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Qualitative Insights from a Novel Staff-Led Oral Health Champions Program within a Residential Service for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability
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Wilson, Nathan J.; Lin, Zhen; Pithouse, Margery; Morrison, Bonnie; Sumar, Bashir; George, Ajesh – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
The oral health of people with intellectual and developmental disability is poorer than that of the general community. Any solution for people with intellectual and developmental disability living in residential services needs to include disability support workers (DSWs). Previous studies have used either didactic or train-the-trainer approaches…
Descriptors: Dental Health, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Health Promotion
Examining Potential Predictors of Attention Training Outcomes in Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disorders
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Kirk, Hannah E.; Raber, Adi; Richmond, Sally; Cornish, Kim M. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: Responses to digital cognitive training interventions vary greatly among children with intellectual and developmental disorders (IDD). Investigating possible predictors of improvements following training is vital in ascertaining which individuals benefit from these interventions. Methods: Seventy-three children (4-11 years) with IDD…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Predictor Variables, Training
The Views and Experiences of Teachers, Therapists and Integration Aides of Play-Based Programs within Specialist School Settings
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Wadley, Chloe C.; Stagnitti, Karen – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2020
In Australia, children with developmental delay and disability, who have an IQ less than 70, are eligible to attend a specialist school. These schools are called special schools or special developmental schools. Teachers, occupational therapists, and speech pathologists work in these schools together with integration aids. Children with…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Special Education Teachers, Allied Health Personnel, Occupational Therapy
Combining Implicit and Explicit Intervention Approaches to Target Grammar in Young Children with Developmental Language Disorder
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Calder, Samuel D; Claessen, Mary; Leitão, Suze – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2018
Children with Developmental Language Disorder are likely to experience difficulties with morphosyntax, especially regular past tense marking. Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of intervention to improve morphosyntax in young school-aged children with DLD. This study investigated the efficacy of combined explicit and implicit…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
Music Therapy with Young People Who Have Profound Intellectual and Developmental Disability: Four Case Studies Exploring Communication and Engagement within Musical Interactions
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Thompson, Grace A.; McFerran, Katrina Skewes – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2015
Background: The impact of music therapy on the communicative behaviours of young people with profound intellectual and developmental disability has not yet been established. Method: Four adolescents participated in individual music therapy (MT) and toy play sessions with the same therapist in a 6-month period. Sessions were video-recorded and…
Descriptors: Music Therapy, Intervention, Severe Intellectual Disability, Severe Disabilities
Developing Skills in Everyday Activities and Self-Determination in Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Sheppard, Loretta; Unsworth, Carolyn – Remedial and Special Education, 2011
Autonomous functioning, an essential characteristic of self-determined people, has been categorized behaviorally according to everyday activities in Self & Family Care (SFC), Life Management (LM), Recreation/Leisure (RL), and Social/Vocational (SV) skills. The effectiveness of a short-term (8-10 weeks) educational residential program to…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Adolescents
Early Intervention for Children with Disabilities: The Australian Experience.
Pieterse, Moira, Ed.; And Others – 1988
A collection of papers on the Australian experience with early intervention for children with disabilities gives regional overviews, describes specific intervention programs, and discusses a variety of issues. Overviews are given of early intervention in Australia in general, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western…
Descriptors: Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders, Developmental Disabilities