Main description:

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, Volume 58, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics including The Importance of Informal Supports in Meeting the Daily Needs of Adults with IDD, Forms and Functions of Special Education Advocacy: Supporting Families of Children with IDD, The Disability Training Needs of Healthcare Professionals, Health promotion and obesity risk in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Community-based participatory approaches to IDD research, and Measuring behavioral problems in children with Down syndrome.

Contents:

Special education advocacy for families of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Current trends and future directions

Samantha E. Goldmanc

2. Meeting the daily needs of adults with IDD: The importance of informal supports

Kelli A. Sanderson, Jennifer L. Bumble and Emily Kuntz

3. The world cafe as a methodology for examining disability issues: Review and recommendations

Jennifer L. Bumble and Erik W. Carter

4. Community-based participatory approaches to neurogenetic syndrome research

Nathaniel R. Riggs, Bethany Rigles, Emily Schworer and Deborah J. Fidler

5. Defining behavioral challenges in Down syndrome utilizing a multidimensional dynamic approach: Implications for treatment intervention

Lina R Patel, Anna J. Esbensen and Elise M. Sannar

6. The disability-training needs of healthcare professionals: Scoping review and new initiatives

Sydnie E. Smith, Hannah P. McCann, Elisabeth M. Dykens and Robert M. Hodapp