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Direct linkPriscilla Burnham Riosa; Amanpreet Randhawa; Barbara Muskat – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
The hospital setting may be especially difficult for pediatric patients on the autism spectrum and their families compared to those not on the spectrum. Child life specialists are healthcare professionals specifically trained to support parents and their children and help prepare them for hospital procedures. Because of this specialized skill set,…
Descriptors: Specialists, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Hospitals, Hospitalized Children
Kurtek, Pawel – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
The aim of this article is to present explicit and implicit attitudes of occupational therapy (OT) staff towards people with intellectual disabilities. The study was conducted on a group of 77 OT employees. To explore the explicit attitude, the Conditional Respect for Persons with Disabilities Questionnaire (Kurtek, Roczniki Psychologiczne, 2018,…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Workshops
Weam Alhulaibi; Janine Stockdale; Paul McAleer – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Background: During pregnancy, some women with an intellectual disability encounter some challenges, and some midwives who provide them with support lack the knowledge to provide the best care. This systematic review explores the experiences of women with intellectual disability during pregnancy and midwives' experiences of providing care. Method:…
Descriptors: Females, Intellectual Disability, Pregnancy, Allied Health Personnel
Tonya Channell Cleveland – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study aimed to explore the perceptions of university behavioral health counselors and other healthcare professionals relevant to the funding strategies and initiatives they used to help college students access the high-quality behavioral health services they need. On-campus counseling centers are valuable resources that benefit student…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Allied Health Personnel, Counselors, Health Services
Ashley N. Murphy; Kathleen Moskowitz; Francesca Fernandez; Heather J. Risser – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Rehabilitative and habilitative therapies can help children with disabilities increase independence and overall wellbeing. However, children and their caregivers face many barriers to accessing these therapies and often rely on the school for therapy access. Given the limited resources available within the special education system, increasing…
Descriptors: Parents, Needs, Parent Participation, Children
Peter M. Rivera; Ahlia Atterbury-Kim; Harry J. Aponte – Christian Higher Education, 2024
This essay builds upon previous work introducing the hermeneutic of Divine relationship, a lens by which systemically oriented Christian therapists can begin to understand the connections between the relational nature of God and their systemic worldview. Specifically, we explore what liberation theology has to offer each of the five domains of the…
Descriptors: Christianity, Allied Health Personnel, Religious Factors, World Views
Davis, Olivia G.; Weaver, Raven H. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
Older adults' sexual health is often overlooked and unaddressed by healthcare professionals, though sexuality is a central and life-long aspect of being human. Healthcare professionals cite lack of knowledge and comfort in addressing older adult sexual health needs and concerns. We conducted a scoping review to identify educational programmes for…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Sexuality, Health Personnel, Health
Sharon Snir; Dafna Regev; Shir Korman Hachohen; Efrat Roginsky – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Arts therapy is provided in most educational settings in Israel, but post-COVID, many arts therapists working in schools resigned or took leave, and other therapists have displayed little interest in taking their place. This study explored the experiences of therapists who left the system, with the purpose of making their voices heard and…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Labor Turnover, Work Environment
Daniela Coelho; Richa Goyal; Sullay Kanu; Kathryn Swift; Shannon Glasgow – Adult Learning, 2025
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) has expanded to support increasingly economic and technologically competitive environments, often governed by Adult Learning and Education (ALE) principles. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), however, despite the importance given to CPD, the field of ALE remains underdeveloped. Bearing this in mind, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication Skills, Professional Development, Allied Health Occupations
Natalie Ong; Kelsie Boulton; Jacqueline Milne; Gail Tomsic; Adam Guastella; Natalie Silove; Janelle Weise; Janet Long; Merrilyn Walton; Annette Burgess – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Children and young people with intellectual disability have poor healthcare and are at risk of patient safety events due to lack of staff training and consensus on competencies for safe and quality care. For the adoption of reasonable adjustments in mainstream paediatric healthcare clinical competencies needed to be adapted to an…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Children, Adolescents, At Risk Persons
Matthew T. Bell; Alicia Stephan; Nicholas Cumpian; Hawwa Alao; Pradeep R. Atla; Neetika Srivastava; Wayne M. Fleischman; Viktor E. Eysselein; Sofiya Reicher – Health Education Journal, 2025
Background and Objectives: Short video platforms have become one of the most common methods for disseminating medical information on social media. We analysed gastrointestinal (GI)-related content on TikTok, focusing on the creators' background, patterns of content utilisation and overall content quality and understandability, using validated…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Social Media, Information Dissemination, Human Body
Ran Neuman – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2025
Background: This study aims to introduce direct support staff (DSS) working with adults with intellectual disabilities to the Holistic Support Model (HSM) and assess its influence on their perceptions of their professional role. The HSM, grounded in humanistic principles, guides the support process, prioritising autonomy and meaningful living.…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Holistic Approach, Humanism
Kelsey S. Dickson; Megan Galligan; Tana Holt; Lauren Kenworthy; Laura Anthony; Scott Roesch; Lauren Brookman-Frazee – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The critical role of executive functioning in autism as well as the co-occurring mental health challenges common among autistic youth support to the immense value of interventions targeting executive functioning for enhancing mental health services for autistic children. The goal of the present study was to conduct a randomized feasibility trial…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Mental Health
Tera Brownlee Warfield – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Black Americans face unique challenges in America that impact their mental health. Research as specifically shown that Black therapist experience unique challenges within work with clients due to microaggressions and holding space for other people of color related to racial trauma. There is an established body of research pertaining to therapist…
Descriptors: African Americans, Counselors, Racism, Experience
Míriam Rodríguez-Monforte; Carles Fernández-Jané; Marietta Bracha; Adrianna Bartoszewska; Mariusz Kozakiewicz; Mariel Leclerc; Endrit Nimani; Pauliina Soanvaara; Sari Jarvinen; Meike Van Sherpenseel; Miriam van der Velde; António Alves-Lopes; Marietta Handgraaf; Christian Grüneberg; Elena Carrillo-Alvarez – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2024
The promotion of healthy aging has become a priority in most parts of the world and should be promoted at all ages. However, the baseline training of health and social professionals is currently not adequately tailored to these challenges. This paper reports the results of a Delphi study conducted to reach expert agreement about health and social…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Allied Health Personnel, Job Skills, Competence
