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Petry, Katja; Maes, Bea; Vlaskamp, Carla – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Because of a shortage of valid instruments to measure the QOL of people with profound multiple disabilities (PMD), the QOL-PMD was developed. In the present study, possibilities for item reduction as well as the psychometric properties of the questionnaire were examined. One hundred and forty-seven informants of people with PMD participated in the…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Quality of Life, Construct Validity, Questionnaires
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Iacono, Teresa; West, D.; Bloomberg, K.; Johnson, H. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Aims: Few tools are available to assess the communication skills of adults with severe and multiple disabilities functioning at unintentional to early symbolic levels. An exception is the Triple C: Checklist of Communicative Competencies. In this study, aspects of support worker and clinician agreement, internal consistency and construct validity…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Social Support Groups, Intervention, Multiple Disabilities