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Direct linkEileen Kelleher; Maria Caples; Teresa Wills; Anne-Marie Martin – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Background: Individuals with intellectual disabilities often require various supports in their everyday lives. Many access both acute and intellectual disability services depending on their needs. Previous research has highlighted suboptimal experiences of care provided in acute services. Joint working between both services has been recognised as…
Descriptors: Health Services, Intellectual Disability, Allied Health Personnel, Access to Health Care
Sreehari Ravindranath; Annie Jacob; Vishal Talreja; Suchetha Bhat – Journal of Education, 2024
The present study examines the effectiveness of an After-School Life Skills (ASLS) intervention to improve the life skills of 110 students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds at public schools of urban Bangalore in south India. These students completed ASLS intervention from 2014 to 2018 during which the life skills were assessed on a yearly…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Disadvantaged Youth, Public Schools, Foreign Countries
Shin Er Teh; Le Thao Vy Vo; Vanessa H. Bal – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
While existing literature has demonstrated that Daily Living Skills (DLS) performance of autistic individuals is lower than what is expected of their age and cognitive abilities, limited studies have examined DLS in autistic adults. This study aimed to understand the influence of intellectual function (IQ) and contextual factors (i.e., provision…
Descriptors: Influences, Daily Living Skills, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intelligence Quotient
Download full textP. P. Shajimon; Pratheesh Abraham – Online Submission, 2024
The present study aims to study the Life Skills among Secondary School Students using the Descriptive Survey Method. The sample consists of 405 Secondary Students selected from six Secondary Schools in Idukki District. The technique used for selecting the sample is Stratified Random Sampling giving due representation to Gender and Locale. The…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Geographic Location, Daily Living Skills, Secondary School Students
Christopher, Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Over 7 million students in the United States of America meet special education eligibilities and are serviced in public schools. Life skills teachers teach a specialized group of students with intellectual disabilities. Each of these students has their own Individual Education Plan (IEP). It is a legal requirement for each IEP to be implemented…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Special Education Teachers, Faculty Development, Access to Education
Schena, David; Rosales, Rocío; Rowe, Emily – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2023
Self-advocacy is an effective means of attaining required accommodations and services for adults with developmental disabilities. Previous reviews exist on related topics but have not been comprehensive or specific to the act of teaching self-advocacy skills. The purpose of this review is to begin to fill this gap by identifying studies that have…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Skill Development, Literature Reviews, Daily Living Skills
Anna McGuiness; Lara Travethan; Kylie Irvin; Yvette Black; Jessica Apps; Kathleen Corinth; Jessica Kennedy; Verenna Zenay Brown; Carla Morgan; Greg Quartly-Scott; Pieter Van Rensburg; Kim Rusten; Chloe Gott; Julia Lappin; Nicole Sugden; Julaine Allan; Frances Dark; Heidi Gray; Grace Thomas; Ashley Hollow; Matt Thomas – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Impairment in aspects of communication is a core diagnostic feature of schizophrenia and other psychotic spectrum disorders. These communication difficulties inhibit participation in a range of daily activities and affect relationships and quality of life. There has been little research focussed on communication outcomes in relation to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Schizophrenia, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills
Emily C. Skaletski; Kelly Barry; Elizabeth Dennis; Ryan Donnelly; Celina Huerta; Andrez Jones; Kate Schmidt; Sabrina Kabakov; Karla K. Ausderau; James J. Li; Brittany G. Travers – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) commonly co-occurs in autistic children. However, additional research is needed to explore the differences in motor skills and sensory features in autistic children with and without ADHD, as well as the impacts of these factors on daily living skills (DLS). This observational study sought to fill…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Comorbidity, Psychomotor Skills
Sabine P. Yeung; Panyuan Guo; Francess L. Adlard; Seraphina R. Zhang; Vidita Bhagat; Josiah Cho; Lyn Curtis; Muzaffer Kaser; Mark P. Haggard; Lucy G. Cheke – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2025
Long COVID has widespread and long-lasting multisystemic impacts on patients' bodies, cognition, and daily functioning, including the ability to work. Longitudinal studies are important in investigating the expected timelines along the course of recovery. This mixed cross-sectional/longitudinal study examines how symptoms (cognitive and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Chronic Illness, Neurological Impairments
Roberto Vagnetti; Michele Vicovaro; Andrea Spoto; Luca Battaglini; Margherita Attanasio; Marco Valenti; Monica Mazza – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) present atypical sensory processing in the perception of moving stimuli and biological motion. The present study aims to explore the performance of young adults with ASD in a time to contact (TTC) estimation task involving social and non-social stimuli. TTC estimation involves extrapolating the…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Sensory Experience, Perceptual Motor Learning
Chelsea Zawadzki; Katherine Wheeler; Jennifer Hamrick; Alexis Favela; Katrina Heichel – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Daily living skills are imperative for independent adult living, which is why these skills are often prioritized by parents of autistic individuals. Video-based interventions (VBIs) are when someone creates video models of a specific skill to teach another individual that skill. VBIs are becoming more prominent to teach individuals daily living…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Daily Living Skills, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Language Usage
Joshua D. Bishop; Karen M. VanDeusen; Dee A. Sherwood; Cheryl Williams-Hecksel – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2024
Among graduate social work students, experiences of childhood adversity and trauma, along with secondary exposure to others' trauma, can result in negative effects. Unaddressed, this may lead to secondary traumatic stress, burnout, or difficulty sustaining effective practice. Self-care strategies that adequately promote well-being and resilience…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Trauma, Stress Variables, Graduate Students
Sara Werner Juárez; Alicia Brown Becton – Action in Teacher Education, 2024
As a result of stress, burnout, and attrition, the U.S. has perpetual teacher shortages. While systemic changes are necessary to improve the field of education, teaching as a helping profession is stressful, with multiple job responsibilities and roles. In addition to work-related stress and burnout, teachers are also affected by compassion…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Teacher Burnout, Altruism, Fatigue (Biology)
Children's Bureau, Office of the Administration for Children & Families, 2024
The National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) snapshots offer a glimpse of National and State trends for young people who are receiving Independent Living Services through state child welfare programs. This Outcomes Data Snapshot shows statistical trends about who those young people are, their experiences and outcomes for those both in care and…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Daily Living Skills, Independent Living, Statistical Data
Curtis D. Bell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the United States' technologically advanced society, high school students should be educated in life skills to help them understand the context and impacts of decision-making that will assist and develop a more effective transition to young adulthood. Life skills have been largely defined as skills and abilities that improve behavior, critical…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Daily Living Skills, Public Schools
