Brief Table of Contents
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
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