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Perspectives of Family Members of People with an Intellectual Disability to a Major Reconfiguration of Living Arrangements for People with Intellectual Disability in Ireland
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O'Doherty, Siobhain; Linehan, Christine; Tatlow-Golden, Mimi; Craig, Sarah; Kerr, Mike; Lynch, Christy; Staines, Anthony – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Aim: To document the views of family members of people with an intellectual disability regarding implementation of a personalized model of social support in Ireland. Method: Forty family members participated in six focus groups. Data were thematically analysed. Results: Family members' preference for particular types of living arrangements were…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries, Focus Groups, Social Support Groups
The Impact of Four Family Support Programmes for People with a Disability in Ireland
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Daly, Louise; Sharek, Danika; DeVries, Jan; Griffiths, Colin; Sheerin, Fintan; McBennett, Padraig; Higgins, Agnes – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: This article reports on an evaluation of four family support programmes in Ireland for families of people with a physical or an intellectual disability or autism. The focus of the evaluation, which took place within a year of the programmes' completion, was on establishing whether the programmes had an impact on families' capacity to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Programs, Program Effectiveness, Physical Disabilities
The Health Role of Local Area Coordinators in Scotland: A Mixed Methods Study
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Brown, Michael; Karatzias, Thanos; O'Leary, Lisa – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
The study set out to explore whether local area coordinators (LACs) and their managers view the health role of LACs as an essential component of their work and identify the health-related activities undertaken by LACs in Scotland. A mixed methods cross-sectional phenomenological study involving local authority service managers (n = 25) and LACs (n…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Coordinators, Administrators
No Matter How I Think, It Already Hurts: Self-Stigmatized Feelings and Face Concern of Chinese Caregivers of People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Yang, Xue – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
This study used mixed-methods design to explore internalized self-stigma among family caregivers (ISFC) of people with intellectual disability (ID) in China, where face culture and collective emotions are emphasized. A total of 120 primary caregivers of people with ID were assessed for ISFC, face concern and psychological distress at the survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Social Bias, Human Body
Understanding Support Workers' Competence Development in Working with Parents with Intellectual Disability
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Mc Hugh, Elaine; Starke, Mikaela – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Training for support workers who work with parents with intellectual disability can be aided by understanding how they perceive the training process and their competence development. This study explored the perceptions of competence development and the training process in Swedish support workers trained in the evidence-informed programme…
Descriptors: Parents, Intellectual Disability, Training, Competence
Supported Employment for Young People with Intellectual Disabilities Facilitated through Peer Support: A Pilot Study
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Kaehne, Axel; Beyer, Stephen – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
The article reports the evaluation of a small-scale-supported employment project in a local authority in England. The study examined whether or not the peer support model could be used to deliver supported employment to a group of young people with intellectual disabilities. We utilised a mixed-method approach involving activity data, family…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Intellectual Disability, Peer Relationship, Mixed Methods Research