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Jonathan Williams; Saman Shahzad; Mizla Manandhar-Richardson; Sujeet Jaydeokar; Vicky Bramwell; Adam Garland; Christine Hutchinson; Mahesh Odiyoor – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: There has been significant focus in the past decade on reducing admissions to assessment and treatment units for people with intellectual disabilities experiencing mental health or behavioural concerns. This has included the development of intensive support functions of National Health Service Learning Disability services to bolster…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Mental Disorders
Mindy Lingo; L. Danielle Roberts-Dahm; Clare Papay; Belkis Choiseul-Praslin; Chelsea VanHorn Stinnett – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2024
Peer mentors provide crucial social, academic, and campus community inclusion supports to students with intellectual disability enrolled in higher education. Research on the perspectives of peer mentors provides valuable insight into the impact that supporting students with intellectual disability has on both the students and the mentors. Research…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Mentors, Students with Disabilities, College Students
Ashley Laura Wheeler – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This ex-post facto study, "Differential Effects of Workplace Readiness Training and Job Placement Services Provided by Vocational Rehabilitation vs. School Transition Programs: A Retrospective Study of Young Hispanic Adults" investigates differential effects of workplace readiness training and job placement services provided by…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Job Training, Job Placement, Career and Technical Education
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Connaughton, Helen; Cline, Tony – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Background: Research suggests that, in spite of legislation, the process of transition from school is problematic for most young people with disabilities. Best practices in transition emphasise the importance of providing personalised transition supports. This study, which took place in Ireland, aimed to explore the application of social role…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Planning, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
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Quinn, Brenna L.; Smolinski, Megan – Journal of School Nursing, 2018
School nurses are afforded minimal resources related to assessing pain in students with intellectual disability (ID) and have called for continuing education. The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of an education program regarding best practices for assessing pain in students with ID. Educational sessions were presented to 248…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Pain, Intellectual Disability, Professional Continuing Education
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King, Seth A.; Lemons, Christopher J.; Davidson, Kimberly A. – Exceptional Children, 2016
Educators need evidence-based practices to assist students with disabilities in meeting increasingly rigorous standards in mathematics. Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are increasingly expected to demonstrate learning of basic and advanced mathematical concepts. This review identifies math intervention studies involving children and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders