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Screening for Intellectual Disability in Dutch Psychiatrically Disturbed Detainees: Assessing the Psychometric Properties of the Screener for Intelligence and Learning Disability (SCIL)
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van Esch, Ankie Yvonne Maria; de Vries, Jolanda; Masthoff, Erik David Marco – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Introduction: Intellectual disability is a key subject in all mental healthcare institutions, including the forensic mental health services. The Screener for Intelligence and Learning Disability (SCIL) is designed to screen for intellectual disability in forensic populations. So far, this assessment method is only validated in "detention fit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Screening Tests, Disability Identification, Intellectual Disability
Screening for Intellectual Disabilities and Borderline Intelligence in Dutch Outpatients with Severe Mental Illness
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Seelen-de Lang, Birgit L.; Smits, Hedwig J. H.; Penterman, Berry J. M.; Noorthoorn, Eric O.; Nieuwenhuis, Jeanet G.; Nijman, Henk L. I. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: The reliability and validity of the Screener for Intelligence and Learning Disabilities (SCIL) are unknown in a population of outpatients with severe mental illness. The prevalence of mild or borderline intellectual disabilities (MBID); an umbrella term for people with borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) and mild intellectual…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Disability Identification, Intelligence Tests, Severe Disabilities
The Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse in Out-of-Home Care: Increased Risk for Children with a Mild Intellectual Disability
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Euser, Saskia; Alink, Lenneke R. A.; Tharner, Anne; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background: Children without disabilities in out-of-home care have a higher risk of child sexual abuse [CSA (Euser et al. 2013)]. In this study, we examined the year prevalence of CSA in out-of-home care for children with a mild intellectual disability, and compared it with the prevalence in out-of-home care for non-disabled children and children…
Descriptors: Children, Mild Intellectual Disability, Incidence, Child Abuse
Assessment of Prevalence of Persons with Down Syndrome: A Theory-Based Demographic Model
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de Graaf, Gert; Vis, Jeroen C.; Haveman, Meindert; van Hove, Geert; de Graaf, Erik A. B.; Tijssen, Jan G. P.; Mulder, Barbara J. M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: The Netherlands are lacking reliable empirical data in relation to the development of birth and population prevalence of Down syndrome. For the UK and Ireland there are more historical empirical data available. A theory-based model is developed for predicting Down syndrome prevalence in the Netherlands from the 1950s onwards. It is…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Mortality Rate, Down Syndrome, Pregnancy