IASSID publishes the JPPID, an international, peer-reviewed journal produced in conjunction with Blackwell Publishing and the Tosinvest Organization of Italy. JPPID is a peer-reviewed publication published four times a year and is designed to provide a forum for description of evidence-based policy and practice related to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The JPPID is designed to compliment IASSID's other publication, the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, which is also published by Blackwell Publishing, but owned by the MENCAP organization in the United Kingdom.

JPPID focuses on policy development, service design, working methods and treatment procedures, financial, administrative and legal frameworks, and approaches to service user empowerment which are formed by research. Articles included those that report research, analyses, reviews, theoretical constructs, and other work exploring both tested ideas in policy and practice and possible future directions. IASSID has opted to include policy and practice analyses that provide a framework for ideas and information that can readily translate into situations other than the author's own country. JPPID also publishes brief reports of practice experiences documented by evidence-based research or data-based outcomes. In addition, JPPID publishes briefs or abstracts that translate and comment on work previously published in non-English journals, announcements of relevance to IASSID members, and reviews of relevant publications.

IASSID policy welcomes submissions from anywhere in the world, but requires that content must be sufficiently general to apply to various national environments.

The Tosinvest Sanit B Organization of Italy provides the underwriting for the JPPID and for the distribution of copies to colleagues residing in developing market economy countries.


Editorial Board

          Giorgio Albertini, M.D. (Casa di Cura San Raffaele, Rome, Italy)
          Roy Brown, Ph.D. (University of Victoria, Canada)
          Arthur J. Dalton, Ph.D. (New York State Institute of Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, USA)
          David Felce, Ph.D. (University of Cardiff, Wales)
          Meindert Haveman, Ph.D. (University of Dortmund, Germany)
          James Hogg, Ph.D. (University of Dundee, Scotland)
          Anthony J. Holland, M.D. (Cambridge University, England)
          Trevor Parmenter, Ph.D. (University of Sydney, Australia)
          Patricia Noonan Walsh, Ph.D. (University College Dublin, Ireland)
 
Consulting Editors    

          Christine Bigby, Ph.D. (Australia)
          Jan Blacher, Ph.D. (USA)
          Ivan Brown, Ph.D. (Canada)
          Jennifer Cartright, M.D. (South Africa)
          Philip W. Davidson, Ph.D. (USA)
          Robert Davis, M.D. (Australia)
          Kent Ericsson, Ph.D. (Sweden)
          Fabrizio Fea, M.D. (Italy)
          Michael Guralnick, M.D. (USA)
          Tamar Heller, Ph.D. (USA)
          Sheila Hollins, M.D. (England)
          John W. Jacobson, Ph.D. (USA)
          Stephen Kealy (Ireland)
          Michael Kerr, M.D. (Wales)
          Marty Wyngaarden Krauss, Ph.D. (USA)
          Henny Lantman de Valk, M.D.(The Netherlands)
          Joel Levy, D.S.W. (USA)
          Maria Malbran del Carmen (Argentina)
          Jim Mansell (England)
          Leena Matikka (Finland)
          Roy McConkey, Ph.D. (Northern Ireland)
          Joav Merrick, M.D. (Israel)
          Glynis Murphy, Ph.D. (UK)
          Vee Prasher, M.D. (England)
          Hans Reinders, Ph.D. (The Netherlands)
          Neil Ross, M.D. (France)
          Robert Schalock, Ph.D. (USA)
          Marsha Seltzer, Ph.D. (USA)
          Roger Stancliffe, Ph.D. (Australia)
          Noriaki Takeda, M.D. (Japan)
          Lilian Thorpe, M.D., (Canada)
          Jan Tøssebro, Ph.D. (Norway)
          Alexander J. Tymchuk, Ph.D., (USA)
          Miguel Angel Verdugo, Ph.D. (Spain)
          Kyo-yu Wang, Ph.D. (Taiwan)
          Germain Weber. Ph.D. (Austria)

 

Book Review Editor
Roy Brown, Ph.D. (University of Victoria, Canada)
 

Brief Report Editor

Joav Merrick, M.D. (Israeli Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs)

JPPID's Editorial Office

JPPID
P.O. Box 870
Rockport, ME 04856-0870
email:  [email protected] 
 

Volume 2, Issue 3/4 2005
Table of Contents

Comments from the Editor

Cultural Diversity: Reflections on the First Asian Pacific Regional Congress of IASSID
-----Kyo-yu Wang

Abstracts from the First Asian-Pacific IASSID Conference ( Taipei , Taiwan )

People with Intellectual Disabilities Sentenced to Preventive Supervision - Mandatory Care outside Jails and Institutions
-----Jim Aage N r ttestad and Olav M. Linaker

Quality of Life versus Quality of Care: Implications for People and Programs
-----Isabel De Waele, Jos van Loon, Geert Van Hove and Robert L. Schalock

Comparison of Living Conditions of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in a Swedish County and in the General Population
-----Oie Umb-Carlsson & Karin Sonnader

Reducing Health Disparity in People with an Intellectual Disability: A Report from the Health Issues Special Interest Research Group of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities
-----M. Scheepers, M. Kerr, D. O’Hara et al.

Self-injury and Persons with Prader-Willi Syndrome
-----S. Buono, M.B. Palmigiano, F Scanella, P. Occhopinti, & D. Greco

Policy Report

Developing a Set of Health Indicators for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Pomona Project
-----P.N. Walsh et al.

Policy Briefs

Children and Young People with Cerebral Palsy in Northern Ireland (Birth Years 1977-1997)
Caring for People with Learning Disabilities Who Are Dying
Guidelines for Managing the Client with Intellectual Disability in the Emergency Room

Tosinvest No. 6 - The First International Interdisciplinary Forum on Disabilities: Connecting Research and Practice ( San Juan , Puerto Rico , 20-21 April 2005)