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Lena Grüter – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2024
Little is known about OCD in people with learning disabilities (LD) in general and in terms of current and professional support. In this study, we examined caregivers' perceived challenges and strategies practiced in institutionalized settings in managing OCD in people with LD and derived implications for research and practice. We studied…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries, Caregivers
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Atasoy, Ramazan; Sevim, Cengiz – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
In this research, it is aimed to determine the problems that are faced by parents who have mentally disabled children and evaluate coping strategies of them. Interview technique is performed in this study which is designed in qualitative model. Study group which was determined by purposeful sampling method is consisted from the parents of mentally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Coping, Intellectual Disability
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Taylor, Myra F.; Marquis, Ruth; Batten, Rachel; Coall, David – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2015
The Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) is an evidenced-based model of practice that occupational therapists employ to discuss and reflect on the occupational needs of clients. Custodial grandparents are one cohort of potential clients who experience considerable difficulty in adapting to the occupational challenges of their grandchild-rearing role,…
Descriptors: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Occupational Therapy, Child Rearing, Student Needs
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Lunenborg, Carolien B.; Nakken, H.; van der Meulen, B. F.; Ruijssenaars, A. J. J. M. – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
One in 10 individuals with intellectual disability (ID) exhibits behaviors that represent a significant challenge to the people who support them. Parents and staff (such as direct support professionals) often are challenged in trying to find a solution to overcome or reduce these behaviors. A form of additional professional support (i.e., external…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems
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Maxwell, Claire; Aggleton, Peter; Warwick, Ian; Yankah, Ekua; Hill, Vivian; Mehmedbegovic, Dina – Health Education, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to inform the development of policies and programmes to support children and young people's emotional wellbeing and mental health. It seeks to bring together findings both from recent systematic reviews, and from individual evaluation studies which have adopted a relatively rigorous methodology but whose findings have not…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Health Promotion, Program Evaluation, Mental Health
Pattison, Sue; Harris, Belinda – Australian Educational Researcher, 2006
This paper is set against the backdrop of an increasing number of strategies and policies developed by the Department for Education and Skills in the U.K. regarding the promotion of positive mental health in schools and the recognition of the value of improving mental health in relation to children's learning, achievement, attendance and…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Therapy, Literature, Young Adults