...Robert J Fletcher; Margaret Charlton; Eric J. Dykstra Purpose This paper aims to present preliminary findings regarding the types of adaptations made to dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and their effectiveness in working with a population who have both intellectual disabilities and mental...

... stuck. Introducing the life cycle concept to a family may help normalize their struggles. The system tends to resist change and seek homeostasis or equilibrium, even sustaining the problem behavior. The family systems therapist generally attributes positive connotations to this tendency even though...

... and a matched contrast group of children with CdCS who were matched according to CA and intellectual ability. And there is an overall adaptive behaviour composite (ABC). Standard scores and age equivalence scores, derived from a sample of 3,000 children, can be calculated for each domain as well...