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Direct linkDafni Katsampa; Louisa Rhodes – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: People with learning disabilities following a long-term stay in forensic settings may experience difficulties reintegrating in the wider community. Indirect interventions can be helpful for care providers and family members to reflect on their practices and improve the quality of life of people with learning disabilities. Although…
Descriptors: Males, Intellectual Disability, Intervention, Case Studies
Gray, Jennifer A.; Kim, Jinsook – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Background: Direct care workers (DCWs) caring for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (PWIDD) provide palliative care, but research indicates DCWs are ill-equipped to do so. This study aimed to assess DCWs' palliative care experience and training and their perceived training needs. Materials and Methods: Staff trained as DCWs…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Health Services, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Rayner, Kelly; Bradley, Samantha; Johnson, Gemma; Mrozik, Jennifer H.; Appiah, Afua; Nagra, Maninder K. – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
The engagement of people with learning disabilities in social communication is crucial to the development of relationships with others, a sense of social inclusion and self-worth. Intensive Interaction is an approach that can help carers develop their skills to engage people with severe and profound learning disabilities in personally relevant…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Caregiver Training, Interaction, Training Methods
Kyle, Seonaid; Melville, Craig A.; Jones, Andrea – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
Carer communication skills contribute to the well being of individuals with learning disabilities. Few studies have examined the effectiveness of communication training interventions, and there is a lack of robust measures of outcome. A communication self-efficacy measure relevant to carers supporting adults with learning disabilities was…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Caregiver Training, Communication Skills, Intervention
Chadwick, Darren D.; Jolliffe, Jane – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
To contribute to increasing the quality and quantity of communication between staff and adults with intellectual disabilities, training was undertaken to enhance the awareness and knowledge of signing as a method of communication. Multidisciplinary team members, residential and day centre staff were trained to use 20 core signs. Training methods…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Training Methods, Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication
Windley, Debbie; Chapman, Melanie – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This study explores the perceptions of support workers working with adults with learning/intellectual disabilities, training and support needs. Data was collected by focus group (n = 3) and semi-structured interviews (n = 5). Participants saw their key role as maximising quality of life, identified "Trial and error" as the main mode of skill…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Quality of Life, Assertiveness
