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Estimating Sexual Knowledge of People with Mild Intellectual Disability through a Valid and Reliable Assessment Scale: The ISK-ID
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Gil-Llario, Mª Dolores; Castro-Calvo, Jesus; Fernández-García, Olga; Elipe-Miravet, Marcel; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Despite the relevance of assessing sexual knowledge in people with Intellectual Disability, there is a lack of appropriate assessment tools to measure this domain. The current study tests the psychometric properties of the new 'Inventory of Sexual Knowledge of people with Intellectual Disability' (ISK-ID). Method: 345 individuals with…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Knowledge Level, Mild Intellectual Disability, Test Validity
Evaluating the Impact of a Virtual Educational Intervention on Medical Students' Knowledge and Attitudes towards Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Berger, I.; Weissman, S.; Raheel, H.; Bagga, A.; Wright, R.; Leung, F.; Loh, A.; Lee-Jones, C.; Isaacs, B.; Vogt, J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: Research suggests physicians may harbour paternalistic attitudes towards people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and lack the knowledge and skills to work with them. This study examined the impact of a brief intellectual and developmental disability curriculum intervention on these outcomes. Methods: First-year medical…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Intellectual Disability
A Questionnaire to Measure Direct Support Professionals' Attitude towards Healthy Nutrition of People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Overwijk, A.; Krijnen, W. P.; Hilgenkamp, T. I. M.; van der Schans, C. P.; van der Putten, A. A. J.; Waninge, A. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: Direct support professionals' (DSPs') attitudes toward nutrition are important for supporting a healthy lifestyle of persons with intellectual disabilities. However, there are no instruments to measure it. The aim of this study was to compose a questionnaire and determine its internal validity. Method: The previously validated Health…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Allied Health Personnel, Attitudes, Life Style
Preservice Teachers' Shifting Perspectives of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Service-Learning Experiences
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Stephanie M. Devine; Cynthia C. Massey; Kathryn L. Haughney; Akintomide Adebile – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
Preservice teachers often have low post-school expectations for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), although the stated goal of special education is to increase those very outcomes. However, setting high expectations and learning the accompanying soft skills is a complex skill set to include in special education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Creativity in Hong Kong's Special Schools' Music Classrooms
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Wong, Marina Wai-yee – Music Education Research, 2022
To investigate music teachers' perceptions and concerns in fostering music creativity of students with intellectual disabilities, findings are presented from a study of nine music teachers purposely sampled from across all three categories (mild, medium, severe) of Hong Kong's special school for students with intellectual disabilities. Personal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Teachers, Music Education, Students with Disabilities
Rural Vocational and Transition Assessment Practices for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: What Do Educators Really Know?
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Brendle, Janna; Tucker, Kathryn J.; Lock, Robin H. – Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 2018
Transition planning requires quality vocational and transition assessment tailored to the student's needs, strengths, preferences and interests. Limited research is currently available that addresses assessment types and use of results that rural practitioners utilize to aid in transition planning for students with intellectual disabilities (ID).…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Vocational Education, Special Education Teachers, Transitional Programs
Promoting Active Participation of Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Social Activities through Citizenship Education in Disability Centers in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
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Alkahtani, Mohammed Ali; Al-Qahtani, Hanadi Hussain – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
This study evaluates the positive impact of citizenship education in students with an intellectual disability in disability centers in Saudi Arabia. The understanding of citizenship rights is widely perceived to be helpful for the successful integration of disabled students in a diverse society. A qualitative close-ended questionnaire was used as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Intellectual Disability, Special Schools
Clinicians' Use of Sexual Knowledge Assessment Tools for People with Intellectual Disability
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Thompson, Vanessa R.; Stancliffe, Roger J.; Broom, Alex; Wilson, Nathan J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2016
Background: Many people with intellectual disability have limited sexual knowledge. Several assessment tools have been developed to assess the sexual knowledge of people with intellectual disability. This paper examines how clinicians' are using these tools. Method: This research uses a constructivist grounded theory approach. Semistructured…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Knowledge Level, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries