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Mealtime and feeding problems co-occur in individuals of any age diagnosed with intellectual disability (ID). Many variables may contribute to the emergence, presence, and maintenance of problems related to eating in this patient population including environmental contingencies, medical complexities, adaptive deficits, and neurological conditions. Whatever the reason(s), providing appropriate supports and treatments to improve the individual's nutritional intake is a top priority for fostering growth, cognitive development and learning, and appropriate life span. This present chapter provides a brief introduction and overview of the presence and factors surrounding feeding problems in individuals with ID. Guidelines are provided to assist the clinician in the assessment of behavioral, medical, and physiological factors related to feeding difficulties. Finally, the importance of an interdisciplinary team and collaborative care is discussed as an optimal solution to achieve better outcomes for the individual.

The present article addresses issues within U.S. collegiate sport as it pertains to the physical preparation and health and well-being of intercollegiate athletes. Specifically, the sport coach is often perceived as “all knowing” about every facet of their sport when, in fact, they typically are not formally educated or well-trained in current methods of enhancing sport performance. Often strength and conditioning coaches, who may also be poorly trained, are tied directly (financially and administratively) to the sport coach—a situation which has led to a subservient role heavily influenced by the wishes of the sport coach. This has unfortunately resulted in the multidimensional well-being of the athlete clearly not being a primary objective in many programs.

The process of strength–power training and the subsequent adaptation is a multi-factorial process. These factors range from the genetics and morphological characteristics of the athlete to how a coach selects, orders, and doses exercises and loading patterns. Consequently, adaptation from these training factors may largely relate to the mode of delivery, in other words, programming tactics. There is strong evidence that the manner and phases in which training is presented to the athlete can make a profound difference in performance outcome. This discussion deals primarily with block periodization concepts and associated methods of programming for strength–power training within track and field.

According to the Census Bureau, 19% of the United States population lives with some form of disability ( United States Census Bureau, 2012 ). The Americans with Disabilities Act defines a person with a disability as one who lives with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, is perceived as having such an impairment, or has a history or record of such an impairment ( United States Department of Justice, 2009 ). Numerous studies document high rates of victimization among individuals with disabilities, and adults and children with disabilities are significantly more or equally likely than those without disabilities to experience sexual violence as well as other types of violence ( Casteel, Martin, Smith, Gurka, & Kupper, 2008 ; Cohen, Forte, DuMont, Hyman, & Romans, 2006 ; Coker, Smith, & Fadden, 2005 ; Grossman & Lundy, 2008 ; Harrell, 2015 ; Hughes et al., 2012 ; Mahoney & Poling, 2011 ; McCarthy & Thomspon, 1997 ; Mitra, Mouradian, Fox, & Pratt, 2016 ; Plummer & Findley, 2011 ). For example, research conducted by Young, Nosek, Howland, Champong, and Rintala (1997) documented that approximately 40% of women with a disability reported a prior experience of sexual trauma in their lifetime. Further, findings reported by Martin et al. (2006) suggested that women with disabilities were four times more likely to experience sexual assault compared with women without disabilities. This chapter reviews the evaluation research on risk reduction, empowerment self-defense, and organization-wide prevention programs designed to reduce risk of abuse perpetrated against people with disabilities.