INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: SUPPORT WORK: THE FUNDAMENTALS

• Core principles

Chapter 2: WHAT’S IN A NAME?

• The language of intellectual disability

Chapter 3: AN OVERVIEW OF MENTAL ILLNESS

• Common psychiatric disorders

Chapter 4: COMMON PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS

• Factors impacting health

Chapter 5: WHEN THE PROBLEM IS PAIN

• Assessing for pain

Chapter 6: BEHAVIOUR THAT HURTS

• Self-injuring and aggressive behaviour

Chapter 7: SEXUALITY

• Promoting healthy sexual expression