Dyadic Developmental Practice and Intellectual Disability

NIC JONES is a consultant clinical psychologistwith 25 years' experience in NHS LD and adoption services, and now works as an independent practitioner focusing on relational or attachment-trauma work. She is a DDP Practitioner, Consultant and a PACE trainer. CATHY HARDING is a consultant clinical psychologist who has worked for over 20 years in community, inpatient, and supported living services for adults with a learning disability. She actively seeks to integrate people's histories into their care, ensuring they receive relational, trauma-informed support.MARIELLE WILCOX is a clinical psychologistwith 15 years' experience in the NHS. She is the clinical lead of a new multi-disciplinary service for autistic children or those with a LD, integrating attachment and trauma-informed care into existing systemic and PBS frameworks to understand complex behaviours.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceForeword by Kim Golding1: Introduction2: What is DDP: a brief overview3. Why explore DDP with people with ID?Therapeutic models underpinning DDP4. Intersubjective connection5. Attachment theory - an overview6. Neuroscience: brain development and careKey concepts of DDP with people with ID7. PACE8. Two hands of Care9. Shame and shielding from shame10. Blocked careThe application of DDP for people with ID11. Tailoring DDP interventions12. DDPsychotherapy13. Using DDP to give trauma-informed care14. DDP in services familiar with PBSTraining and future support/references