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The Continuum of Support for Building Intimacy Knowledge in College for Students with Intellectual Disability
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Stinnett, Chelsea VanHorn; Plotner, Anthony J.; Marshall, Kathleen J. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Postsecondary education (PSE) programs allow for college students with intellectual disability to experience a higher level of autonomy in choice making, which they may not have experienced in their family home or high school. This includes choice making related to romantic and sexual relationships. The "Continuum of Support for Intimacy…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Knowledge Level, College Students, Students with Disabilities
Effects of a Justice-Based Partnership between Employees and Families in Creating Services and Supports to Enhance Quality of Life Outcomes
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Maniezki, Alice; Martínez-Tur, Vicente; Estreder, Yolanda; Moliner, Carolina – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
We propose a justice-based partnership between employees and family members as a means to create services and support systems for people with intellectual disability, enhancing quality of life indicators. More specifically, we examine the links from mutual intergroup justice to three outcomes reported by family members: satisfaction with the…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Intellectual Disability, Quality of Life, Justice
Capturing Staff Perspectives on Quality Interaction with Clients with Intellectual Disability: A Diary Study
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Gilles Droogmans; Sara Nijs; Bea Maes – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
For people with severe or profound intellectual disability (ID), support staff are important interaction partners. The quality of their interactions, a multidimensional construct, is well documented, but the staff perspective remains underexposed. This study aims to capture the behaviors, thoughts, and emotions of staff when interacting with their…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Student Personnel Workers, Pupil Personnel Workers
Professional Responsibility in the Field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Its Definition, Application, and Impacts
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Luckasson, Ruth; Tassé, Marc J.; Schalock, Robert L. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
This article addresses the need to clearly understand professional responsibility and the critical role it plays in the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), in shaping professions for the better, and in enhancing the functioning of society for the benefit of all. Understanding professional responsibility is…
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, Responsibility, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Direct Support Professionals and Quality of Life of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Friedman, Carli – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are the "backbone" of long term services and supports (LTSS) in the United States (Bogenschutz, Hewitt, Nord, & Hepperlen, 2014, p. 317). This study examined the relationship between DSPs and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities' (IDD) quality of life. To do so, we utilized…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Quality of Life, Paraprofessional Personnel
Interactions of High School Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms
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Chung, Yun-Ching; Douglas, Karen H.; Walker, Virginia L.; Wells, Rachel L. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
As inclusive opportunities increase for students with disabilities, additional research is needed to examine high school students' classroom interactions. This descriptive study explores the nature of the social interactions of 10 high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the general education classroom.…
Descriptors: Interaction, High School Students, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities