Emotional development and methodical support for people with intellectual disabilities 17. The importance of social relationships for persons with an intellectual disability: emotion regulation and how ICT can support parents and caregiver 18. Working with a disorganised attached child: Individual child psychotherapy embedded within a mentalising network. 19. The wire between client and caregiver. A metaphor on emotional and social development Part IV Review 20. Epilogue: a constructive description of emotional development 21. Closure statements Advisory Board
