Dennis H. Reid
Quality of life among adults with severe disabilities is heavily determined by the daily happiness they experience. This book describes in practical terms how human service staff can promote happiness among the people they support and especially for individuals who have difficulty describing their emotional experience of happiness. Relying on 40+ years of experience and over 140 published articles and chapters on supporting people with severe disabilities, the author provides tried and tested ways to identify and increase individual happiness.
“Very few people have the credibility or experience to write a book on this topic and Dennis Reid tops the list” Joseph Darling, Human Service Professional (Review on Amazon)
“Brings happiness to the forefront of the daily support of people with severe disabilities . . . gives concrete strategies to improve life quality . . . a primary source for agencies” R. M. Schell, BCBA-D, Senior Psychologist
SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS
* 78 highlighted bullets of key information * forms for guiding actions to promote happiness * case illustrations of actual means of promoting happiness and decreasing unhappiness * succinct chapter summaries of critical points for enhancing happiness * 50 references to selected readings providing research-based evidence and background for chapter topics *