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Alanazi, Adel – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of sports activities on social skills and self-satisfaction in adults with intellectual disabilities by obtaining the perspective of their parents. A questionnaire was used to collect the viewpoints of parents with adult children who have an intellectual disability in sports facilities. This…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Self Efficacy, Adults
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Barman, Munmi; Jena, Ananta Kumar – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Interactive video-based instruction (IVBI) session was organized in day-care rehabilitation settings to provide training in acquiring new skills related to social skills development for targeted moderate intellectual disability (MID) population. The main objective is to inter-relate the effect of individual and collaborative interactive…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Interpersonal Competence, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
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Syriopoulou-Delli, Christine K.; Sarri, Kyriaki – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) deal with impairments in functional living skills. Video-based instruction (VBI) has been used for teaching and enhancing functional living skills for adolescents and young adults with ASD. This literature review of 19 relevant reports investigates various different types of VBI used in the studies.…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Daily Living Skills, Adolescents, Young Adults
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Mirzaei, Sedigheh Sadat; Pakdaman, Shahla; Alizadeh, Ebrahim; Pouretemad, Hamidreza – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Despite many programs for educating social skills to adolescents with autism, insufficient attention has been paid to examine the optimal conditions and strategies that are important for improvement and generalization of the learned skills. So after reviewing and searching for three PubMed, Scopus, and ProQuest databases, 20 studies were finally…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development, Skill Development
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Syriopoulou-Delli, Christine K.; Gkiolnta, Eleni – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
The use of socially assistive robotics (SARs) is a promising method for improving the social skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Studies conducted in this field in recent years show that the use of robots as collaborators may have positive effects on the development of social skills in children with ASD, especially in those…
Descriptors: Robotics, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Autism
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Bergmann, Thomas; Birkner, Joana; Sappok, Tanja; Schmidt, Maria – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are often associated with intellectual disability (ID). ASD-specific group concepts usually focus on people on a high functioning level. The Autism-Competence-Group (AutCom) combines a psycho-educative approach with music and dance/movement interventions in adults with ASD and ID. AutCom includes 16 structured…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Adults