About the book

Children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities are at risk of emotional, behavioural, and psychiatric problems that may further reduce their functional abilities. 

For the clinicians who support them and their families, meeting their needs can be challenging.

In Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Framework for Professional Practice, clinicians who work with young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health problems will discuss:

• a framework to address complex developmental, emotional and behavioural needs
• relevant of biological, developmental, family, educational, social, and cultural factors
• ways of defining behaviour problems, developmental disorders (including  ADHD and autism spectrum disorders), mental disorders and illnesses
• evidence-based interventions to promote skill development and mental health in young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• how to facilitate interdisciplinary and multi-agency collaboration and co-ordination might be facilitated is outlined
• parents' perspectives.