{"product_id":"understanding-intellectual-disability-a-guide-for-professionals-and-parents-paperback","title":"Understanding Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Professionals and Parents - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargherita Orsolini\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCiro Ruggerini\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Professionals and Parents\u003c\/em\u003e supports professionals and parents in understanding critical concepts, correct assessment procedures, delicate and science-infused communication practices and treatment methods concerning children with intellectual disabilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a professional perspective, this book relies on developmental neuropsychology and psychiatry to describe relevant measures and qualitative observations when making a diagnosis and explores the importance of involving parents in the reconstruction of a child's developmental history. From a parent's perspective, the book shows how enriched environments can empower children's learning processes, and how working with patients, families, and organizations providing care and treatment services can be effectively integrated with attachment theory. Throughout seven chapters, the book offers an exploration of diagnostic procedures, new insights on the concept of intelligence and the role of communication and secure attachment in the mind's construction. With expertise from noteworthy scholars in the field, the reader is given an overview of in-depth assessment and intervention practices illustrated by several case studies and examples, as well as a lifespan perspective from a Human Rights Model of disability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Intellectual Disability\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessible guide offering an up-to-date vision of intellectual disability and is essential for psychologists, health care professionals, special educators, students in clinical psychology, and parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings are connected through invisible bonds: you cannot pluck a flower without unsettling a star.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGalileo Galilei\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargherita Orsolini\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology. She was the Director of the Centre for the Learning Disabilities in the Department of Developmental and Social Psychology at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCiro Ruggerini\u003c\/strong\u003e is a specialist in Child Neuropsychiatry and Psychiatry and a psychotherapist. He is the past president of the Italian Society of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and was the Coordinator of the Section of Neuropsychology of the Italian Society of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry from 2008 to 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52505554125107,"sku":"9781032115399","price":70.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bWVMblBrdHZrc05RSmNpVjB1bCswUT09.webp?v=1760223458","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/understanding-intellectual-disability-a-guide-for-professionals-and-parents-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}