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Félix González-Carrasco; Felipe Espinosa Parra; Izaskun Álvarez-Aguado; Sebastián Ponce Olguín; Vanessa Vega Córdova; Miguel Roselló-Peñaloza – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Background: The study focuses on the need to optimise assessment scales for support needs in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Current scales are often lengthy and redundant, leading to exhaustion and response burden. The goal is to use machine learning techniques, specifically item-reduction methods and selection…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Individual Needs
Yona Lunsky; Tiziana Volpe; Laura St. John; Anupam Thakur; Johanna Lake; The H-CARDD COVID Program Team – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about disruptions in healthcare for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. There is a need to explore ways to promote proactive healthcare and better prepare individuals for healthcare encounters. Methods: A co-designed tool, the COVID Check-in Tool, was introduced as part of a…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Health Promotion
Freeze, Trevi B.; Lutfiyya, Zana Marie; Freeze, Rick; Magana, Janjo; Cauthers, Nick; Mukai, Michael; Antonio, Jacintha; Batta, Anusha – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: For almost two decades, students with intellectual, developmental and multiple disabilities have attended undergraduate classes at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada as part-time auditing students. They are supported by the Campus Life program. Campus Life employs graduate and undergraduate university students as academic…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Students, Students with Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Keesler, John M.; McCoy, Pamela; Wiltz, James – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: Individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities are vulnerable to potentially traumatic events and trauma sequelae. Despite ongoing advances surrounding trauma and intellectual/developmental disabilities, trauma-specific treatments are needed for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. This study explores the…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Trauma, Trauma Informed Approach
Spassiani, Natasha A.; Becaj, Mojca; Miller, Clare; Hiddleston, Andrew; Hume, Aaron; Tait, Stephan – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: The COVID-19 global pandemic has put adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities at greater risk of being socially excluded due to physical distancing. Technology has been looked at as a tool for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities to stay connected, however, little is known about this topic. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Adults, Intellectual Disability
Schwartz, Ariel E.; Levin, Melissa – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: We conducted feasibility testing of a novel peer mentoring intervention addressing self-awareness and proactive coping for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions. Aligned with regulatory flexibility theory, we hypothesised that if young adults with intellectual and…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Health
Schwartz, Ariel E.; Kramer, Jessica M. – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Background: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly used in health care to evaluate service quality and client progress. Response scales are a critical component of PROM content validity and must be designed to be relevant and comprehensible by users. Methods: In collaboration with eight youth co-researchers with…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Content Validity, Measurement Techniques, Outcomes of Treatment
Gray, Jennifer A.; Kim, Jinsook – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Background: Direct care workers (DCWs) caring for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (PWIDD) provide palliative care, but research indicates DCWs are ill-equipped to do so. This study aimed to assess DCWs' palliative care experience and training and their perceived training needs. Materials and Methods: Staff trained as DCWs…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Health Services, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Bates, Claire; McCarthy, Michelle; Milne Skillman, Karen; Elson, Nicola; Forrester-Jones, Rachel; Hunt, Siobhan – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Background: People with intellectual and developmental disabilities face challenges in developing and maintaining intimate relationships, frequently requiring support from staff. Method: Focus groups were conducted with 26 social care staff members to explore the support they provided to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Interpersonal Relationship
Morrison, Stewart C.; Barrett, Laura; Haines, David – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Background: Foot problems have been reported to be a very common health issue in adults with intellectual disabilities; foot problems in children and young people are, however, poorly understood. The aim of this study was to explore foot care needs of children and young people with intellectual and developmental disability. Methods: An…
Descriptors: Podiatry, Young Children, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Tait, Kathleen; Hussain, Rafat; Wark, Stuart; Fung, Francis – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Background: This study investigated perceived quality of life (QoL) of community-dwelling middle-aged adults (30-50 years) with an intellectual disability and/or developmental disability living in rural or urban areas in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. The specific aim of the current paper was to provide a descriptive evidence base of…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Aging (Individuals), Adults, Intellectual Disability
Rojas-Pernia, Susana; Haya-Salmón, Ignacio; Lastra-Cagigas, Santiago; Álvarez-Sáenz de Santa María, Lucia – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
This article presents the results of a project carried out by a group of researchers with and without intellectual disabilities on "the importance of social relationships and loneliness." We wanted to find out about the experience of loneliness in young people with and without intellectual disabilities and know whether this was an…
Descriptors: Alienation, Cultural Isolation, Developmental Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Sutton, Julie E.; Huws, Jaci C.; Burton, Christopher R. – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
Background: Sleep hygiene education (SHE) is a familiar intervention for addressing behavioural sleep problems in children with developmental disabilities that involves advising parents on sleep-promoting behaviours; however, it is supported by a limited evidence base. Materials and methods: This exploratory study aimed to enhance qualitative…
Descriptors: Sleep, Hygiene, Intervention, Behavior Problems
O' Connor, Anne B.; Carpenter, Barry; Coughlan, Barry – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
This paper describes a study exploring the parental response to the diagnosis of their child's developmental disability. A classic grounded theory methodology was used to analyse data comprising 19 interviews and 11 memoirs written by parents. The theory explains how parents adjust to champion their child, who has been identified as having a…
Descriptors: Parents, Adjustment (to Environment), Clinical Diagnosis, Children
Kaley, Alexandra; Donnelly, John Paul; Donnelly, Lisa; Humphrey, Sally; Reilly, Steven; Macpherson, Hannah; Hall, Ed; Power, Andy – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: This journal article draws on findings from a research project that examined how people with learning disabilities and their allies were seeking to build a sense of belonging. We wanted to focus on the concept of "belonging" in the context of personalisation and reduced government social care funding. Specifically, we sought…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Social Support Groups, Developmental Disabilities, Foreign Countries