Developing Staff Competencies for Supporting People with Developmental Disabilities

Name: Developing Staff Competencies for Supporting People with Developmental Disabilities
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An Orientation Handbook

By: James F. Gardner, Michael S. Chapman

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Paperback | 29 May 1993 | Edition Number 2

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416 Pages

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24.13 x 18.42 x 2.54

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Formerly titled Staff Development in Mental Retardation Services: A Practical Handbook, this second edition, in an easier-to-use format, gives service providers helpful strategies for increasing effectiveness and maintaining well-being while working in the rewarding yet challenging field of human services. Filled with answers to pertinent questions about service development, delivery, and assessment, this intuitive guide also offers guidelines for working with families, coping with stress and burnout, and enhancing service management and quality.

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"a handbook in the best sense of the word...a guide to the process of learning and change in the direction of current trends such as inclusion and respectful philosophies of care" "Gardner and Chapman have written a handbook in the best sense of the word . . . a guide to the process of learning and change in the direction of current trends such as inclusion and respectful philosophies of care."

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Non-Fiction Social Services & Welfare Social Welfare & Social Services Social Work Psychology Child & Developmental Psychology Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Social Aspects of Disabilities Medicine Medicine in General Health Systems & Services

Family & Health Coping with / Advice about Personal, Social & Health Topics Coping with / Advice about Physical Impairments / Disability

Introduction
Foundations of Services
An Introduction to Developmental Disabilities	p. 3
Historical and Contemporary Trends in Services	p. 27
The Principle of Normalization	p. 45
Legal Rights of Persons with Developmental Disabilities	p. 69
Program Development for Persons With Developmental Disabilities
The Process of Assessment	p. 93
The Interdisciplinary Team Process	p. 111
Developing Instructional Strategies	p. 129
Identifying and Measuring Behaviors	p. 153
Principles of Behavior Intervention	p. 171
New Trends and Individual Differences
Human Sexuality	p. 197
Leisure and Recreation	p. 217
Adaptive Technology	p. 237
Supported Employment	p. 263
Maintaining Perspectives: Guidelines for Individual Employees
Coping with Stress and Burnout	p. 283
Working with Families	p. 305
Maintaining Safe Environments	p. 349
Drugs and Medications	p. 369
Management Responsibilities	p. 393
Maintaining and Enhancing Quality of Services	p. 419
Glossary	p. 437
Index	p. 447
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Developing Staff Competencies for Supporting People with Developmental Disabilities

An Orientation Handbook

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