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Direct linkHeller, Tamar; Janicki, Matthew P.; Marks, Beth; Hammel, Joy; Factor, Alan – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
The overall goal of the "2007 State of the Science Symposium on Aging with Developmental Disabilities: Charting Lifespan Trajectories and Supportive Environments for Healthy Community Living" (held in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.) was to increase the understanding and definition of how to improve the health, psychosocial well-being, and community…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Health Promotion, Mental Retardation, Family Programs
Richman, D. M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
The ontogeny of self-injurious behaviour exhibited by young children with developmental delays or disabilities is due to a complex interaction between neurobiological and environmental variables. In this manuscript, the literature on emerging self-injury in the developmental disability population is reviewed with a focus on an operant conceptual…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Prevention, Developmental Disabilities, Young Children
Gidley Larson, Jennifer C.; Bastian, Amy J.; Donchin, Opher; Shadmehr, Reza; Mostofsky, Stewart H. – Brain, 2008
Children with autism exhibit a host of motor disorders including poor coordination, poor tool use and delayed learning of complex motor skills like riding a tricycle. Theory suggests that one of the crucial steps in motor learning is the ability to form internal models: to predict the sensory consequences of motor commands and learn from errors to…
Descriptors: Autism, Psychomotor Skills, Skill Development, Motor Development
Kleinman, Jamie M.; Robins, Diana L.; Ventola, Pamela E.; Pandey, Juhi; Boorstein, Hilary C.; Esser, Emma L.; Wilson, Leandra B.; Rosenthal, Michael A.; Sutera, Saasha; Verbalis, Alyssa D.; Barton, Marianne; Hodgson, Sarah; Green, James; Dumont-Mathieu, Thyde; Volkmar, Fred; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Klin, Ami; Fein, Deborah – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often go undetected in toddlers. The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) was used to screen 3,793 children aged 16-30 months from low- and high-risk sources; screen positive cases were diagnostically evaluated. Re-screening was performed on 1,416 children aged 42-54 months. Time1 Positive Predictive…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Autism, Toddlers, Children
Download full textPitman, Melanie J. – Behavior Analyst Today, 2007
A brief functional analysis was conducted in an analogue setting to identify the maintaining variables for upright walking in a woman with developmental disabilities supported in an outpatient setting. All conditions required modification, since treatment outcomes were intended to increase, rather than decrease, the target behavior. The…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement
Tillisch, Deanna – Exceptional Parent, 2007
Parents of children with special needs compose a community of kindred spirits. Sure, there are differences: Even when there are multiple issues involved, a family dealing with primarily medical challenges will have different concerns from another caring for a child with mostly developmental disabilities, behavioral issues, learning disabilities,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Parents, Special Needs Students
O'Hearn, Kirsten; Landau, Barbara – Brain and Cognition, 2007
Williams syndrome (WS) is a developmental disorder associated with relatively spared verbal skills and severe visuospatial deficits. It has also been reported that individuals with WS are impaired at mathematics. We examined mathematical skills in persons with WS using the second edition of the Test of Early Mathematical Ability (TEMA-2), which…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Mathematics Skills, Control Groups
Bambara, Linda M.; Knoster, Timothy P. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
This book is a step-by-step, concise, and easy-to-read reference for school teams, providers, students, and parents to understand, design, and evaluate positive behavior support (PBS) plans for students with developmental disabilities. It provides a clear conceptual framework on PBS to think critically about how to approach a student's problem…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Quality of Life, Developmental Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Marvin, Christine; Patterson, Norma; Keebler-Foster, Sarah – Online Submission, 2009
Comparisons were made of the class discussions from two graduate courses related to infants with disabilities and home visiting practice. Students were enrolled in either a traditional on-campus course that met weekly or an online course that engaged students asynchronously. Both groups of students also made weekly home visits to a family with an…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Graduate Students
Luong, June; Yoder, Marian K.; Canham, Daryl – Journal of School Nursing, 2009
Autism is a developmental disability increasing in incidence over the past decade. Parents of children with autism experience prolonged levels of stress and isolation. Using qualitative research design, nine parents of children with autism participated in this study that focused on the effect of autism on the family, coping styles, and support…
Descriptors: Autism, School Nurses, Developmental Disabilities, Coping
Darrow, Alice-Ann; Novak, Julie; Swedberg, Olivia; Horton, Monica; Rice, Brenda – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2009
The purpose of the paper was to examine the effect of participation in a music mentorship program on the self-esteem and attitudes of at-risk students. Participants (N = 24) were adolescent girls enrolled in a special program for secondary students who are at risk for academic failure and who are experiencing conflict in school and at home.…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Mentors, Intervention
Mitchell, Darcy B.; Hauser-Cram, Penny – Journal of Early Intervention, 2009
Positive outcomes for children with developmental disabilities (DD) can be affected by children's behavior problems. This study examined the family environment of 125 children with DD at age 3, and the extent to which that environment, as well as children's cognitive and adaptive functioning, predicted the problematic behaviors that children with…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Intervention, Marital Status, Poverty
Wang, Mian; Brown, Roy – Journal of Family Social Work, 2009
As a new extension of individual quality-of-life (QOL) framework that has been widely embraced in the field of disability to affect policy making, guide service delivery, and enhance outcomes of individuals with disabilities, family quality of life (FQoL) has been increasingly recognized as an important concept in the area of family supports for…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Family Programs, Quality of Life, Developmental Disabilities
Kreiner, Janice; Flexer, Robert – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
The purpose of this study was to develop and to evaluate the Preferences for Leisure Attributes (PLA) Assessment, a forced-choice computer software program for students with severe disabilities and communication difficulties. In order to determine content validity of the PLA Assessment, four experts in related fields assigned critical attributes…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Developmental Disabilities, Content Validity, Test Validity
Dyches, Tina Taylor; Prater, Mary Anne; Leininger, Melissa – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Because characters with developmental disabilities (DD) in children's books are often the first images many children encounter, their accurate and multidimensional portrayal is critical. Therefore, the depictions of characters with DD in 41 children's books were analyzed. These books were eligible for the biennial Dolly Gray Children's Literature…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Recreational Activities, Developmental Disabilities, Interpersonal Relationship
