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Denis, Jo; Van den Noortgate, Wim; Maes, Bea – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The limitations people with profound intellectual disabilities experience in functioning contribute to a vulnerability to self-injurious behavior. Since this problem behavior has important negative consequences for people concerned, examining the effectiveness of treatments is important. In the current meta-analysis, single-case studies…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Severe Mental Retardation, Case Studies, Meta Analysis
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Lambrechts, Greet; Van Den Noortgate, Wim; Eeman, Lieve; Maes, Bea – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Staff reactions play an important role in the development and maintaining of clients' challenging behaviour. Because there is a paucity of research on staff reactions in naturalistic settings, this study examined sequential associations between challenging behaviour and staff reactions by means of a descriptive analysis. We analysed video…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Caregivers, Caregiver Attitudes, Attitude Measures
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Lambrechts, Greet; Maes, Bea – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The main goal of this study was to investigate whether staff members vary in their frequency reports on challenging behaviour concerning the same client. Because staff's approaches of challenging behaviour are affected by a range of staff characteristics, we hypothesised that these staff characteristics could explain this variability between staff…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Qualifications, Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior
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Petry, Katja; Kuppens, Sofie; Vos, Pieter; Maes, Bea – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Recently, several instruments have been developed to measure the subjective component of the quality of life (QOL) of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). A next step, however, must be the further validation of these instruments. The present study aimed at evaluating the psychometric properties of one of these…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Multiple Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Quality of Life