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Moore, D. G.; George, R. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Across many academic disciplines visualisation and notation systems are used for modelling data and developing theory, but in child development visual models are not widely used; yet researchers and students of developmental difficulties may benefit from a visualisation and notation system which can clearly map developmental outcomes and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Visualization, Models, Developmental Stages
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Mosse, E. K.; Jarrold, C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: The Hebb effect is a form of repetition-driven long-term learning that is thought to provide an analogue for the processes involved in new word learning. Other evidence suggests that verbal short-term memory also constrains now vocabulary acquisition, but if the Hebb effect is independent of short-term memory, then it may be possible…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Short Term Memory, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods
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Young, L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: Changes in residential accommodation models for adults with intellectual disability (ID) over the last 20 years in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have involved relocation from institutions primarily into dispersed homes in the community. But an evolving alternative service style is the cluster centre. Methods: This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Moderate Mental Retardation, Residential Institutions