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Frontline Staff and Trainer Perspectives on Implementing and Adhering to Positive Behaviour Support in Intellectual Disabilities Care: A Mixed-Methods Study
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Eke Bruinsma; Annelies A. de Bildt; Pieter J. Hoekstra; Gerda M. de Kuijper; Barbara J. van den Hoofdakker – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: We aimed to identify key factors in implementing and adhering to positive behaviour support (PBS), provided by frontline staff, targeting challenging behaviours of people with intellectual disabilities living in residential group homes. Method: Using semi-structured interviews with 12 frontline staff members, we collected perspectives…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Behavior Problems, Intellectual Disability, Group Homes
Preliminary Translation of 'Reducing Disability in Alzheimer's Disease' among Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Caregiver Dyads
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Lauren T. Ptomey; Kelli Barton; Emma Swinford; Amy Bodde; Amanda George; Anna M. Gorczyca; C. Michelle Niedens; Susan C. Sprague; Amy Yeager; Brian Helsel; Linda Teri; Eric D. Vidoni; Jaime Perales-Puchalt – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: The Reducing Disability in Alzheimer's Disease in Kansas City (RDAD-KC) intervention has been shown to improve the health of individuals with dementia and caregiver dyads. This manuscript reports the results of implementing the RDAD among individuals with intellectual disabilities and caregiver dyads. Methods: Nine community agencies…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Intervention, Health Promotion, Caregivers
Preferred Outcome Measures in Treatments for Challenging Behaviour in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: Results of an Inclusive Delphi Method
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de Kuijper, Gerda M.; Den Besten-van Ravenswaaij, Janneke J. C.; Hoekstra, Pieter J.; de Bildt, Annelies – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Interventions for challenging behaviours in individuals with intellectual disabilities benefit from outcome monitoring that takes clients' preferences into account. We determined clients' and representatives' preferred outcome domains and measures to secure their involvement in treatment decisions for challenging behaviours. Method: We…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intellectual Disability, Outcomes of Treatment, Intervention
A Multiple Case Study Investigating Changes in Organizations Serving Residents with Intellectual Disabilities and Challenging Behaviours
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Olivier-Pijpers, Vanessa Charissa; Cramm, Jane Murray; Landman, Wouter; Nieboer, Anna Petra – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: The present authors examined changes made in disability service organizations supporting residents with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviours, because these changes may influence residents' support and subsequently their challenging behaviours. Method: In this multiple case study, the present authors collected and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Behavior Problems, Organizational Change, Foreign Countries
Informal Support and Burden among Parents of Adults with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities
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Robinson, Suzanne; Weiss, Jonathan A.; Lunsky, Yona; Ouellette-Kuntz, Hélène – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background: Parents often play a lifelong role in supporting their sons and daughters with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). There is a need to better understand parent resources, particularly when the individual with IDD has behaviour problems, as the latter has consistently been linked to parental burden. Methods: The current…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Correlation, Parent Role
The Effect of Active Support Interactive Training on the Daily Lives of Adults with an Intellectual Disability
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Totsika, Vasiliki; Toogood, Sandy; Hastings, Richard P.; McCarthy, Jonathan – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Background: Interactive training (IT) is one of the two staff training components of the active support (AS) model. The present study explores how effective IT is when offered to staff divorced in time from the AS workshops, the other training component. We explored the effects of IT on resident activity engagement, challenging behaviours and…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Training, Interaction