Table of Contents

Volume 4 No.1, 2016

* This issue includes papers published with  

Special Issue

Harnessing the Power of Interprofessional Practice and Education to Meet the Multi-Faceted Needs of Individuals with Intellectual Disability

SallyAnn Giess, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Guest Editor) Assistant Professor Salus University College of Education and Rehabilitation Elkins Park, PA, USA E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Editorial: Harnessing the Power of Interprofessional Practice and Education to Meet the Multi-Faceted Needs of Individuals with Intellectual Disability - Pages 1-2
SallyAnn Giess

Exploring an Interprofessional Staff-Training Model: Application for Teachers and Therapists Working with Children Diagnosed with Autism - Pages 3-16
Lina Slim and Genevieve Pinto Zipp
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2016.04.01.1

Inter-Professional Collaborative Care: A Way to Enhance Services for Adults with Intellectual Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder and Mental Health Problems - Pages 17-24
Jane Summers, Christina Bartha, Pushpal Desarkar, Lisa Duggan, Julia Fineczko, Lew Golding, Ali Shahrami and Christopher Uranis
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2016.04.01.2

Animal Assisted Therapy in a Special Needs Dental Practice: An Interprofessional Model for Anxiety Reduction - Pages 25-28
Caren M. Cajares, Carolyn M. Rutledge and Tina S. Haney
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2016.04.01.3

Integrative Therapy Focused on Trauma for People with Intellectual Disability (TIT-ID): A Therapeutic Answer to Abuse and Intellectual Disability Experience in the Individual and the Family - Pages 29-40
Mercedes Hernández Núñez-Polo, Alberto Alemany Carrasco, Israel Berenguer Muñoz, María Recio Zapata and Almudena Martorell Cafranga
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2016.04.01.4

Evaluating the Impact of Providing Training for Direct Care Staff in how to Provide an Emotionally Nurturing Environment for People with Intellectual Disability and Complex Needs - Pages 41-43
Pat Frankish
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2016.04.01.5

Beliefs Toward Social and Cognitive Competences in People with Down Syndrome - Pages 44-54
Roberto Marcone, Simona Esposito and Antonietta Caputo
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2016.04.01.6

General Articles

Contextual Integration of Causal Coherence in People with Down Syndrome: Evidence from Figurative Comprehension - Pages 55-62
Ching-Fen Hsu
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2016.04.01.7

Mucopolysaccharidosis II, IV-A and VI: First Colombian Neuropsychological Characterization - Pages 63-73
Nolly Nataly Castañeda-Ibáñez and María Rocio Acosta-Barreto
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2016.04.01.8

Cognitive Consequences in Children with Epilepsy - Pages 74-78
Hideaki Kanemura and Masao Aihara
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2016.04.01.9