This page provides PROJECT
materials and information. Projects are evolving and
reflect emerging efforts of the MHSsig Membership.
Project
Materials of Mental Health Services
As the amount of information collected in each area
expands, the underlined headings will have web-linked jumps
to pages with the bulleted information.
If blue they are
active, if black they are in the planning
stages.
Project Materials for Dialectical Behavior Therapy approaches for People with IDD
Future Link - keep an eye
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- Look here for future links to DBT-related materials for people with IDD
- Wilson, Susan R. - Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities, 2001 - V4,#2: Successful treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD) among individuals with mental retardation (MR) in residential settings is complicated by the feelings of helplessness, confusion, and hostility often generated among direct support staff responsible for treatment. Effective staff training and presentation of the treatment plan in a simple, proactive format increases staff understanding and competence and thus enhances successful treatment. In this paper, a four-stage format for behavioral and psychiatric intervention in people with BPD and MR in residential settings is presented. A case study illustrating the effective implementation of the model in a 48-year-old woman with MR and BPD, living in a community group home, is also presented.
- Lew, M.; Matta, C.; Tripp-Tebo, C. & Watts, D. - Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities, 2006 - V9,#1: The use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for the intellectually disabled population is discussed with regard to the adaptations clinicians and programs must make in the standard manualized approach developed by Marsha Linehan. A specialized program developed by The Bridge of Central Massachusetts is presented along with examples and data from its implementation. Clinical recommendations for using this psychotherapy technique are included.
Proposed Projects of Mental Health Services SIG for AAIDD Executive Board
Please recommend other sources for MHIDD projects.
MHIDD Task Force 2009 Final Report completed December, 2009
- From Joanna Pierce, AAIDD President: The charge to your task force is to design a plan for how AAIDD can lead the field in this area. This could include products (e.g., publications, training), networking, or other activities that you decide. We ask that your group be creative and decide what is important for your issue and then develop a plan that suggests how to move forward as well as who could be involved in moving each of your ideas forward. To start this process quickly, we are asking that you have a preliminary plan or set of ideas to us by December 15.
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