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The Missing Piece. Physiological Data as a Factor for Identifying Emotions of People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
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Torsten Hammann; Jakob Valic; Gašper Slapnicar; Mitja Luštrek – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Introduction: The preferences of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) often remain unfulfilled since it stays challenging to decode their idiosyncratic behavior resulting in a negative impact on their quality of life (QoL). Physiological data (i.e. heart rate (variability) and motion data) might be the missing piece…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Intellectual Disability, Comorbidity, Severe Intellectual Disability
Assessing Dual Sensory Loss in Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities. NCDB/ATLAS Brief #3
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National Center on Deaf-Blindness, 2023
This brief covers issues related to the assessment of dual sensory loss in students with significant cognitive disabilities, including the impact of suspected dual sensory loss on communication and learning and recommendations for assessment.
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities, Evaluation, Intellectual Disability
'Just Knowing' and the Challenges of Giving Medicines to Children with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities: A Hermeneutic Inquiry
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Doyle, Carmel – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Background: Children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities experience multiple chronic health conditions requiring a variety of medications. The aim of this study was to explore mothers' lived experience of giving medicines to children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities. Materials and Methods: A hermeneutic…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Chronic Illness, Comorbidity, Drug Therapy
Sociodemographic Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Prevalence of Comorbidity among Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Uzun Cicek, Ayla; Sari, Seda Aybuke; Mercan Isik, Cansu – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Introduction: Intellectual disability (ID) is characterized by limitations in cognitive and adaptive functioning. The aim of this study is to examine sociodemographic characteristics, perinatal and childhood risk factors, and prevalence of psychiatric and biomedical comorbidities in children with ID. Methods: 260 patients with ID were included in…
Descriptors: Risk, Incidence, Case Studies, Comorbidity
Dementia in People with Severe/Profound Intellectual (and Multiple) Disabilities: Applicability of Items in Dementia Screening Instruments for People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Wissing, Maureen B. G.; Dijkstra, Roos; van der Wal, Ina A.; Grootendorst, Esther S.; Hobbelen, Johannes S.M.; van der Putten, Annette A. J.; De Deyn, Peter P.; Waninge, Aly; Dekker, Alain D. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Introduction: Diagnosing dementia in people with severe/profound intellectual (and multiple) disabilities (SPI(M)D) is complex. Whereas existing dementia screening instruments as a whole are unsuitable for this population, a number of individual items may apply. Therefore, this study aimed to identify applicable items in existing dementia…
Descriptors: Dementia, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Screening Tests
The Role of Technology-Mediated Music-Making in Enhancing Engagement and Social Communication in Children with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities
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Kossyvaki, Lila; Curran, Sara – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Very little research has explored the impact of interventions combining music and technology on children with a dual diagnosis of autism and intellectual disabilities (ID) incorporating the active involvement of school staff. Video recordings and group interviews were used to collect data in this study. Video recordings of five children with…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Comorbidity
The Diagnosis of Depression in People with Severe Limitations in Intellectual Functioning
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Scott, Haleigh; Havercamp, Susan M. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
People with intellectual disability (ID) were once considered immune to developing psychopathology, including affective disorders such as depression. Now research has shown that people with ID do suffer from depression, and the focus is on understanding how to best diagnose and provide treatment. Research has come a long way in adapting the…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Comorbidity, Clinical Diagnosis, Severe Intellectual Disability