Book Title: Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness

Subtitle: What Caregivers Need to Know

Authors: Sherri Melrose, Ph.D.; Debra Dusome, MA; John Simpson, M.Ed.; Cheryl Crocker, Ph.D.; and Elizabeth Athens, Ph.D

Book Description: This multidisciplinary resource develops topics of interest to all those who care about and for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Each chapter presents current evidence informed practice knowledge. Each topic is also presented with audio enabled text boxes emphasizing 'Key Points for Caregivers.' For those who are interested in background knowledge, we provided the comprehensive literature base. And, for those interested mainly in 'what to do,' we provided text box summaries for reading and listening.

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Book Description

This multidisciplinary resource develops topics of interest to all those who care about and for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Each chapter presents current evidence informed practice knowledge. Each topic is also presented with audio enabled text boxes emphasizing ‘Key Points for Caregivers.’ For those who are interested in background knowledge, we provided the comprehensive literature base. And, for those interested mainly in ‘what to do,’ we provided text box summaries for reading and listening.

Authors

Sherri Melrose, Ph.D.; Debra Dusome, MA; John Simpson, M.Ed.; Cheryl Crocker, Ph.D.; and Elizabeth Athens, Ph.D

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Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness Copyright © 2015 by Sherri Melrose, Debra Dusome, John Simpson, Cheryl Crocker, Elizabeth Athens is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Title
Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness
Authors
Sherri Melrose, Ph.D.; Debra Dusome, MA; John Simpson, M.Ed.; Cheryl Crocker, Ph.D.; and Elizabeth Athens, Ph.D
Editor
Cathy McPhalen
Contributors
Debra Dusome, MA; John Simpson, M.Ed.; Cheryl Crocker, Ph.D.; and Elizabeth Athens, Ph.D
License

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Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness Copyright © 2015 by Sherri Melrose, Debra Dusome, John Simpson, Cheryl Crocker, Elizabeth Athens is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Melrose, S., Dusome, D., Simpson, J., Crocker, C., Athens, E. (2015). Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness: What Caregivers Need to Know. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: BCcampus. Retrieved from http://opentextbc.ca/caregivers/

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Cover image: “Informed Support Makes the Road Easier to Travel ” by Dr. Sharon Moore used with permission and released under CC-BY 4.0 license

Publisher
BCcampus
Publication Date
February 16, 2015