The Supports Intensity Scale-Children’s Version® (SIS-C®) is a standardized, norm-referenced measure of the intensity of support needs for children between the ages of 5 and 16. 

The purpose of the user’s manual is to enable users to administer and score the SIS-C with fidelity, and to interpret and use findings from the SIS-C in ways that will enhance planning processes and outcomes for children with ID.

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.

The Supports Intensity Scale-Adult Version® (SIS-A®) is a standardized, norm-referenced measure of the intensity of support needs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). 

The purpose of the user’s manual is to enable users to administer and score the SIS-A with fidelity, and to interpret and use findings from the SIS-A in ways that will enhance planning processes and outcomes for adults with IDD.

This product bundle consists of one copy of the user’s manual and 25 copies of the interview form.

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.

 

Teaching Authentic Cooking Skills to Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Active Engagement is a unique instructional tool used to address two critical issues in working with adults with IDD: promoting healthy eating habits and teaching real-life skills that will enhance independence and self-determination.

The book features good nutritional principles and evidence-based instructional practices, incorporating direct instruction, individualized choice-making, 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 in teaching real cooking skills. Topics include:

    • Cooking as nutritional intervention
    • Teaching framework for cooking skills
    • Implementing cooking instruction around American consumption patterns
    • Teaching basic skills with adaptive tools
    • New approaches to recipes
    • Universal and specialized appliances
    • Supporting cooking skills with food skills

Janice 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 for this book.

Trauma-Informed Behavioral Interventions: What Works and What Doesn't outlines the ways in which some individuals with IDD may have been harmed by a failure to consider problem behaviors as trauma responses that cannot be modified through the application of consequences.

With numerous case studies, the author describes exploring past traumas and successful strategies for stabilization, prevention, and intervention. This book provides insights on  how to support people who have experienced large and small-scale traumas. She provides examples of "mental health plans" and illustrates how the plans should be written to ensure optimal implementation.

This book gives the professionals and paraprofessionals a trauma-informed paradigm within which to support people with IDD and to establish the critical elements needed for their recovery from trauma.

The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability is the authoritative resource on the application of diagnostic information concerning intellectual disability (ID) in death penalty cases, and will be useful to all professionals involved in ID determination processes within the criminal justice system.

In a landmark Atkins v. Virginia decision in 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that executing someone with ID is a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. In its 2014 Hall v. Florida decision, the Court ruled that, while states have the right to establish their own rules for handling Atkins cases, they cannot ignore scientific and medical consensus on the diagnosis of ID, which considers both IQ test scores and measures of adaptive behavior.

The publication addresses the following critical topics:

• The definition of ID, diagnostic criteria, and analyses of Atkins cases
• Assessment considerations
• Intellectual functioning, including IQ testing and the Flynn effect
• Adaptive behavior

Also discussed are related topics including cultural and linguistic considerations,  competence to waive Miranda rights and to stand trial, retrospective diagnosis, malingering, comorbid disorders, educational records, and professional issues.

You may purchase the e-book version of The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability by clicking here. 

Preface by Edward A. Polloway, Editor
Foreword by Honorable Kevin F. Foley

Chapters by

• Edward A. Polloway, James R. Patton, and J. David Smith
• Marc J. Tassé
• Gary N. Siperstein and Melissa A. Collins
• John H. Blume and Karen Salekin
•  Keith F. Widaman
• Stephen Greenspan, George W. Woods, and Harvey N. Switzky
• Kevin S. McGrew
• Dale G. Wilson
• Stephen Greenspan and J. Gregory Olley
• Stephen Greenspan
• J. Gregory Olley
• Caroline Everington, Gilbert S. Macvaugh III, Karen L. Salekin, and Timothy J. Derning 
• Richard Ruth
• Karen L. Salekin and Caroline Everington
• Denis W. Keyes and David Freedman
• George W. Woods, David Freedman, and Timothy J. Derning
• James R. Patton
• Karen L. Salekin, Gilbert S. Macvaugh III, and Timothy J. Derning
• Gilbert S. Macvaugh III, Mark D. Cunningham, and Marc J. Tassé

Way Leads on to Way: Paths to Employment for People with Intellectual Disability examines the current status of our efforts to achieve meaningful, competitive employment in the community on a large scale.

There has been steady progress in moving toward systems of supports for people with intellectual disability and increased self-determination. Emerging best practices are described in the following areas:

• employment goals
• return-to-work for disability beneficiaries
• transition planning
• vocational assessment and preparation
• supports in competitive employment
• postsecondary education
• service learning
• planning and supporting employment

Authors:

William E. Kiernan (foreword)

Chapters by

• Valerie J. Bradley, Julie Bershadsky, Stephanie Giordano, Dorothy Hiersteiner, Rie Kennedy-Lizotte, and John Butterworth
• Raymond A. Cebula, III and Thomas P. Golden
•  Judith Gross and Grace Francis
• Dwannal W. McGahee and Margaret E. King-Sears
• Daniel C. Marston
• Daniel J. Baker and Bret Vaks
• David Hagner, Bryan Dague, and Kimberly Phillips
• Christy L. Nittrouer, Julie L. Pickens, and Karrie A. Shogren
• Trevei B. Freeze, Rick Freeze, and Zana Marie Lutfiyya
• Kelly R. Kelley and Cassie M. Coco
• Pamela J. Gent and Stacy K. Dymond
• Jaimie Ciulla Timmons, Sheila Lynch Fesko, and Agnieszka Zalewska
• Katharine G. Shepherd, Colby T. Kervick, and George Salembier
• John Butterworth, Derek Nord, and Alberto Migliore

You may purchase the e-book version of Way Leads on to Way by clicking here.

Customized Train-the-Trainer and direct support staff traning by author Dennis H. Reid now available. Click here to send an email for a training quote.

The Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum (PBSTC) teaches direct support staff and supervisors the principles of positive behavior support while interacting with people with intellectual disabilities in service settings. This Curriculum, originally published in 2004, has been successfully implemented by service providers and agencies across the country and abroad.  

Positive behavior support strategies are known to work in dealing with challenging behavior and the PBSTC contains strategies that create a respectful client-staff environment in service settings.

The PBSTC contains 25 training modules in total, 9 of which are designed for supervisors only.  Each module addresses a key set of skills in positive behavior support, and in addtion the supervisors' modules trains supervisors to be effective managers. Each module consists of a Module Summary Sheet, Presentation Outline, Activity Sheets for trainee use during training, and Skills Checks to use to ensure trainees demonstrate skill mastery of the training content.

Since the Curriculum is competency based, trainees are required to demonstrate mastery of skills acquired after the completion of each module with the help of quizzes, role plays, and other activities. Following the classroom training, approximately 45 minutes is required with each trainee in the trainee’s routine work setting in order for the trainer to assess on-the-job mastery of the skills.

New to the Second Edition of PBSTC

• Simpler, shorter, and more inclusive and effective! 
• Combines supervisor and direct support editions into one efficient Curriculum.
• Contains wider selection of activities to work with people with varying degrees of intellectual disability.
• Completely redesigned, ready-to-use PowerPoint slides now on CD-ROM.
• Simplified trainee activities make learning easier for staff.
• Total training time for the Curriculum reduced to two-and-a-half days of classroom. training for direct support staff and three-and-a-half days for supervisors.
• Several modules combined to reduce total training time.

The PBSTC Continues to Deliver

• A tested, stable, and successful source of positive behavior support strategies to reduce challenging behavior.
• Performance and competency-based Curriculum requiring in-class activities, role plays, and on-the-job demonstration of skills.
• Trains supervisors on managerial duties, including staff observations, performance analysis, and evaluating PBS plans.
•  “Right out of the box” trainer curriculum comes with activity sheets, skills checks, and PowerPoint slides on CD-ROM!
• Fosters ample student and teacher interaction with enjoyable team activities.
• Proven to create culture of respect for people with intellectual disability.

How to buy the Curriculum

With each set of PBSTC, you will get a handsome 3-ring binder, one Trainee Resource Guide for note taking, and a CD-ROM with a PowerPoint presentation. 

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Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum Trainee Resource Guide (2nd Edition)
The take-away Trainee Resource Guide summarizes 25 modules taught in the Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum. Meant for trainee note-taking and reference. Each PBSTC set comes with one Trainee Resource Guide. Purchase a Trainee Resource Guides for each trainee attending the session.

Praise for the Curriculum

“The PBSTC is an excellent training tool. The Curriculum includes the acquisition and mastery of trainee performance skills that are essential to practicing PBS in work settings.” 
Carolyn Greene, School Administrator, J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center, North Carolina

"The PBSTC Curriculum provides a wonderful base of understanding for staff with no previous training or experience and enhances the skills of well-seasoned staff. The Curriculum is very well designed and is both teacher and student friendly. It is a succint program that allows ample student interaction and participation."
Donna Boyd, Tri-Developmental Center of Aiken County, South Carolina

“We are using the PBSTC as part of our pre-service training program and eventually all of our 600 employees will be trained with this Curriculum. The benefit to clients is the creation of a culture within our organization that treats people as individuals while setting a more supportive and caring environment. I have recommended without hesitation the PBSTC to my colleagues who espouse a PBS philosophy as well as those who are grounded in Applied Behavior Analysis.”
Michael F. Dorsey,  Professor of Education, Director - The Institute for Behavioral Studies, Endicott College

The take-away Trainee Resource Guide summarizes 25 modules taught in the Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum. Meant for trainee note-taking and reference. Each PBSTC set comes with one Trainee Resource Guide. Purchase a Trainee Resource Guide for each trainee attending the session.

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Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum (2nd Edition)
The Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum (PBSTC) teaches direct support staff and supervisors the principles of positive behavior support while interacting with people with intellectual disabilities in service settings. This Curriculum, originally published in 2004, has been successfully implemented by service providers and agencies across the country and abroad.

Quality of Life for People with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities offers a blueprint to organizations and communities on how to enhance quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Written for a primary audience of service providers and policy makers, Schalock et al. stress the need to reframe the concept of quality of life and rethink the fundamentals and activities of quality improvement. Then —based on their 110 years of experience in the intellectual disability field—the authors propose a quality assessment and improvement methodology grounded in person-centered needs and outcomes.

Readers will find practical guidelines, with examples, on how the quality of life concept can be put into operation, measured, and applied at the individual, organizational, and systems levels. Further, in showing how quality of life-related information can be used to enhance personal outcomes, the authors illustrate factors external to the field that influence how people within the field do business and measure performance.

Quality of Life for People with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities also outlines practical steps and guidelines to help practitioners develop and enhance resources to improve quality of life. The book summarizes the work done in moving the quality of life concept toward a greater understanding of the factors that constitute quality of life from an individual’s perspective.

Quality of Life for People with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities also contains a review of the federal government's new and comprehensive quality improvement/quality assurance expectations in home and community-based services and other specific examples of states' efforts. In addition, the book brings you a comprehensive review of quality of life literature. 

Readers of Quality of Life for Persons with Intellectual or Other Developmental Disabilities could also include public-sector funders, training personnel, and graduate students in training programs.

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