Table of Contents Editorial Maurice A. Feldman Social Competence and Peer Relations in Children with Mental Retardation: Models of the Development of Peer Relations James M. Bebko, J. Ann Wainwright, Jessica A. Brian, Jennifer Coolbear, Reginald Landry, and Denise D. Vallance 1 Inter-rater Agreement between Direct Care Staff and Psychologists…
Read MoreTable of Contents Special Issue on Quality of Life Introduction Maurice Feldman Editorial: Understanding What We Mean By Quality Of Life Ivan Brown Articles The Conceptualization and Measurement of Quality of Life: Current Status and Future Considerations Robert L. Schalock Quality of Life - Challenges and Dilemmas Roy Brown Quality…
Read MoreTable of Contents Editorial A Prospective Study of Out-Of-Home Placement in Families of Children with Autism The Effectiveness of a Three Session Consultation for Caregivers of Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilties The Effects of Parent Training on Weight Gain of Nonorganic-Failure-To-Thrive Children of Parents with Intellectual Disabilities Early Primary…
Read MoreTable of Contents Editorial: Reflecting on the History of Developmental Disabilities From Charity and Exclusion to Emerging Independence: An Introduction to the History of Disabilities Architecture's Quest For Sanity Linking Mental Defect to Physical Deformity: The Case of Crippled Children in Ontario: 1890-1940 Broca's "Discovery" of Brain Localization in Aphasia…
Read MoreTable of Contents Editorial: Promoting Quality Within Service Delivery Systems Promoting Quality through Quality Enhancement Techniques and Outcome-based Evaluation Evaluating Quality of Life: The Development of the Quality of Life Interview Schedule (QUOLIS) Quality of Life: Linking a Conceptual Approach to Service Provision A Social Context for Understanding Quality of…
Read MoreTable of Contents Editorial: Should Persons with Developmental Disabilities Participate in the Workforce? Work and Leisure: Paradoxes and Dilemmas for People with Developmental Disabilities Life, Liberty and Choices: A Commentary of Leisure's Values in Life Workplaces that Work: Successful Employment for People with Developmental Disabilities The Therapeutic Use of Play,…
Read MoreTable of Contents Announcements Editorial Multiple Method Validation Study of Facilitated Communications: Preliminary Group Results Behaviour Is Communication Studying the Lives of Persons With Developmental Disabilities: Methodological Lessons from the Quality of Life Project Applications of Technology For Persons With Severe Physical and Developmental Disabilities Some Perspectives and Other Commentary…
Read MoreTable of Contents not available for download Editorial Bias and the Genetic Counsellor: A Problem Of Self Knowledge Children with Developmental Disability Syndromes Prader-Willi Syndrome: An Underdiaposed and Underserviced Disorder Rett Syndrome: Case Examples of Three Women Identified Later in Life The Genetics of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders: A…
Read MoreTable of Contents Announcements Editorial Old Age, Love, and Hope for Women with Developmental Disabilities Community Integration of Older People with Developmental Disabilities Shared Living: Linking Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Older Individuals with Housing Stock Functional Regression in Adults with Down's Syndrome Facilitating Wide Generalization with Mentally Challenged Learners…
Read MoreTable of Contents Announcements Editorial Controlling the Sexuality of Developmentally Disabled Persons: Historical Perspectives Perspective on Parenting Issues Related to Sexual Abuse of Persons with Developmental Disabilities: An Overview Ethical Dilemmas for Institutional Service Providers Sexual Abuse in Young Children with Developmental Disabilities: Assessment and Treatment Issues Cautions and Considerations…
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