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Direct linkWessels, Marleen D.; van der Putten, Annette A. J.; Paap, Muirne C. S. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Knowledge about the quality of assessment methods used in the support of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) is scarce. This study aimed to provide an overview of the assessment methods used in practice and to examine whether these instruments were studied for their psychometric properties for people with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Nancy Sall; Cathy Rikhye – Council for Exceptional Children, 2022
"Dimensions of Communication" is a manual to assess the communication skills and behaviors of individuals with disabilities. It is an assessment instrument designed to help teachers, parents, educational specialists, speech-language therapists, psychologists, and other service providers evaluate the communication skills of individuals…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Students with Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Interpersonal Communication
Hinchcliffe, Vivian – Support for Learning, 2022
The Rochford Review heralded new arrangements for statutory assessment for children with SLD and PMLD working below the national curriculum standard. New assessment arrangements, the pre-key stage standards and the engagement model, relate to two groups of pupils: pupils 'not yet engaged' and pupils 'engaged' in subject-specific study. This…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities, Academic Standards, Student Evaluation
Nieuwenhuijse, Appolonia M.; Willems, Dick L.; van Goudoever, Johannes B.; Echteld, Michael A.; Olsman, Erik – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: The objective of this study was to provide an overview of concepts, methods of assessment and assessors in empirical studies on quality of life (QoL) of persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD). Method: A narrative literature review was conducted by searching electronic databases until December 2016, and the…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Nieuwenhuijse, A. M.; Willems, D. L.; van Goudoever, J. B.; Olsman, E. – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD) are supported by professional caregivers for a large part of their lives. However, the perspectives of professional caregivers on good or poor Quality of Live (QoL) of persons with PIMD have hardly been explored. To explore the perspective of professional caregivers on QoL of…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregivers
Stelmaszczyk, Karol – Support for Learning, 2018
This article charts one school's journey in securing an assessment regime aligned with its vision for its learners with profound and multiple difficulties (PMLD). Previous iterations, based on commercially-based systems, as well as lessons learned from reflecting on the school's own assessment practices, were used as catalysts for the development…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Holistic Approach, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities
Assessing Dual Sensory Loss in Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities. NCDB/ATLAS Brief #3
Download full textNational Center on Deaf-Blindness, 2023
This brief covers issues related to the assessment of dual sensory loss in students with significant cognitive disabilities, including the impact of suspected dual sensory loss on communication and learning and recommendations for assessment.
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities, Evaluation, Intellectual Disability
Chadwick, Darren; Buell, Susan; Goldbart, Juliet – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Communication assessment of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) has seldom been investigated. Here, we explore approaches and decision making in undertaking communication assessments in this group of people. A questionnaire was sent to UK practitioners. The questionnaire elicited information about assessment…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Communication Strategies, Speech Language Pathology
Eldeniz Çetin, Müzeyyen; Safak, Pinar – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
The general purpose of the present study is to determine the relationship between direct and indirect preference assessments of individuals with severe and multiple disabilities (SMD) and the relationship between the direct preference assessments (single-stimulus, paired-stimulus, and multiple-stimulus) as applied to individuals with SMD, and to…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Correlation, Preferences
Liu, Kristin K.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Dosedel, Michael – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2020
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires 95% participation in state achievement testing. Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities participate in states' alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). A growing number of these students are also English learners (Christensen et al., 2018).…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Penne, A.; ten Brug, A.; Munde, V.; van der Putten, A.; Vlaskamp, C.; Maes, B. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: Multisensory storytelling (MSST) is an individualised activity for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) in which a story is being told with an emphasis on sensory experiences and social interaction. MSST is a promising approach, but needs more empirical research evidence. In general, there is a lack of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Video Technology, Multiple Disabilities, Caregivers
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, 2013
The term "multiple disabilities" is general and broad. From the term, you cannot tell how many disabilities a child has; which disabilities are involved; or how severe each disability is. Many combinations of disabilities are possible. The different disabilities will also have a combined impact. That is why it is also important to ask:…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Shih, Ching-Hsiang; Shih, Chia-Ju; Shih, Ching-Tien – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The latest researches have adopted software technology by applying the Nintendo Wii Remote Controller to the correction of hyperactive limb behavior. This study extended Wii Remote Controller functionality for improper head position (posture) correction (i.e. actively adjusting abnormal head posture) to assess whether two people with multiple…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Stimulation, Intervention, Human Posture
Lancioni, Giulio E.; Bellini, Domenico; Oliva, Doretta; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Lang, Russell; Didden, Robert – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2011
A camera-based microswitch technology was recently used to successfully monitor small eyelid and mouth responses of two adults with profound multiple disabilities (Lancioni et al., Res Dev Disab 31:1509-1514, 2010a). This technology, in contrast with the traditional optic microswitches used for those responses, did not require support frames on…
Descriptors: Photography, Multiple Disabilities, Technology Uses in Education, Children
Ganz, Jennifer B.; Davis, John L.; Lund, Emily M.; Goodwyn, Fara D.; Simpson, Richard L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a widely used picture/icon aided augmentative communication system designed for learners with autism and other developmental disorders. This meta-analysis analyzes the extant empirical literature for PECS relative to targeted (functional communication) and non-targeted concomitant outcomes…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Multiple Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Autism
