Download or read book Assessing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities written by James Hogg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook helps professionals working with adults withintellectual disabilities to establish the needs of individualsthrough systematic assessment and to monitor and evaluate theeffectiveness of the service they provide. A comprehensive handbook for professionals working with adultswith intellectual disabilities. Enables these professionals to establish the needs ofindividuals Helps them to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of theservice they provide. Expert contributions include conceptual chapters anddescriptions of selected assessment instruments. Covers the full spectrum of need, including adults with mentalhealth difficulties, behavioural problems, forensic needs andassessment of people with profound intellectual and multipledisabilities, and those suspected of developing dementia.