Handlexikon Geistige Behinderung

Author's Note
Professor Dr. Georg Theunissen holds the chair in Special Education for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Education for Autism at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. Dr. Wolfram Kulig is a research associate there. Dipl.-Päd. Kerstin Schirbort is the Educational Director of a residential area for individuals with learning difficulties and complex disabilities.

Blurb
Like hardly any other area of therapeutic and special education, the work with individuals with intellectual disabilities has undergone significant changes in recent years. With the recognition of the learning and developmental capabilities of people with intellectual disabilities, the theories and concepts of support for individuals with intellectual disabilities have also committed to a competence and strengths perspective, incorporating the perspectives of those affected and the engagement to strengthen their rights in legislation. This handbook provides a solid scientific guide in light of the rapid developments and upheavals in the field of intellectual disability support in recent years.