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Outcomes of a Creative Ability-Based Intervention: Advancing Independence in Learners with Severe Intellectual Disability
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Annamarie Elisabet Wyngaard; Catharina Jacoba Elizabeth Uys – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: When supporting learners with severe intellectual disabilities, teaching methods needs to be adapted. Vona du Toit Model of Creative Ability (VdTMoCA) aims to enhance participation and facilitate adaptive responses through targeted intervention principles. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the impact of an intervention programme…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Independent Living, Severe Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
The Effect of Aided Language Stimulation on the Acquisition of Receptive Vocabulary in Children with Complex Communication Needs and Severe Intellectual Disability: A Comparison of Two Dosages
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Laher, Zakiyya; Dada, Shakila – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Aided language stimulation is an augmented input strategy that facilitates the expressive and receptive language skills of persons who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The aim of this study was to determine and compare the acquisition of receptive vocabulary items during implementation of aided language stimulation with…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Receptive Language, Severe Intellectual Disability, Language Acquisition
The Potential Burden Experienced by South African Caregivers of Children with Severe Intellectual Disability
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Van der Mescht, Pauli; Geertsema, Salome; le Roux, Mia; Graham, Marien A.; Johnson, Ensa – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2023
Background: Physical, financial, social and emotional demands placed on caregivers caring for their children with severe intellectual disabilities (CWSID) could lead to high levels of burden. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the potential level of burden experienced by South African caregivers and aimed to identify possible contributing risk…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Severe Intellectual Disability, Caregiver Role
South African Teachers' Attitudes towards Working with Learners with Severe Intellectual Disabilities
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Deveny Beard; Salome Geertsema; Mia le Roux; Marien Graham; Ensa Johnson – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
This study investigates South African teachers' attitudes in schools for learners with special educational needs specifically learners with severe intellectual disability (SID) using a quantitative and descriptive online survey. The questionnaire includes the Modified Teachers' Attitudes Scale. The theory of planned behaviour is used as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Capacity Building for Quality Care and Education for Children with Severe to Profound Intellectual Disabilities in South Africa
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Vergunst, Richard; McKenzie, Judith; Hansen, Anthea – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
In the South African context, children with severe to profound intellectual disabilities are not accommodated in the compulsory education system, although steps are being taken in this direction in acknowledgement of their right to education. Critical to this development is the training of educators and caregivers. There is a paucity of studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Caregivers, Capacity Building