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Self-Injury And Behavior Supports For People With Intellectual Disability, Lihua Yang
Self-Injury And Behavior Supports For People With Intellectual Disability, Lihua Yang
LC Journal of Special Education
The purpose of this paper is to seek strategies that can be effective to support behaviors of individuals with ID. The major topics will be addressed include the characteristics of people with ID, concerns and causes of SIB, and interventions used to address this behavior. The paper then concludes with a discussion of choosing different strategies for individuals with ID to accommodate individuals’ needs.
Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities And Considerations For The Criminal Justice System, Gordon B. Worcester Ii
Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities And Considerations For The Criminal Justice System, Gordon B. Worcester Ii
LC Journal of Special Education
This paper will explore the adaptive components of ID as expressed by Greenspan (2003; 2006)—vulnerability/suggestibility, gullibility, naiveté, one’s desire to please and a cloak of competence. These and other adaptive characteristics provide strong evidence that individuals with ID are more vulnerable than typically developing persons; and these characteristics can be problematic for individuals with ID who may encounter entities from the criminal justice system. Furthermore, existing research indicates that there are a disproportionate number of individuals with ID represented within the criminal justice system. Between 4% and 10% of the prison population are individuals with ID (Petersilia, 2000). In addition, …