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A Realist Analysis of Treatment Programmes for Sex Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities
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Hollomotz, Andrea; Greenhalgh, Joanne – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: The resources used in treatment for sex offenders with intellectual disabilities have had much research attention, but less has been written about how participants are expected to respond (programme mechanisms). Methods: A realist evaluation of seven programmes from the UK, Canada, USA, Switzerland and Germany was conducted. In…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Criminals, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries
"I Don't Feel Trapped Anymore…i Feel Like a Bird": People with Learning Disabilities' Experience of Psychological Therapy
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Lewis, Nicola; Lewis, Karin; Davies, Bronwen – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background: There are very few studies that investigate the qualitative experiences of people with a learning disability who have engaged in psychological therapy. Indeed, having a learning disability has traditionally been an exclusion criterion for good quality research about psychological treatments ("Psychotherapy and Learning Disability.…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Psychotherapy, Psychological Services, Clinical Psychology
An Evaluation of the EQUIP Treatment Programme with Men who have Intellectual or Other Developmental Disabilities
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Langdon, Peter E.; Murphy, Glynis H.; Clare, Isabel C.H.; Palmer, Emma J.; Rees, Joanna – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: The Equipping Youth to Help One Another Programme (EQUIP) was designed for young offenders to address a developmental delay in moral reasoning, distorted cognitions and social skills. Methods: The present authors undertook a single case series study and piloted an adapted version of the EQUIP programme with three men with intellectual…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Males, Asperger Syndrome, Clinical Diagnosis
Parents Plus Programme 1: Evaluation of Its Effectiveness for Pre-School Children with Developmental Disabilities and Behavioural Problems
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Quinn, Mark; Carr, Alan; Carroll, Louise; O'Sullivan, David – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Parents Plus programme with families of pre-school children with developmental disabilities and significant behavioural problems in the Irish health service. The Parents Plus programme is a group-based parent training package involving video modelling, which was designed to be…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Health Services, Early Intervention, Developmental Disabilities