Understanding Intellectual Disability

This book provides a novel approach to understanding children who have been diagnosed with intellectual disabilities (ID). This book explores the signs, symptoms and diagnosis of ID, together with dynamic perspectives on assessment, and consideration of treatment, therapy, and interventions for those living with the condition.

1. A Rose is a Rose but what is Intellectual Disability?
Ciro Ruggerini and Antonina Pellegrino
2. Is Intelligence a General Mental Capacity?
Margherita Orsolini, Francesca Federico and Sergio Melogno
3. Assessments of Children with Developmental Delays and Intellectual Disability
Margherita Orsolini, Sara Conforti, Sergio Melogno
4. Intervention to Empower Children's Learning
Margherita Orsolini and Sergio Melogno
5. Attachment and Intellectual Disability: Promoting Secure Attachment in Relationships
Furio Lambruschi, Ciro Ruggerini, and Melvin Piro
6. Not Just Telling: Narratives and the Construction of Shared Understanding in Interaction
Marilena Fatigante, Samantha Salomone, Margherita Orsolini
7. Personal Identity, Desire, Life Project
Ciro Ruggerini, Stefania Musci, Aldo Moretti