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"They Don't Understand People with Learning Disabilities": Exploring the Experiences of People with Intellectual Disabilities Undergoing Welfare Assessments
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Bethan Ward; Ste Weatherhead; Beth Greenhill – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: The Welfare Reform Act (2012) has been criticised for harming claimants, particularly through functional assessments. Although many people with intellectual disabilities in the UK receive welfare benefits, their experiences of undergoing functional assessments are under-researched. Method: Eight participants with intellectual…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients, Eligibility, Attitudes toward Disabilities
The Use of a Multisensory Environment for Assessment of Sensory Abilities and Preferences in Children with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities: A Pilot Study
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van der Putten, Annette; Vlaskamp, Carla; Schuivens, Evelyne – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: To offer appropriate activities within the curriculum for children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) is a challenge. An important determinant of the adequacy of an activity is whether teachers have detailed and specific knowledge about the sensory abilities and contextual preferences of these children.…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Children, Sensory Experience
Psychometric Comparison of the Functional Assessment Instruments QABF, FACT and FAST for Self-Injurious, Stereotypic and Aggressive/Destructive Behaviour
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Zaja, Rebecca H.; Moore, Linda; van Ingen, Daniel J.; Rojahn, Johannes – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: Psychometric properties of three functional assessment rating scales were compared for three types of target behaviours [self-injurious behaviour (SIB), stereotypic behaviour and aggressive/destructive behaviour]. Materials and method: The "Questions about Behavioural Function" (QABF), the "Functional Assessment for…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Validity, Interrater Reliability, Rating Scales
Physical Restraint of People with Intellectual Disability: A Review of Implementation Reduction and Elimination Procedures
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Luiselli, James K. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: This review describes procedures to reduce and eliminate physical restraint of people with intellectual disability. One approach is to assess antecedent conditions associated with restraint and change them so that they no longer produce restraint-provoking behaviour. A second approach is to decrease the duration of restraint by…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mental Retardation, Behavior Modification, Outcomes of Treatment
Cognitive Functioning of Children with Severe Intellectual Disabilities and Children with Deafblindness: A Study of the Perceptions of Teachers and Parents in the USA and India
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Narayan, Jayanthi; Bruce, Susan M.; Bhandari, Reena; Kolli, Padmavathi – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Background: Teachers and parents play a very important role in providing valuable information for the assessment of children with severe disabilities. The needs of children, educational goals, and parental aspirations are similar irrespective of the part of the globe they live in. This study focused on the perceptions of teachers and parents of…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Deaf Blind, Mental Retardation, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Restrictive Behaviour Management Procedures with People with Intellectual Disabilities Who Require Dental Treatment
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Newton, J. T. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: Dental disease is more common among people with intellectual disabilities than in the general population. Improvements in oral health require individuals to engage in daily oral hygiene and regular visits to a dental practitioner; both may be challenging for the individual with intellectual impairment. Materials and Methods: A review…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Dental Health, Hygiene, Dentistry
Skin-Picking in Individuals with Prader-Willi Syndrome: Prevalence, Functional Assessment, and Its Comorbidity with Compulsive and Self-Injurious Behaviours
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Didden, Robert; Korzilius, Hubert; Curfs, Leopold M. G. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: Individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are at increased risk for mental health and behaviour problems, such as skin-picking and compulsive behaviours. Prevalence and functional assessment of skin-picking, and its association with compulsive behaviour and self-injury, were investigated in a large group of individuals with PWS (n =…
Descriptors: Incidence, Mental Retardation, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Mental Health