1. Guidelines for Assessment and Intervention With Persons With Disabilities: An Executive Summary.
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Hanson, Stephanie L., Bruyere, Susanne, Forber-Pratt, Anjali, Reesman, Jennifer, and Sung, Connie
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EVALUATION of medical care , *WELL-being , *PROFESSIONAL practice , *SPECIAL education , *SOCIAL support , *DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) , *ATTITUDES of medical personnel , *PSYCHOLOGISTS , *MEDICAL protocols , *PARADIGMS (Social sciences) , *INTERSECTIONALITY , *PEOPLE with disabilities , *PATIENT-professional relations , *PSYCHOTHERAPY , *AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990 , *ATTITUDES toward disabilities , *HEALTH promotion , *LEGISLATION , *LAW - Abstract
This article provides an executive summary of the American Psychological Association's (APA's) revised Guidelines for Assessment and Intervention With Persons With Disabilities. The revision was requested by the Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology and was approved by the APA Council of Representatives in February 2022. The task force updated and expanded the guidelines' empirical bases; squarely situated the guidelines in a changing sociocultural landscape (reflected in discussions of disability models, biases and barriers, language use, intersectionality, and respectful and fair assessment and intervention); and added many concrete suggestions for conceptualizing disability and working with disabled clients and their support systems. In this executive summary, we include key points from each of the 23 guidelines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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