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Direct linkElizabeth Liffley; Marisa H. Fisher – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2025
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and extensive support needs (ESN) face a high risk of experiencing traumatic events, which may lead to a myriad of negative mental and physical health and educational outcomes. Identifying symptoms and treating trauma, however, are challenging due to communication difficulties, vague or…
Descriptors: Trauma, Intellectual Disability, Severe Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities
María Galán-Olleros; Elena González-Alguacil; Víctor Soto-Insuga; María Teresa Vara-Arias; Nelmar Valentina Ortiz-Cabrera; J. Ignacio Serrano; Rosa M. Egea-Gámez; Juan José García-Peñas; Ignacio Martínez-Caballero; Salvadora Aleza Esteras; Carlota Aparicio Fernández de Gatta; Elvira Cañedo Villarroya; Daniel Clemente Garulo; Rocío Falcón Roca; Silvia Gutiérrez Priego; Blanca López Monedero; Paula Moreno Gutiérrez; Miriam Martín Mangas; Francisca Romero Andujar; Amalia Tamariz Martel – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: Rett syndrome (RTT) is a rare multi-systemic disorder primarily linked to mutations in "MECP2" gene. This study aims to describe the prevalence of orthopedic conditions in RTT patients, and examine their intricate interplay with functional capabilities, and "MECP2" variant subtypes. Methods: Conducted as a…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Physical Disabilities, Patients
Dominic Fitzpatrick; Richard Parker – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Background: Children and young people (CYP) with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities are more likely to experience difficulties engaging for long periods. Finding ways to facilitate their engagement is crucial in promoting their social and emotional development and their mental well-being, particularly as they are more vulnerable…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Learning Disabilities, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities
Suze van Wijngaarden; Marja W. Hodes; Leo Cardinaal; Mark Koning; Alice Schippers – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Families of parents with intellectual disabilities still face discrimination, stigma and inadequate support, placing them in vulnerable positions. Social assistive robotics offers promising support. This study investigates the possible impact of social assistive robotics on family quality of life (FQoL). Method: An inclusive, iterative…
Descriptors: Parents with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Social Bias
Hayley Kavanagh; Johann Issartel; Sarah Meegan; Mika Manninen – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Motor competence is the ability to perform goal directed human movements in a co-ordinated, accurate and error free manner. The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of coaches' perceptions of children's motor competence with their actual motor competence. Method: This study examined the motor competence of children with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Motor Development, Norm Referenced Tests
B. Pedemonte; C. W. Pereira; V. Borghesani; M. Ebbert; I. E. Allen; P. Pinheiro-Chagas; J. De Leon; Z. Miller; B. L. Tee; M. L. Gorno-Tempini – npj Science of Learning, 2024
Despite a high rate of concurrent mathematical difficulties among children with dyslexia, we still have limited information regarding the prevalence and severity of mathematical deficits in this population. To address this gap, we developed a comprehensive battery of cognitive tests, known as the UCSF Mathematical Cognition Battery (MCB), with the…
Descriptors: Children, Dyslexia, Mathematics Skills, Learning Disabilities
Caitlin A. Williams; Paul A. Thompson; Nikita K. Hayden; Richard P. Hastings – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Cross-lagged panel designs were used to examine longitudinal and potential (bi)directional relationships between primary caregiver reported sibling relationship quality and the behaviors of children with intellectual disability (n = 297) and their closest in age siblings. The behavioral and emotional problems of the child with intellectual…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Behavior Change, Family (Sociological Unit), Disabilities
Jean Ware; Susan Buell; Darren D. Chadwick; Jill Bradshaw; Juliet Goldbart – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Introduction: This paper aims to identify to what extent staff training interventions are successful in enhancing the development of communication skills in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Methods: A systematic review was undertaken, conforming to PRISMA guidelines. English language, peer reviewed, empirical studies of…
Descriptors: Children, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Severe Disabilities
Carly A. Roberts; Alison Wilhelm; Bailey Allred; Roxanne F. Hudson – Exceptional Children, 2025
Historically, research exploring the literacy experiences of learners with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has prioritized systematic, multicomponent instruction that emphasizes the development of traditional reading and writing skills. However, this approach may inadvertently facilitate literacy gatekeeping and limit…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Janet Hoskin; Benjamin James; Jo Finch – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2025
Advances in medical care have seen children and young people with rare and life shortening conditions, living longer. This is the case for those living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, whose life expectancy has doubled over the last few decades from around 20 to 40 years. Improving care has tended to focus on the physical aspects of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Genetic Disorders, Special Education
Download full textCatherine Antalek; Fiona Dixon; Elisabeth Herbert; Joanna Kolak – UK Department for Education, 2025
According to the SEND Code of Practice (DfE, 2015), cognition and learning difficulties encompass a wide range of needs, including general and specific learning difficulties. These difficulties affect various areas of learning including literacy, numeracy, and the acquisition of subject-specific knowledge and skills and may be linked to underlying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Cognitive Processes, Mathematical Aptitude
Sirine Guetiti; Geneviève Cadoret; Félix Chénier; Mariève Blanchet – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2024
Several studies have demonstrated balance impairments in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). However, a recent meta-analysis reports that none of the existing studies investigated the entire construct of balance across the same postural task. It is unclear whether anticipatory postural adjustments before voluntary unperturbed…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Psychomotor Skills, Human Posture, Children
Freya Wright; Anastasia Hronis; Rachel Roberts; Lynette Roberts; Ian Kneebone – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2025
Objective: People with intellectual disabilities have historically often been excluded from cognitive based therapies, due to their cognitive deficits. However, adults with intellectual disabilities have been found to have the core cognitive abilities necessary to engage in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Despite this emerging evidence, the capacity…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Cognitive Restructuring, Children, Child Behavior
Meral, Bekir F.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Ruh, Anil B.; Yilmaz, Engin – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Parenting styles and practices are crucial in promoting the self-determination of children. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the role of parenting styles and practices in enhancing the self-determination of children with/without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The present study was carried out with a sample of…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Self Determination, Children, Intellectual Disability
Heather J. Forbes; Jason C. Travers; Jenee Vickers Johnson – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a popular augmentative and alternative communication intervention for individuals with developmental disabilities that includes six, sequential phases of instruction. We systematically reviewed published and unpublished single-case PECS studies for details about the percentage of participants…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Developmental Disabilities, Pictorial Stimuli, Program Effectiveness
