A concise, up-to-date overview of intellectual disability evaluation and assessment Essentials of Intellectual Disability Assessment and Identification offers a practical, concise overview of the nature of intellectual disability and adaptive skills functioning in children, adolescents, and adults. Brue s Essentials Intellectual Disability is a concise, up-to-date overview of intellectual disability evaluation and assessment. This text offers a practical, concise overview of the nature of intellectual disability and adaptive skills functioning in children, adolescents, and adults. SERIES PREFACE Chapter One: History of Intellectual Disability Early Beginnings The Turn of the Century: 1900 1950 The Age of Assessment: Late 1950s 1970 1980s Present Summary TEST YOURSELF Chapter Two: Prevalence, Causes, Issues, and Comorbid Disorders Etiology of Intellectual Disabilities: Subtypes Differential Diagnoses Comorbidity TEST YOURSELF Chapter Three: Current Intellectual Disability Diagnostic and Federal Education Criteria The DSM-5 The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 Differential Diagnoses and Comorbid Conditions: Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) TEST YOURSELF Chapter Four: Legal Issues and Concerns Education and the Law: Issues and Concerns TEST YOURSELF Chapter Five: Theories of Intelligence and the Flynn Effect Spearman s Two-Factor Theory Thurstone s Primary Mental Abilities Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Theory Triarchic Theory of Intelligence Planning, Attention-Arousal, Simultaneous, and Successive (PASS) Theory of Intelligence Theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI Theory) Flynn Effect Intellectual Disability and Capital Punishment Cases TEST YOURSELF Chapter Six: Assessment of an Intellectual Disability Designing a Test Battery Areas to Assess TEST YOURSELF Chapter Seven: Integration of Assessment Results Report Sample # 1 Report Sample # 2 Chapter Eight: Post-assessment Planning Common Parent Reactions to Learning a Child has a Disability Guidelines for Parents of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Transition Planning Self-determination and Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Application of Self-determination Practices Results of The Arc Survey: FINDS 2011 TEST YOURSELF Appendix A: State Departments of Special Education Appendix B: AAIDD and the ARC Position Statement on the Criminal Justice System Criminal Justice System Appendix C: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD): Guidelines to Professional Conduct Position Statement of AAIDD Appendix D: The ARC Position Statement on Self-determination Self-Determination Appendix E: AAIDD and the ARC Position Statement on Self-advocacy Self-Advocacy Appendix F: The ARC Position Statement on Education Education Appendix G: The ARC Position Statement on Employment Employment Appendix H: Helpful Websites References About the Authors