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Oliver, Amy; Munk, Niki; Stanton-Nichols, Kathleen A. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Adults with disabilities are 57% less physically active than individuals without disabilities and two times as likely to be obese. With obesity, adults with disabilities also face increased risk of comorbid disabilities stemming from obesity. The purpose of this theoretical case study was to identify key behavioral change theories which may be…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Adults, Obesity, Physical Activity Level
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Garrett J. Roberts; Esther R. Lindström; Zaira Jimenez; Ekta Ghosh; Senaida Mehmedovic; Kimberly A. McFadden; Mohammad Bahadori Fallah – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2024
This systematic review and synthesis summarizes intervention research for Grade K-12 students with a reading difficulty and co-occurring inattention to identify (a) the relevant intervention literature base, (b) the student, study, and intervention characteristics of these studies, (c) the effects of these interventions on reading and behavior…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Diagnosis
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Valdovinos, Maria G.; Seibert, Haley N.; Piersma, Drew; Wilkinson, Alyssa; Griffith, Gabrielle; Hillring, Sara; Boyle, Bailey – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to gain additional insight on patterns of behavior of three individuals dually diagnosed with intellectual disability (ID) and bipolar disorder as they cycled between elevated and depressed mood states. Methods: Data were collected from weekly, one-hour observations across a period of several months. The…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Mental Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Comorbidity
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Brittany M. Dumproff; Art G. Dowdy – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2024
Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience challenges with social skill interactions that may affect their quality of life. Given that parents are often the most frequent and constant presence in their child's life, parents serve a vital role in their child's social and behavioral development. For this reason, children may…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Quality of Life
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Twyman, Laura; Bonevski, Billie; Paul, Christine; Kay-Lambkin, Frances J.; Bryant, Jamie; Oldmeadow, C.; Palazzi, K.; Guillaumier, A. – Health Education Research, 2016
This study aimed to (i) describe concurrent and simultaneous tobacco and cannabis use and (ii) investigate the association between cannabis use and motivation and intentions to quit tobacco in a sample of socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2013 and 2014 with current tobacco smokers receiving aid from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Marijuana, Smoking, Intention
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Habayeb, Serene; Rich, Brendan; Alvord, Mary K. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2017
Background: Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often carry co-morbid diagnoses and present with impairing heterogeneous symptomatology (Leyfer et al. in "J Autism Dev Disord" 36(7): 849-861, 2006. doi:10.1007/s10803-006-0123-0). However, research from controlled laboratory settings often fails to examine the vast number of…
Descriptors: Comorbidity, Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Hedges, S.; White, T.; Smith, L. – Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2014
"Autism at-a-Glance" is a series of practitioner and family-friendly documents created by the Center on Secondary Education for Students with ASD (CSESA) designed for high school staff members supporting students on the autism spectrum, as well as family members of adolescents with ASD. The purpose of the "Autism at-a-Glance"…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Comorbidity
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Smith, Laureen H.; Petosa, Rick L. – Journal of School Nursing, 2016
Despite national guidelines for regular physical activity, most adolescents are not physically active. Schools serve an estimated 60 million youth and provide an educational environment to meet the current physical activity guidelines. The obesity epidemic and chronic disease comorbidities associated with physical inactivity are not likely to be…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Physical Activity Level, Guidelines, Mentors
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Chu, Brian C.; Merson, Rachel A.; Zandberg, Laurie J.; Areizaga, Margaret – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2012
Comorbidity in clinical youth populations is more the rule than the exception, yet few established guidelines exist to help practicing clinicians manage complex diagnostic profiles. The current paper reviews efforts within the treatment development literature to handle comorbidity in depressed and anxious children and adolescents, including…
Descriptors: Comorbidity, Outcomes of Treatment, Profiles, Depression (Psychology)
Eller, James D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The general problem is Native American tribes have high prevalence rates of diabetes. The specific problem is the failure of IHS sites to adopt EHR may cause health care providers to miss critical opportunities to improve screening and triage processes that result in quality improvement. The purpose of the quantitative correlational study was to…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Correlation, Records (Forms), Information Systems
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Foster, Durwin B.; Kelly, Mary Theresa – Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2012
Men experience higher lifetime trauma rates than women, and they use and misuse substances at rates far exceeding women. Men are also reported to experience significantly higher lifetime rates of comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder (SUD) than women. Although there is agreement in the clinical field of trauma…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Coping, Males
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Billingham, Daniel D.; Kelly, Peter J.; Deane, Frank P.; Crowe, Trevor P.; Buckingham, Mark S.; Craig, Fiona L. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
There is increasing emphasis on the use routine outcome assessment measures to inform quality assurance initiatives. The calculation of reliable and clinically significant change indices is one strategy that organizations could use to develop both internal and externally focused benchmarking processes. The current study aimed to develop reliable…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Quality Control, Substance Abuse, Mental Health