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This is an eBook version of Lives and Legacies of People With Intellectual Disability. See the book description and/or purchase a print edition by clicking here.
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This unique book constructs a new way to view the cultural contributions of the lives of people with ID. The legacy of people with ID is as meaningful and important as any other, and this idea is explored through individual stories set within the social and cultural construction of the idea of disability. The book is intended to be instrumental in moving toward a new moral community. A wide range of relevant literature is reviewed, to consider quality of life and the history of treatment of people with ID. The importance of social context in defining ID is stressed, as is the role of supports in ensuring participation of people with ID in the meaningful activity of everyday life.

This is a mobile version of Community Living and Participation for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. See the book description and/or purchase a print edition by clicking here.
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Community Living and Participation for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is an exploration of how to create the ideal conditions to facilitate community living and participation for people with IDD. The book addresses the complex and ever-evolving dimensions related to both the place of community and the feeling of community, including living arrangements, work, other daytime activities, financial resources, relationships, personal interests, health and well-being, faith, opportunities for learning and personal growth, self-determination and informed decision making, and rights and responsibilities as a citizen. The following topics are addressed specifically: using person-centered and positive support practices, housing, employment, social inclusion and relationships, self-determination and self-advocacy, supported decision making, health and wellness, planning for healthy and engaged aging, practices that promote quality outcomes, and the direct support workforce.

Each chapter includes advance organizers, discussion questions, and a resource list. The book is ideal as an ancillary textbook at the undergraduate or graduate levels and as a staff development tool.

Get an extra 10% discount when you buy Critical Issues in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Contemporary Research, Practice, and Policy with Trauma-Informed Behavioral Interventions: What Works and What Doesn't. Make your purchase before December 25th and save a bundle! 

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Critical Issues in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Contemporary Research, Practice, and Policy
Trauma-Informed Behavioral Interventions: What Works and What Doesn't.

This book is a concise practical guide for programs involved in developing, implementing, and evaluating personal support plans. The emphasis is on basing the development of these plans on good information. The results of assessments using the SIS--A™ and the SIS--C™ can be used to develop personal support plans with this approach.

The steps involved in developing personal support plans using the systematic approach are described in detail, including each of the components and implementation steps. These involve:  understanding the person; understanding the person’s support needs; developing, implementing, and reviewing the plan; and evaluating the outcomes. The last section of the book presents four exhibits provided by organizations that have incorporated one or more of the components and implementation steps in their programs.

Congratulations to Janice Goldschmidt, AAIDD best-selling author of Teaching Authentic Cooking Skills to Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Active Engagement.  As the author of this work, Ms. Goldschmidt was awarded the 2018 Excellence in Written Communication award from the Behavioral Health Nutrition Dietetics Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 

 

This remarkable book is a unique instructional tool with which
direct support professionals and program directors can address two
critical issues in working with adults with IDD: promoting healthy
eating habits and teaching real-life skills that will develop greater
independence and self-determination. Active Engagement is the
program developed by the author and tested and proven through
her years of teaching these skills successfully.

Traditionally, people with IDD are the passive recipients of meals
prepared by others. But everyone, regardless of ability level, should
be able to make choices concerning the food they eat and to learn
to prepare food – or to actively participate in preparing food – for
themselves and others. Teaching these skills to adults with IDD
requires a new instructional model, which this book provides.

Active Engagement is based on a framework of good nutritional principles and evidence-based instructional practices, including individualization, direct instruction, and experiential learning. This is not a cookbook, although there are a number of adaptive recipes embedded as examples throughout.

This book provides detailed information on the Active Engagement program and how to
implement it, organized into the following topics:

    • Cooking as nutritional intervention
    • A teaching framework for cooking skills
    • Developing cooking instruction around the patterns of American consumption
    • Teaching basic skill sets with adaptive tools
    • A new approach to recipes
    • Appliances from the universal to the specialized
    • Exploring different contexts for the development of cooking skills
    • Supporting cooking skills with food skills

This product is a pack of 10 copies of the Spanish translation of the Interview and Profile Form for the Supports Intensity Scale—Children’s Version (SIS—C). 

The form consists of a series of demographic questions, follows by a series of support needs rating options in the following sections:

     Exceptional Medical and Behavioral Needs

     Home Life Activities

     Community and Neighborhood Activities

     School Participation Activities

     School Learning Activities

     Health and Safety Activities

     Social Activities

     Activities

 The form concludes with a scoring form and support needs profile.

International purchases of SIS—C products cannot be made online. International customers interested in purchasing SIS—C products need to contact Ajith Mathew at ajith@aaidd.org. Do not place your order online.

An honor cord consists of twisted cords with tassels on either end that recognizes academic and nonacademic honors or achievements.  They are most often worn at academic ceremonies and functions along with cap, gown, and hood.  The AAIDD Honor Cord signifying Fellow status in the Association consists of three intertwined colors: blue, green, and silver. The intertwined cords are 3/8 inch thick, 5 feet long, and have 4-inch tassels on each end that do not shed on clothing.

Our ball cap is pale beige (“stone” color) with a swath of navy blue across the end of the bill and the AAIDD logo on the front. It’s 100 percent cotton, and the size is easily adjustable. Keep the sun out of your eyes, and show your support for AAIDD at the same time!

 

Our men’s t-shirt is pale gray (“ash”) in color and displays the AAIDD logo on the front and, on the back, a quotation that is inspirational for all of us in the disability field: “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Available in S, M, L, XL, 2XL, and 3XL. 

 

Our women’s t-shirt is pale gray (“ash”) in color and displays the AAIDD logo on the front and, on the back, a quotation that is inspirational for all of us in the disability field: “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Available in S, M, L, XL, 2XL, and 3XL. The women’s t-shirts run small, so order a size larger than usual. 

 

This is a packet of 25 of the French translation of the Supports Intensity Scale—Adult Version (SIS—A) Interview and Profile Form. SIS—A has several “value-added” changes; however, the elements of the tool that contribute to the standard score and the standard score itself have not changed with this refreshed version. The new, 12-page interview form includes:

• New demographic items, which allow large-scale users to easily create reports on a variety of demographic variables. 
• A reorded subscale to allow more comfortable progression of sensitive topics during the interview.

International purchases of SIS—A products cannot be made online. International customers interested in purchasing SIS—A products need to contact Ajith Mathew at ajith@aaidd.org. Do not place your order online.

This product is a pack of 100 copies of the French translation of the Interview and Profile Form for the Supports Intensity Scale—Adult Version (SIS—A). SIS—A has several “value-added” changes; however, the elements of the tool that contribute to the standard score and the standard score itself have not changed with this refreshed version. The new, 12-page interview form includes:

• New demographic items, which allow large-scale users to easily create reports on a variety of demographic variables. 
• A reorded subscale to allow more comfortable progression of sensitive topics during the interview.

International purchases of SIS—A products cannot be made online. International customers interested in purchasing SIS—A products need to contact Ajith Mathew at ajith@aaidd.org. Do not place your order online.

Several changes were made to the original SIS to develop the SIS—A. This product is the French translation of the Supports Intensity Scale—Adult Version (SIS—A); however, the elements of the tool that contribute to the standard score and the standard score itself have not changed with this refreshed version. SIS—A features include:

• A 12-page interview form that includes new demographic items, which allow
  large-scale users to easily create reports on a variety of demographic variables.
• A reordered subscale to allow a more comfortable progression of sensitive topics
  during the interview.
• An updated user’s manual that incorporates new information and lessons learned
  since its original publication in 2004.


International purchases of SIS—A products cannot be made online. International customers interested in purchasing SIS—A products need to contact Ajith Mathew at ajith@aaidd.org. Do not place your order online.

This product bundle is the French translation of the Supports Intensity Scale—Adult Version (SIS—A) User’s Manual plus 25 copies of the SIS—A Interview Form. SIS—A has several “value-added” changes; however, the elements of the tool that contribute to the standard score and the standard score itself have not changed with this refreshed version. SIS—A features include:

• A 12-page interview form that includes new demographic items, which allow
large-scale users to easily create reports on a variety of demographic variables.
• A reordered subscale to allow a more comfortable progression of sensitive topics
during the interview.
• An updated user’s manual that incorporates new information and lessons learned
since its original publication in 2004.


International purchases of SIS—A products cannot be made online. International customers interested in purchasing SIS—A products need to contact Ajith Mathew at ajith@aaidd.org. Do not place your order online.

The State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is a thorough and one-of-a-kind analytical study of public spending and programmatic trends in intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) services within the United States. In the 11^th edition, extensive analyses are presented on each state’s performance over a period of 40 years, through fiscal year 2015. Launched in 1982, the study is directed by noted researcher Dr. David Braddock.  This informative and data-rich study is a must-have reference for anyone working in the disabilities field.
The 11^th edition presents analyses of: out-of-home placements in 2015; federal, state, and local Medicaid spending in FY 2013-2015; fiscal effort (a state’s spending for IDD services from federal, state, and local sources per $1,000 aggregate statewide personal income); and annual cost of care across years for residents in five settings, followed by a look to the future in terms of demographic and legal forces, implications of changes to Medicaid, and key challenges foreseen for the future.  As in previous editions, the 11^th edition also provides statistical profiles for the 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as for the country as a whole.

This is an e-book version of Maltreatment of People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Click here for information about this book. See our E Reader Tips for successful downloading.

The SIS—A Annual Review Protocol is a questionnaire created to help planning teams identify people whose intensity of support needs might have changed in important ways since their last SIS—A assessment. The protocol should be completed by a reviewer in consultation with at least two respondents who know the person being assessed well. The protocol focuses on possible significant changes due to important life events and/or health or behavioral concerns, or in 21 SIS—A items particularly critical to understanding the support need domains  of the SIS—A. At the conclusion of the protocol, a determination is made as to whether the person’s support needs have or have not changed in important ways, and, if so, the planning team includes a description of the next steps required.

This guide is designed for use after the Support Intensity Scale—Adult Version (SIS—A) has been administered, as a practical way to assist planning team members in using the results to develop individual-specific support plans. The guide does not require the participation of those who were involved in administering the SIS—A. The intent is to assist teams in pursuing the type of personalized supports planning that meaningfully enhances a person’s quality of life.  This structured 18-step process begins with reviewing SIS—A assessment results and ends with outlining a weekly schedule in which settings, activities, and supports are unambiguously identified. The outcome of the process is a “24-7” support plan for a typical week. Settings and activities for the week, based on the preferences and interests of the person who is the focus of the planning team’s efforts, are aligned with the specific supports the person needs to be fully engaged. Four of the 18 steps require information from each planning team member individually, and multiple copies of the forms for each of those 4 steps are included with the guide for ease of use.

Implementing this process generally requires at least four face-to-face meetings, although some variability is possible, depending on the team and the time frame:

• Phase 1, steps 1-11: the SIS—A results are reviewed, initial long-term goals and support needs corresponding to each SIS—A domain are identified, and support needs that go across domains are identified.
• Phase 2, steps 12-15: culminates with each team member contributing to the prioritization of goals, settings, and activities. 
• Phase 3, steps 16-17: supports are identified to address the priorities established in Phase 2. At this point, the support plan for a typical week is established, and implementation begins.
• Phase 4, step 18: team members meet to evaluate progress made on the plan, discuss any unforeseen obstacles, identify potential solutions, and plan future follow-up.