Core Curriculum for Specializing in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is the first ever interdisciplinary text on health issues concerning persons, of all ages, with intellectual and developmental disabilities designed for the classroom. The book is in outline format for easy use in developing lectures, presentations, and handouts on important health issues affecting this population. The core curriculum can be used in its entirety or chapter by chapter as needed. Appropriate for use in graduate courses for medical, nursing, and social work students, as well as in programs for physical, occupational and speech therapy, nutrition, and public health. (c) 2005 442 pages