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Dorsman, Naomi I.; Waninge, Aly; van der Schans, Cees P.; Luijkx, Jorien; Van der Putten, Annette A. J. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Adult siblings are important in the lives of individuals with profound intellectual disabilities, especially as parents age. However, little is known about the roles they assume. Method: We examined these roles among 58 participants from the Netherlands, who completed an online questionnaire. Results: Most participants (89.7%) assumed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Siblings, Severe Intellectual Disability
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Wessels, Marleen D.; Van Assen, Arjen A. G.; Post, Wendy J.; Van der Putten, Annette A. J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: There are no psychometrically validated instruments available to measure motor skills of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). In this study, the construct validity and reliability (Rho) of the Motor Development List for children with PIMD (MDL-PIMD), a proxy-reported measure, was investigated. Methods:…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Psychomotor Skills, Test Validity
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Wessels, Marleen D.; Paap, Muirne C. S.; Van der Putten, Annette A. J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: Research about the psychometric properties of the Behavioural Appraisal Scales (BAS) in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) is limited. This study evaluates invariance in factor structure, item bias and convergent validity of the BAS. Methods: Data on the BAS from two studies (n = 25; n = 52) were…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Ability Identification, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities
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Ten Brug, Annet; Van der Putten, Annette A. J.; Vlaskamp, Carla – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Knowledge about the preferences and abilities of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMDs) is crucial for providing appropriate activities. Multi-sensory storytelling (MSST) can be an ideal activity for gathering such knowledge about children with PIMDs. The aim of this study was to analyse whether using MSST did lead…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Preferences, Ability, Children