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Laher, Zakiyya; Dada, Shakila – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Aided language stimulation is an augmented input strategy that facilitates the expressive and receptive language skills of persons who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The aim of this study was to determine and compare the acquisition of receptive vocabulary items during implementation of aided language stimulation with…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Receptive Language, Severe Intellectual Disability, Language Acquisition
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Flink, Anna Rensfeldt; Broberg, Malin; Strid, Karin; Thunberg, Gunilla; Johnels, Jakob Åsberg – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
There is limited research targeting communication interventions for children with severe/profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. This study addressed outcomes from a communication course for parents of children with severe/profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and follows up on a previous publication by Rensfeldt Flink et al.…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Interpersonal Communication, Parent Child Relationship
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Beadle-Brown, Julie; Beecham, Jennifer; Leigh, Jennifer; Whelton, Rebecca; Richardson, Lisa – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: With increasing reductions in funding for social care across many countries, the need to ensure that resources are used to best effect is becoming increasingly important, in particular for those with severe and complex needs. Methods: In order to explore the outcomes and costs of skilled support for this group of people, quality of…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Social Services, Program Effectiveness, Costs
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McCausland, Darren; Murphy, Esther; McCarron, Mary; McCallion, Philip – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Person-centred planning (PCP) puts individuals with an intellectual disability at the centre of service and support planning, identifying how individuals wish to live their lives and what is needed to make that possible. PCP has been identified as having the potential to facilitate improved social inclusion and community participation. A…
Descriptors: Adults, Planning, Severe Intellectual Disability, Program Effectiveness
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Vandesande, Sien; Bosmans, Guy; Sterkenburg, Paula; Schuengel, Carlo; Maes, Bea – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: A digital micro-intervention offering attachment psychoeducational videos was explored regarding its feasibility in parents of children with severe disabilities. Method: A mixed-methods study (including daily diaries and one-time questionnaires) with 16 parents (75.0% female) of children with severe disabilities (up to 10 years of age)…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Parent Education, Intervention, Children
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Rensfeldt Flink, Anna; Åsberg Johnels, Jakob; Broberg, Malin; Thunberg, Gunilla – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
The overall aim was to examine participants' perceptions of a communication course as held for parents of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. The course curriculum included responsive strategies and augmentative and alternative communication. The research questions addressed the favourability, changes in parents' or…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Parent Attitudes, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities
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van Delden, R. W.; Wintels, S. C.; van Oorsouw, W. M. W. J.; Evers, V.; Embregts, P. J. C. M.; Heylen, D. K. J.; Reidsma, D. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: New technology may stimulate active leisure activities for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). We conducted a study of an interactive ball that responded to gross body movement, focus of attention, and vocalisations of users with PIMD. The aim was to increase alertness and body movement and elicit more…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Recreational Activities, Physical Activities
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Kossyvaki, Lila; Curran, Sara – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Very little research has explored the impact of interventions combining music and technology on children with a dual diagnosis of autism and intellectual disabilities (ID) incorporating the active involvement of school staff. Video recordings and group interviews were used to collect data in this study. Video recordings of five children with…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Comorbidity
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Johnson, Hilary; Bigby, Christine; Iacono, Teresa; Douglas, Jacinta; Katthagen, Sarah; Bould, Emma – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2017
Background: The social relationships model was developed to describe positive relationships between support staff and people with intellectual disability. We evaluated an educational intervention based on this model. Method: Eighteen staff supporting 5 adult service users with severe or profound intellectual disability from 3 day services received…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Caregivers, Adults, Severe Intellectual Disability
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Wu, Ya-ping; Chen, Ming-chung; Lo, Ya-yu; Chiang, Chun-han – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
This study examined the effects of an intervention that integrated peer-mediated instruction (PMI) with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) using speech-generating devices (SGDs). Nine trained peer tutors without disabilities taught science concepts and modeled use of SGDs following a script to three elementary school students with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Peer Teaching, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Lappa, Christina; Mantzikos, Constantinos – Online Submission, 2019
Few studies have been conducted in Greece focusing on the education of conversational skills of individuals with developmental disabilities. The aim of this qualitative research was to educate seven individuals with developmental disabilities, who are living in an intensive treatment residential facility, in social exchanges and particularly in…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Aherne, Cian; Coughlan, Barry – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Aquatics is an under-researched but possibly appropriate form of activity for people with severe to profound intellectual disabilities (SPIDs). Aim: The current pilot study investigates the suitability of an aquatics programme for service users with SPIDs. Method: Four service users with SPID completed an 8-12-session aquatics…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Aquatic Sports, Physical Activities, Caregivers
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Watkins, Richard; Apanasionok, Magdalena; Neil, Julie – Primary Science, 2020
In their recent review of special educational needs in schools, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF, 2020) highlights the fact that teaching strategies that are known to work well for mainstream learners are also likely to be effective for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In this article, the authors explain how…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
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Kao, Ming-Sui; Wang, Chen-Hsuan – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Objectives: Upper limb motor dysfunction often occurs in individuals with intellectual disabilities, affecting their daily self-care abilities and employability. Therefore, enhancing their upper limb motor function could improve the quality of life. This study investigated the impact of Frisbee game course on the upper limb motor function of…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Games, Vocational Education, Moderate Intellectual Disability
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Thompson, Grace A.; McFerran, Katrina Skewes – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2015
Background: The impact of music therapy on the communicative behaviours of young people with profound intellectual and developmental disability has not yet been established. Method: Four adolescents participated in individual music therapy (MT) and toy play sessions with the same therapist in a 6-month period. Sessions were video-recorded and…
Descriptors: Music Therapy, Intervention, Severe Intellectual Disability, Severe Disabilities