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Direct linkDonovan Seidel; John D. McLennan – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Introduction: As little is known about who uses specialty mental health clinics for persons with intellectual disabilities, this study aimed to identified caregiver concerns, clinical characteristics, and the relationship between these two constructs for referrals to such a clinic. Methods: Qualitative and quantitative analyses were applied to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Clinics, Intellectual Disability
Sarah Earle; Susan Ledger; Victoria Newton; Lorna Rouse; Elizabeth Tilley – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Across the life course, women and girls with learning disabilities and their carers report difficulties in accessing information and support with menstruation, yet their experiences are often overlooked in initiatives to improve menstrual health and wellbeing. Our aim was to collaborate with women with learning disabilities to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Learning Disabilities, Physiology
Donnelly, Lauren J.; Cervantes, Paige E.; Guo, Fei; Stein, Cheryl R.; Okparaeke, Eugene; Kuriakose, Sarah; Filton, Beryl; Havens, Jennifer; Horwitz, Sarah M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Caring for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be complicated, especially when challenging behaviors are present. Providers may feel unprepared to work with these individuals because specialized training for medical and social service providers is limited. To increase access to specialized training, we modified an effective…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Caregiver Attitudes, Attitude Change, Caregiver Training
Bernie, Charmaine; Williams, Katrina; Graham, Fiona; May, Tamara – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Aim: To determine whether short-phase Occupational Performance Coaching combined with service navigation support is feasible for families waiting for autism assessment. Method: A pilot feasibility study was conducted using a blinded randomization procedure that allocated participants to one of three trial arms: (1) face-to-face coaching, (2)…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Occupational Therapy, Coaching (Performance), In Person Learning
Marissa R. Gerdes – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the experiences of caregivers who advocate for a child with social anxiety. Parents of a child diagnosed with social anxiety describe similar experiences and challenges. Often parents adopt the role of advocate in order to obtain the necessary school services for their child. This…
Descriptors: Parents, Child Caregivers, Children, Anxiety Disorders
Lisa Koenig McDaniel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenology design was to describe the experiences of caregivers to adults with I/DD in the State of Texas. The theory guiding this study was the social constructivism framework which focused on how language and culture frame how individuals communicate, experience, and understand reality. In this study, the…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Quality of Life
Tom Palmer; Gerard Abou Jaoude; Rolando Leiva Granados; Neha Batura; Frederik Booysen; Liesel Ebersöhn; Lu Gram; Audrey Prost; Francesco Salustri; Jolene Skordis – Infant and Child Development, 2025
Although the role of the home in supporting early childhood development, early learning and school outcomes is well established, the perspectives of caregivers on child development and schooling outcomes are comparatively underexplored. This qualitative study was conducted with caregivers of children aged 6-10 years in Mahikeng, South Africa and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Beliefs, Child Development, Outcomes of Education
de Groot, Rogier; Kaal, Hendrien L.; Stol, Wouter Ph. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2022
Background: This study reports the findings from a Dutch study, exploring care workers' knowledge and perceptions of the online lives of adolescents with mild or borderline intellectual disabilities. Method: Using an inductive research design 33 semi-structured interviews were conducted with care workers. Results: Three themes were derived from…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries, Caregiver Attitudes, Computer Mediated Communication
Yakhnich, Liat – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: Child and Youth Care is a challenging field characterized by intensive daily involvement with youth at risk. It belongs to the wider area of helping professions but has its distinct attributes related to clients' characteristics and working environment. Objective: This study explores how Child and Youth Care workers in Israel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Caregivers, Youth
Gillian P. Andrikos; Cindy Ann Smith; Marina Ciccarelli – Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, 2024
Young people with intellectual disability (ID) frequently have challenges with self-regulation that impact their success and participation in daily life. As they often require additional support with self-regulation, it is important to consider regulatory function and skill development within the context of co-regulatory interactions with…
Descriptors: Self Management, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Cooperation
Laura Mills-Smith – Reading Psychology, 2024
The benefits afforded to young children through shared reading are well-documented, but few studies have focused on what contributes to enjoyment of shared reading, especially as it pertains to caregivers' enjoyment. This study explored child and caregiver enjoyment of shared reading through an online survey. Caregivers named books their 0- to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Caregiver Attitudes, Picture Books
Krista M. Soria; Stacey E. Vakanski; Trevor White; Ryan Arp – Community College Review, 2024
Objective: The purpose of this paper was to examine variables associated with food insecurity among community college caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We used data from a multi-institutional survey of 15,051 caregivers enrolled at 130 community colleges in 42 states in fall 2020. We used a logistic regression to examine whether…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Community Colleges, Caregivers
Gerda de Kuijper; Josien Jonker; Rory Sheehan; Angela Hassiotis – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: In people with intellectual disabilities and mental disorders and/or challenging behaviours, rates of psychotropic drug prescription are high. In clinical treatments and evaluations, all stakeholders should be involved in a process of shared decision-making (SDM). We aimed to investigate the perspectives of clients and their carers on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Drug Use, Physician Patient Relationship
Fatma Busra Aksoy Kumru – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
Participation has been discussed as a multi-layered concept with varied outlooks on children's lived experiences. Children's participation occupies a complicated terrain in that whose participation counts and how it manifests itself within complex adult-child relations are enduring questions in the early childhood field. This qualitative study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education
Peter E. Langdon; Magdalena M. Apanasionok; Emma Scripps; Alastair Barrowcliff; Asit Biswas; Karen Bunning; Cheryl Burbidge; Katherine Byron-Daniel; Alex Cookson; Sarah Croom; Malwina Filipczuk; David Gillespie; Richard P. Hastings; Andrew Jahoda; Rachel McNamara; Lawrence Patterson; Dheeraj Rai; Robyn Steward; Kylie M. Gray – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: The aim of this feasibility study was to adapt and model a behavioural intervention for anxiety with autistic adults with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. Method: Twenty-eight autistic adults with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities, 37 carers, and 40 therapists took part in this single-group non-randomised…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Severe Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability
