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Challenging Behaviours: Views and Preferences of People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Wolkorte, Ria; van Houwelingen, Ingrid; Kroezen, Marieke – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: Challenging behaviour is a common problem among people with ID and in services for people with ID. This paper aims to provide an overview of the views and preferences of people with ID on challenging behaviour. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirteen adults with mild to moderate ID and seven proxies (family or…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Preferences, Attitudes, Mild Intellectual Disability
Test-Retest Reliability of the Wii Balance Board for Assessing Standing Balance in Young People with Intellectual Disability
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Marti´nez-Lemos, R. I.; Ayán-Pérez, Cárlos; Bouzas-Rico, Sara – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Objectives: The main objective was to identify the test-retest reliability of the Wii Balance Board (WBB) for assessing standing balance when administered to a population of people with intellectual disability (ID). A secondary objective was to provide information regarding the reliability of the WBB, taking into account the severity of cognitive…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Human Posture, Psychomotor Skills, Mild Intellectual Disability
Interventions for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
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Bouck, Emily C.; Bone, Erin – Advances in Special Education, 2018
This chapter reviews the intervention research literature -- particularly interventions deemed evidence-based -- for students with intellectual disability across academic and life-skills instruction. Although the focus of this chapter is the spectrum of students covered under the term "intellectual disability," the majority of research…
Descriptors: Intervention, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Evidence Based Practice
Characteristics of Secondary Age Students with Intellectual Disability Who Participate in School-Sponsored Extracurricular Activities
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Dymond, Stacy K.; Rooney-Kron, Magen; Burke, Meghan M.; Agran, Martin – Journal of Special Education, 2020
This study investigated the relation between grade level, support needs, and use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and the participation of secondary age students with intellectual disability in school-sponsored extracurricular activities. Participants were special education teachers with at least one student with an intellectual…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Characteristics, Students with Disabilities, Student Participation
Predictors of Risky Behavior and Offending for Adolescents with Mild Intellectual Disability
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Savage, Melissa N.; Bouck, Emily C. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Adolescents with intellectual disability (ID) engage in risky behavior and offending. However, little is known on the impact school-related predictors have on engagement in risky behaviors for adolescents with ID. This study analyzed secondary data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) to determine levels of engagement in risky…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies, Special Education, Transitional Programs
Special Education Teachers Attitudes toward Teaching Sex Education to Students with Developmental Disabilities
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Hampton, Carolann – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The attitudes and opinions of special education teachers may potentially reveal insight as to how and why teachers choose to include sex education in their curriculum for self-contained special education classrooms designed to serve students with developmental disabilities. The main objective in developing this study was to gather information…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Sex Education, Developmental Disabilities