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Bojana Mastilo; Mirjana Ðordevic; Nenad Glumbic; Haris Memisevic; Milica Pejovic-Milovancevic – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Introduction: Social knowledge is an important aspect of social cognition that pertains to broader knowledge of social concepts and norms. People with intellectual disabilities are more likely to experience mental health challenges, and it's important to pay special attention to how comorbid conditions can affect their social cognition skills,…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Comorbidity, Intelligence Tests, Vocabulary
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Terband, Hayo; Coppens-Hofman, Marjolein C.; Reffeltrath, Maaike; Maassen, Ben A. M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: This study investigated the effect of speech therapy in a heterogeneous group of adults with intellectual disability. Method: Thirty-six adults with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities (IQs 40-70; age 18-40 years) with reported poor speech intelligibility received tailored training in articulation and listening skills delivered…
Descriptors: Speech Therapy, Mild Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Adults
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Katsarou, Dimitra; Andreou, Georgia – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2021
Children with Down syndrome (DS) present language deficits in all linguistic domains and their language development lags behind that of typically developing children. However, their receptive language skills appear to be better than their productive in all linguistic domains. Research on bilingual children with DS is limited, but has shown that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Down Syndrome, Bilingualism, Language