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Barriers and Facilitators to Staff's Implementation of Behaviour Support Plans in Community Settings
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Dearbhaile Mahon; Cayleigh Dunworth; Jennifer McSharry; Jennifer Holloway; Helena Lydon – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Behaviour supports plans (BSP), if accurately implemented, have been found to increase skills and decrease behaviours that challenge for individuals with intellectual disabilities. However, skills acquired by staff during trainings on BSPs often fail to transfer into effective implementation. The current study aimed to examine barriers…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Barriers, Positive Behavior Supports, Program Effectiveness
An Ongoing Process: The Implementation of an Intervention for People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities over Time
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Josien Schaafsma; Annet ten Brug; Annette van der Putten – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Introduction: The "Programma Perspectief" intervention aims to provide optimal support to people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Knowledge concerning intervention fidelity is outdated and scarce as is typical for the support of persons with special needs. Methods: An survey amongst care professionals (n = 62)…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Intervention, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities
Access to Health Care: Implementation and Outcomes of a Hospital-Based Anaesthesia Protocol for People with Intellectual Disability
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Michelle Bellon; Farima Forooziya; Rodney Mitchell; Sharon Liberali; Monica Welsh; Paul Jones; Stephanie Searle – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: People with intellectual disability face numerous barriers to accessing basic preventative health care. This study documents the protocol, process and health outcomes of a multidisciplinary hospital-based Health Care Access Service providing pre-procedure sedation and general anaesthesia for adults with moderate to profound…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Program Implementation, Hospitals, Anesthesiology
Frontline Staff and Trainer Perspectives on Implementing and Adhering to Positive Behaviour Support in Intellectual Disabilities Care: A Mixed-Methods Study
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Eke Bruinsma; Annelies A. de Bildt; Pieter J. Hoekstra; Gerda M. de Kuijper; Barbara J. van den Hoofdakker – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: We aimed to identify key factors in implementing and adhering to positive behaviour support (PBS), provided by frontline staff, targeting challenging behaviours of people with intellectual disabilities living in residential group homes. Method: Using semi-structured interviews with 12 frontline staff members, we collected perspectives…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Behavior Problems, Intellectual Disability, Group Homes