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Direct linkChristine Drew; Julie Hill; Kevin White – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities have the right to access appropriate and comprehensive sexuality and relationship education (SRE), but face a long history of exclusion from SRE in the USA due to myths about the sexuality of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, biases against people with disabilities, and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Sex Education, LGBTQ People
Takako Homma; Hiroki Yoneda – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2023
This study examines the development of a 1950s educational programme for the inclusion of children with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) -- those with IQ scores of less than 50, referred to as "trainable" or "dependent" children -- into community life. Conducted by the American Association of Parents of…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Interpersonal Relationship
Shogren, Karrie A.; Dean, Evan E.; Burke, Kathryn M.; Raley, Sheida K.; Taylor, Julie Lounds – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Goal setting and attainment is often a targeted outcome in the intellectual and developmental disabilities field; however, standardizing the measurement of attainment of individualized goals is challenging. The purpose of this article is to introduce a four-domain framework that provides a series of questions to research and evaluation teams in…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Goal Orientation, Measurement Techniques
John, Sufna – ZERO TO THREE, 2022
Children develop within the context of caregiver--child relationships, each presenting with their own unique strengths, areas of growth, and compatibility of fit. Instead of the traditional viewpoint that child symptoms are generalizable across contexts and would emerge across relationships, the DC:0--5™: Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Infants
Heather Katz – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience lower levels of physical activity in comparison to the general population. While many factors contribute to this disparity, expanding appropriate and accessible programming in settings frequented by adults with IDD deserves attention. One such setting is post-secondary…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
Andrew Shlesinger; Frank Bird; Jill M. Harper; James K. Luiselli; Melmark New England – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2022
We describe a computer-assisted program for conducting well-body assessments of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities attending a private special education school. Classroom instructors completed daily assessments to detect the presence of bodily injuries and other skin trauma, determine the need for medical treatment, and monitor healing…
Descriptors: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Private Schools, Special Schools
Farmer, Cristan A.; Kaat, Aaron J.; Thurm, Audrey; Anselm, Irina; Akshoomoff, Natacha; Bennett, Amanda; Berry, Leandra; Bruchey, Aleksandra; Barshop, Bruce A.; Berry-Kravis, Elizabeth; Bianconi, Simona; Cecil, Kim M.; Davis, Robert J.; Ficicioglu, Can; Porter, Forbes D.; Wainer, Allison; Goin-Kochel, Robin P.; Leonczyk, Caroline; Guthrie, Whitney; Koeberl, Dwight; Love-Nichols, Jamie; Mamak, Eva; Mercimek-Andrews, Saadet; Thomas, Rebecca P.; Spiridigliozzi, Gail A.; Sullivan, Nancy; Sutton, Vernon R.; Udhnani, Manisha D.; Waisbren, Susan E.; Miller, Judith S. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Although norm-referenced scores are essential to the identification of disability, they possess several features which affect their sensitivity to change. Norm-referenced scores often decrease over time among people with neurodevelopmental disorders who exhibit slower-than-average increases in ability. Further, the reliability of norm-referenced…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Norm Referenced Tests, Scores, Ability
Roseberry-Mckibbin, Celeste – Topics in Language Disorders, 2021
There are increasing numbers of English learners (ELs) in American classrooms today. Some of them have developmental language disorder (DLD) and receive intervention in the school setting. It is ideal to provide intervention that supports bilingual development in both the first language (L1) and English. When providing therapy, speech-language…
Descriptors: Intervention, English Language Learners, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments
Schalock, Robert L.; Luckasson, Ruth; Tassé, Marc J. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
There has been a significant transformation in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) over the last 5 decades. Although this transformation has profoundly influenced multiple stakeholders, the field is currently at a critical juncture and facing a number of social and political challenges. Given the relevance of the…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Change, Barriers
Download full textOteman, Quinn, Ed. – Institute on Community Integration, 2021
It is well known that there is a critical shortage of direct support professionals (DSPs) who support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live in the community. While the work is high-skilled and varied in nature, wages remain low. COVID-19 had unprecedented adverse effects on DSPs, the people they support, organizations,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, COVID-19
Singh, Nirbhay N. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Implementation science deals with the translation of evidence-based knowledge into practice in the real world. Mindfulness-based programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) emerged about 20 years ago. Efficacy and effectiveness studies provide the evidence-base for these programs and the field of IDD is moving…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Metacognition, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Ervin, David A.; Hobson-Garcia, Donyale – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is impacting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) significantly. Early data on the impact of COVID-19 suggests that people with IDD are experiencing more severe health outcomes compared to the general population. In addition to their elevated health risks, people with IDD, like the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Self Determination, Intellectual Disability
Sabretta Alford; Laura Graham Holmes – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2025
Most social work students receive only limited instruction about disabilities in their general coursework despite a growing need for trained social workers in this area. In this paper, we argue that coursework dedicated to the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) needs to be implemented as an essential component of a…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Social Work, Professional Education, Course Descriptions
Greenwood, Charles R.; Higgins, Susan; McKenna, Meaghan; Buzhardt, Jay; Walker, Dale; Ai, Jun; Irvin, Dwight W.; Grasley-Boy, Nikki – Journal of Early Intervention, 2022
Universal screening and progress monitoring are evidence-based practices in early intervention/early childhood special education (EI/ECSE). Individual Growth and Development Indicators (IGDIs) for infants/toddlers are measures that programs can use for universal screening, progress monitoring, intervention decision-making, and accountability.…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Progress Monitoring, Infants, Toddlers
Luckasson, Ruth; Tassé, Marc J.; Schalock, Robert L. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
This article addresses the need to clearly understand professional responsibility and the critical role it plays in the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), in shaping professions for the better, and in enhancing the functioning of society for the benefit of all. Understanding professional responsibility is…
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, Responsibility, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
