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Gast, David A. A.; de Wit, Gabriela L. C.; van Hoof, Amber; de Vries, Jeanne H. M.; van Hemert, Bert; Didden, Robert; Giltay, Erik J. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: We sought to assess diet quality among people with intellectual disabilities or borderline intellectual functioning, living in residential facilities or receiving day care. Methods: We measured diet quality using the Dutch Healthy Diet Food Frequency Questionnaire (DHD) and compared this between participants with (n = 151) and controls…
Descriptors: Mild Intellectual Disability, Dietetics, Day Programs, Residential Programs
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Kaya, Cahit; Hanley-Maxwell, Cheryl; Chan, Fong; Tansey, Timothy – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: It is important to investigate receipt of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services, service patterns and outcomes for youth with autism, so that limited public resources can be used more efficiently. Method: This study used chi-squared automatic interaction detector, and multivariate logistic regression analysis to investigate…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Autism, Regression (Statistics), Predictor Variables
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Banga, Gazal; Ghosh, Subharati – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Knowledge of the impact of affiliate stigma on the wellbeing of caregivers to children with specific learning disability (SLD) in India is limited. To fill in this gap in knowledge a cross-sectional quantitative study was undertaken to assess the impact of affiliate stigma on the psychological well-being of mothers with children with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Social Bias, Well Being
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Unwin, Gemma; Deb, Shoumitro; Deb, Tanya – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: In the UK, people with intellectual disabilities who exhibit aggressive behaviour often receive community-based specialist health services from a community learning disability team (CLDT). Our aim was to estimate costs associated with this provision and to identify predictors of higher costs. Method: Costs were estimated for 60 adults…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Aggression, Predictor Variables
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McGlinchey, Eimear; McCallion, Philip; Burke, Eilish; Carroll, Rachel; McCarron, Mary – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: The benefits of being in employment are well documented; however, underemployment is a critical issue for people with intellectual disability (ID). Some individuals perceive themselves as being in employment when in fact they are attending a non-work site such as a day service. The impact that this perception of employment has on other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Underemployment, Day Programs
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Hurt, Amy A.; Grist, Cathy Lann; Malesky, Lann A., Jr.; McCord, David M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: Applied behaviour analysis (ABA) therapists typically work one-to-one with children with autism for extended periods of time, which often leads to high levels of job-related stress, lower levels of job satisfaction, increased frequency of occupational "burnout" and higher than average job turnover (Journal of Autism…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Behavior Modification, Children, Autism
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Couzens, Donna; Haynes, Michele; Cuskelly, Monica – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Background: Associations among cognitive development and intrapersonal and environmental characteristics were investigated for 89 longitudinal study participants with Down syndrome to understand developmental patterns associated with cognitive strengths and weaknesses. Materials and Methods: Subtest scores of the Stanford-Binet IV collected…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Predictor Variables, Educational Experience, Cognitive Development