Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Biza Stenfert Kroese is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Chair of CanDo, a support service for parents with intellectual disabilities. Carol Pert is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the Learning Disability Service of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, UK.Andrew Jahoda is Professor of Learning Disabilities at the University of Glasgow, UK, and Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 History and theory.- Chapter 3 Current context.- Chapter 4.  Assessment and Setting the Scene for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.- Chapter 5 The first stage of therapy.- Chapter 6 Therapeutic change.- Chapter 7 And another thing….adapting therapy for particular cognitive impairments.- Chapter 8 Group work.- Chapter 9 Mindfulness and Third Wave Therapies.- Chapter 10 Working with others.- Chapter 11 Making a real difference.- Chapter 12 Conclusions.