INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: SUPPORT WORK: THE FUNDAMENTALS

  • Core principles

Chapter 2: WHAT’S IN A NAME?

  • The language of intellectual disability

Chapter 3: AN OVERVIEW OF MENTAL ILLNESS

  • Common psychiatric disorders

Chapter 4: COMMON PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS

  • Factors impacting health

Chapter 5: WHEN THE PROBLEM IS PAIN

  • Assessing for pain

Chapter 6: BEHAVIOUR THAT HURTS

  • Self-injuring and aggressive behaviour

Chapter 7: SEXUALITY

  • Promoting healthy sexual expression

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Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness Copyright © 2015 by Sherri Melrose, Debra Dusome, John Simpson, Cheryl Crocker, Elizabeth Athens is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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