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Maes, Bea; Nijs, Sara; Vandesande, Sien; Van keer, Ines; Arthur-Kelly, Michael; Dind, Juliane; Goldbart, Juliet; Petitpierre, Geneviève; Van der Putten, Annette – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Within the context of the Special Interest Research Group (SIRG) on Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD), researchers often discuss the methodological problems and challenges they are confronted with. The aim of the current article was to give an overview of these challenges. Methods: The challenges are…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Research Methodology, Barriers
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Valcourt-Pearce, Catherine C. – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2022
Since March 2020, when the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic hit, education in the United States has undergone significant change. As both a deaf professional in deaf education and as the parent of an OHKODA (only hearing kid of deaf adults) teenage son, a deafdisabled tween son, and deaf elementaryage fraternal twin sons, I have been in the unique…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Deafness, Students with Disabilities
National Center on Deaf-Blindness, 2022
This brief, co-produced by the National Center on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB) and Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS), provides important information about the differences between students with significant cognitive disabilities who have cortical visual impairment (CVI) and those who have other types of visual impairment (VI).…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Visual Impairments, Severe Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities
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Watson, Joanne; Voss, Hille; Bloomer, Melissa J. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2019
With a focus on the use of narrative approaches, this article is a commentary on decision-making support for people with profound intellectual and multiple disability (PIMD) at the end-of-life. Due to improved health care, people with PIMD are living longer lives than ever before. Therefore, they are increasingly facing decisions relating to…
Descriptors: Preferences, Death, Decision Making, Severe Intellectual Disability
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Alicia F. Saunders; Jenny R. Root; Bree A. Jimenez – Inclusion, 2019
There is very limited research on inclusive mathematics instruction for students with extensive support needs (i.e., moderate to severe intellectual disability, autism, multiple disabilities) and this is a critical area of need. The purpose of this article is to propose a framework for mathematics instruction for students with extensive support…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Young, Hannah – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Objectives: Engaging people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) in relation to issues of bereavement and loss is often seen as a complex therapeutic challenge. The author examines the barriers preventing them from engaging with the grieving process in supported ways. Methods: Through the lens of Worden's Tasks of Grief…
Descriptors: Barriers, Grief, Severe Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
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Brock, Matthew E.; Schaefer, John M.; Seaman, Rachel L. – Theory Into Practice, 2020
Supporting agency can be complex and challenging, especially when teaching students with severe disabilities (i.e., students with intellectual disability, autism, and/or multiple disabilities who are eligible for their state's alternate assessment). In this article, we compare Bandura's model of agency with constructs from the severe disabilities…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Severe Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Student Empowerment