Clinical Reasoning and Decision-Making Process – Chapter 7: Intellectual disabilities: clinical reasoning and decision-making

Compared to other fields in the delivery of psychological services, the field of intellectual disabilities has a well-developed and established description of 10 clinical judgment standards. The heterogeneity and complexity of decisions concerning persons with intellectual disabilities necessitate a systemic clinical decision model. However, a comprehensive clinical reasoning model requires an increasingly nuanced system. This chapter adds to the established clinical judgment standards, ethics, and social justice domains. All assessment and intervention tasks can become more responsive and accurate when clinical judgment standards, ethical considerations, and social justice constructs are integrated into an increasingly complete service delivery model.