A Family Quality of Life Approach for Social Workers: Lessons from the Field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Ivan Brown 1 , Nicole Petrowski 1 , Meaghan Edwards 2 , Barry J. Isaacs 3, Roy I. Brown 4 , Nehama Baum 2 and Shirli Werner 5 1 University of Toronto, Canada 2 The Muki Baum Treatment Centres, Toronto, Canada 3 Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, Canada 4 University of Victoria, Canada 5 The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus Correspondence : Ivan Brown, PhD Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto 246 Bloor Street West Toronto, Ontario M5A 1A1 Canada ivan.brown@utoronto.ca Words : Characters : Key words : Family quality of life, developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, domains, concepts, assessment.