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Jacob, Udeme Samuel; Pillay, Jace; Oluwawumi, Oyeyinka Oladipupo – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2022
Effective interpersonal relationships and communication with community members necessitate the development of appropriate social skills. The theory underpinning the study was the Inoculation Theory. This study investigated the predictive influence of resistance to peer influence, self-esteem, and gender on social skills development among…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Peer Influence, Resistance (Psychology), Self Esteem
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Charitaki, Garyfalia; Soulis, Spyridon-Georgios; Alevriadou, Anastasia – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Exploring the individual differences of the longitudinal growth of early numeracy (EN) in young children with Intellectual disabilities (IDs) prerequires the critical stage of exploring and validating the potential factor structure. Despite the fact that Relational Skills (RS), Counting Skills (CS) and Operations (O) are expected to constitute…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Numeracy, Young Children, Intellectual Disability
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Le Van, Laura; Crino, Rocco; Corneille, Samantha – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: This study examined whether Motivational Interviewing (MI) follow-up calls improved the extent to which a specific therapeutic technique (Key Word Sign) presented in training was retained and implemented by staff supporting people with an intellectual disability.Method: Thirty-eight residential support workers who attended Key Word…
Descriptors: Interviews, Motivation, Training, Persistence
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Raspa, M.; Fitzgerald, T.; Furberg, R. D.; Wylie, A.; Moultrie, R.; DeRamus, M.; Wheeler, A. C.; McCormack, L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2018
Background: Little is known about how individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and their families use technology in daily life and what skills individuals with FXS can perform when using mobile technologies. Methods: Using a mixed-methods design, including an online survey of parents (n = 198) and a skills assessment of individuals with FXS (n =…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Intellectual Disability, Parent Attitudes