Behavioral momentum: Translational research in intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Eugenics

INTRODUCTION Those working today with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are often not aware of the dark side of our history concerning the treatment of this population and why we, some 150 years ago, made institutions or state schools for them (1). Maybe we have forgotten or chosen to forget something that we were not taught in school, and it is likely that our ...

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Male Health

1 Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel 2 Clalit Health Services, Yaski Community Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel 3 Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel *Correspondence: jmerrick@za...

Newborn Screening for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Primary Care: Mental and Behavioral Health and Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

INTRODUCTION There are multiple ways to address the mental and behavioral health needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). METHOD In this paper, we do not argue for a particular approach or set of approaches, but instead review the benefits of integrating mental and behavioral health supports with primary healthcare based primarily on our experience in and unders...

A synthesis of direct service workforce demographics and challenges across intellectual/ developmental disabilities, aging, physical disabilities, and behavioral health

Federal and state training requirements for DSWs / p. 18 Aging and physical disabilities / p. 18 Intellectual and developmental disabilities / p. 19 Behavioral health / p. 20 DSW career paths / p. 20 Behavioral health / p. 21 Aging and physical disabilities / p. 21 Intellectual and developmental disabilities / p. 21 Improve DSW wages and access to benefits / p. 25 Reform training and credential...