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Download full textNguyen, Uyen Sophie; Smith, Sheila; Granja, Maribel R. – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2020
Nine percent of young U.S. children live in deep poverty, with state rates ranging from 17 percent in Mississippi to 4 percent in Utah. The families of these children have incomes below 50 percent of the federal poverty line, or less than $10,289 for a family of one parent and two children. Understanding more about the early health and development…
Descriptors: Young Children, Poverty, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students
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Young children with challenging behavior may require individualized interventions to facilitate improved outcomes. Visual activity schedules (VAS) have been well documented for improving engagement, transition, and recreation behaviors with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disabilities (ID). However, children…
Descriptors: Young Children, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Visual Stimuli
Reid, Caroline; Gill, Freya; Gore, Nick; Brady, Serena – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
The current study presents findings from an acceptance and commitment therapy-based intervention for family carers of children who have an intellectual/developmental disability and display high levels of challenging behaviour. The parent well-being workshops consist of two workshops incorporating acceptance and mindfulness-based exercises and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Therapy, Behavior Problems, Workshops
Hartley, Sigan L.; Wheeler, Anne C.; Mailick, Marsha R.; Raspa, Melissa; Mihaila, Iulia; Bishop, Ellen; Bailey, Donald B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
A cross-sectional analysis was used to examine age-related differences in ASD symptoms and corresponding differences in disruptive behavior and social skills in 281 adult men with fragile X syndrome. Four age groups were created: 18-21, 22-29, 30-39, and 40-49 years. The 18-21 year-old group was reported to have more impairments in verbal…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults, Males
Jones, Leah; Gold, Eluned; Totsika, Vasiliki; Hastings, Richard P.; Jones, Mariel; Griffiths, Annee; Silverton, Sarah – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2018
Parents of children with intellectual disabilities and/or autism have been shown to experience higher levels of distress than other parents. Despite such data having been available for several decades, the evidence base for psychological interventions to support parental well-being is small. Recent data suggest that both mindfulness and acceptance…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Parent Education, Special Schools, Autism
Adams, Dawn; Handley, Louise; Simkiss, Doug; Walls, Emily; Jones, Alison; Knapp, Martin; Romeo, Renee; Oliver, Chris – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2018
Background: Challenging behaviours are frequently shown by children with an intellectual disability. This study documents service use within this population and explores its relationship with challenging behaviours and child and parent characteristics.Method Forty-nine mothers of young children with an intellectual disability or global…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Health Services, Behavior Problems, Costs
Walker, Virginia L.; Snell, Martha E. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2017
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of workshops and coaching on paraprofessional implementation of function-based interventions. The results of indirect and direct functional behavior assessment guided the development of intervention strategies for three students with autism and intellectual disability. Following intervention,…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Positive Behavior Supports
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2017
This fact sheet reports on inclusive education and students with special needs in British Columbia, including changes to the composition of students with special needs in public schools, cuts to specialist teaching positions, and graduation rates for students with special needs.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Disabilities, Public Schools
Lanovaz, Marc J.; Rapp, John T.; Maciw, Isabella – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2014
Background: Several researchers have reduced engagement in stereotypy in individuals with intellectual disability and deafblindness using interventions containing a punishment component. The purpose of our study was to examine whether we could produce reductions in stereotypy in an individual with Cornelia de Lange syndrome and deafblindness by…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Intellectual Disability, Intervention, Reinforcement
Wilson, Nathan J.; Plummer, David – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2014
Developing a positive and healthy sexuality is central to being human. Australia is the only country in the world with a funded male health policy, but its publication in 2010 has not filtered through to throw an obvious focus on any health issue, sexual or otherwise, for men with intellectual and developmental disability, who may make…
Descriptors: Males, Masculinity, Sexuality, Public Policy
Eisenhower, Abbey S.; Blacher, Jan; Bush Hurst, Hillary – Grantee Submission, 2015
The associations between student-teacher relationship (STR) quality and externalizing behavior problems in school were examined among 166 children with ASD (82% boys, ages 4-7 years) across three assessments over a 1.5-year period; IQs in the sample range from 50 to 139 (M = 88.7). Unlike other non-ASD populations, the association between STR…
Descriptors: Correlation, Behavior Problems, Teacher Student Relationship, Autism
Salomone, Erica; Leadbitter, Kathy; Aldred, Catherine; Barrett, Barbara; Byford, Sarah; Charman, Tony; Howlin, Patricia; Green, Jonathan; Le Couteur, Ann; McConachie, Helen; Parr, Jeremy R.; Pickles, Andrew; Slonims, Vicky; Cole-Fletcher, Rachel; Gammer, Isobel; Maxwell, Jessica; Tobin, Hannah; Vamvakas, George; Cole-Fletcher, Rachle; Gammer, Isobel; Maxwell, Jessica; Tobin, Hannah; Vamvakas, George – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
We examined predictors of mental health difficulties and wellbeing in caregivers of children with autism in the Pre-school Autism Communication Trial cohort in middle childhood (N = 104). Child's intellectual disability, daily living skills impairment, elevated emotional and behavioural difficulties, high educational level of caregiver and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Autism, Predictor Variables
Smith, Leann E.; Hong, Jinkuk; Greenberg, Jan S.; Mailick, Marsha R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
The present study examined trajectories of adaptive behavior, behavior problems, psychological symptoms, and autism symptoms in adolescents and adults with fragile X syndrome (n = 147) over a three-year period. Adaptive behavior significantly increased over time, particularly for adolescents, and the severity of behavior problems decreased over…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Behavior Change, Family Role, Adolescents
Will, Meredith N.; Wilson, Beverly J. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
This study investigated parent and teacher ratings of behavior problems in children with and without intellectual disabilities at three time points over the course of 9 years. The group of children with intellectual disabilities (IDs) had higher behavior problem ratings than the group of children with no IDs (NIDs) across the three time points.…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Behavior Problems, Males, Developmental Delays
Perry, Adrienne; Taheri, Azin; Ting, Victoria; Weiss, Jonathan – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: Accurate measurement of adaptive behaviour is important in both clinical and research contexts. While several good clinical measures exist, as well as brief research measures for adults with intellectual disability, there is need for a brief and efficient measure for research with children and youth. We present preliminary psychometric…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics, Test Validity
