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Aging, Community-Based Employment, Mobility Impairment, and Retirement: National Core Indicators--Adult Consumer Survey Data
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Nye-Lengerman, Kelly M.; Kramme, Julie E. D. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2019
Little is known about how, when, or why individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) retire. Recognizing the changing needs of older adults with IDD is critical to support person-driven services and development of best practices in aging transitions. Using secondary analysis of the 2016 to 2017 National Core Indicators--Adult…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
College Students' Perceptions on Effects of Volunteering with Adults with Developmental Disabilities
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Kropp, Jerri J.; Wolfe, Brent D. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2018
The purpose of the current study was to address the research question, "Does direct contact with individuals with developmental disabilities positively alter college student attitudes toward people with developmental disabilities?" Subjects were undergraduate students from various majors who participated in an alternative spring break…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Instructional Effectiveness, Volunteers, Adults
Parental Assessment of Pain Coping in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Burkitt, Chantel C.; Breau, Lynn M.; Zabalia, Marc – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Pain coping is thought to be the most significant behavioural contribution to the adjustment to pain. Little is known about how those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) cope with pain. We describe parental reported coping styles and how coping relates to individual factors. Seventy-seven caregivers of children and adults with…
Descriptors: Mental Age, Age Groups, Mental Retardation, Caregivers
Development of the Preschool Developmental Assessment Scale (PDAS) on Children's Social Development
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Leung, Cynthia; Cheung, Jasmine; Lau, Vanessa; Lam, Catherine – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This paper aimed to describe the design and development of the social domain of the Preschool Developmental Assessment Scale (PDAS), which would be used for assessment of preschool children with different developmental disabilities. The original version of the social domain consisted of 30 items. Children were asked questions about their social…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Preschool Children, Perspective Taking, Empathy
Financial Well-Being of US Parents Caring for Coresident Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities: An Age Cohort Analysis
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Parish, Susan L.; Rose, Roderick A.; Swaine, Jamie G. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2010
Background: Understanding how financial well-being changes through the life course of caregiving parents of children with developmental disabilities is critically important. Methods: We analyse SIPP (U.S. Census Bureau) data to describe income poverty, asset poverty, income, net worth, and liquid assets of US parents (N = 753) of children with…
Descriptors: Parents, Income, Poverty, Well Being
Development of the Little Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire for Preschoolers and Preliminary Evidence of Its Psychometric Properties in Israel
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Rihtman, Tanya; Wilson, Brenda N.; Parush, Shula – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Purpose: The early identification of motor coordination challenges before school age may enable close monitoring of a child's development and perhaps ameliorate some of the social, psychological and behavioral sequela that often accompany unrecognized Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). The purpose of this study was to develop and assess…
Descriptors: Evidence, Control Groups, Research Tools, Content Validity