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De Bortoli, Tania; Balandin, Susan; Foreman, Phil; Arthur-Kelly, Michael; Mathisen, Bernice – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
The aim of this study was to explore regular teachers' perceptions and experiences of supports and obstacles to communicative interactions for students with multiple and severe disabilities (MSD). Five teachers of students with MSD participated in two in-depth interviews. Interview transcripts were analysed using content analysis. Transcripts were…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes, Mainstreaming, Teaching Experience
Dutt, Anuradha Salil Kumar – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Behavioral researchers have investigated procedures for identifying preferred items for individuals with varying levels of developmental disabilities. Some researchers in this area have reported difficulties in identifying preferred items for individuals with severe to profound multiple disabilities (SPMD), in part because the individuals may not…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Toys, Developmental Disabilities, Severe Disabilities
Parrish, Rosalie N. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative study proposed to answer the following two questions: Do mothers of children who have multiple disabilities experience feelings that are consistent with chronic sorrow?, and What are mothers' perceptions of the chronic sorrow phenomenon? Seven biological mothers of children who have multiple disabilities were interviewed on two…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Grief, Mothers, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Mockler, Kimberly – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2010
In this article, the author discusses pet therapy, using therapy dogs, as a new way of reaching students with additional disabilities. Therapy dogs aid in instruction in a variety of ways. They are particularly suited to work with preschool-aged children and special needs populations where the curriculum most easily can incorporate a therapy dog…
Descriptors: Animals, Therapy, Deafness, Multiple Disabilities
Uditsky, Bruce; Hughson, Elizabeth – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Although today many more examples of postsecondary educational opportunities being made available to students are expanding for adults with intellectual disabilities (ID), the majority of these opportunities are either segregated or partially segregated with few accommodating students with significant disabilities or challenging behaviors. In this…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Postsecondary Education, Educational Opportunities, Evidence
Shih, Ching-Hsiang; Chang, Man-Ling; Shih, Ching-Tien – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
This study evaluated whether two people with multiple disabilities and minimal motor behavior would be able to improve their pointing performance using finger poke ability with a mouse wheel through a Dynamic Pointing Assistive Program (DPAP) and a newly developed mouse driver (i.e., a new mouse driver replaces standard mouse driver, changes a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Maintenance, Multiple Disabilities, Computers
Harding, Celia; Lindsay, Gemma; O'Brien, Aoife; Dipper, Lucy; Wright, Julie – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2011
There is a developing research base to support the rationale underpinning augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for people with learning disabilities. However, there is a paucity of research examining the process involved in implementing AAC support for people who have profound disabilities. This paper seeks to explore the processes…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Severe Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
van der Putten, Annette; Vlaskamp, Carla – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Because of their physical and general health problems, people with a combination of profound intellectual and severe or profound motor disabilities (PIMD) are at risk of pain-related medical conditions. They are fully dependent on support professionals for the detection and accurate interpretation of nonverbal pain behaviour. These professionals…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Pain, Behavior, Severe Mental Retardation
Exploring Essential Characteristics of Self-Determination for Diverse Students Using Data from NLTS2
Karrie A. Shogren; William Kennedy; Chantelle Dowsett; Mauricio Garnier Villarreal; Todd D. Little – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2014
This study explored the impact of race/ethnicity on three of the four essential characteristics of self-determination--autonomy, self-realization, and psychological empowerment--directly assessed in the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2. Specifically, the impact of race/ethnicity was examined with six disability groups established in…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Personal Autonomy, Self Actualization, Empowerment
Dembouski, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study is a critical narrative inquiry. The participants are my former pupils: graduates of an urban secondary program for multiply-challenged deaf and hard of hearing students. The researcher is me, their hard of hearing teacher who, as a result of her time in the classroom with these individuals, started to ask a lot of questions and then…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Multiple Disabilities, Deafness, Partial Hearing
Singh, Nirbhay N.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Winton, Alan S. W.; Singh, Judy; Singh, Ashvind N.; Adkins, Angela D.; Wahler, Robert G. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2010
In an earlier study, we provided mindfulness training to three caregivers of individuals with profound multiple disabilities. We measured levels of happiness displayed by the individuals during the 8 weeks of mindfulness training of the caregivers, as well as during the 16 weeks following the termination of training. We found that happiness…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Caregivers, Psychological Patterns, Parent Child Relationship
Nabeyama, Bobby; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
The study analyzed the effects of self-recording and behavioral skills training on guarding responses of 3 staff members while they assisted 3 students with multiple disabilities to ambulate. The intervention increased the percentage of correct posture and guarding responses and the distance that students ambulated. These effects generalized when…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Skill Development, Caregivers
Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Campodonico, Francesca; Oliva, Doretta – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
This study was an effort to extend the evaluation of orientation technology for promoting independent indoor traveling in persons with multiple disabilities. Two participants (adults) were included, who were to travel to activity destinations within occupational settings. The orientation system involved (a) cueing sources only at the destinations…
Descriptors: Cues, Multiple Disabilities, Electronic Equipment, Job Skills
Blassingame, Jennifer Cheryl – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Students with the most severe disabilities have special needs that cannot be addressed with general education curriculum modifications in a traditional prekindergarten-12th grade environment (Heward, 2006). It is essential that expert teachers with specialized educational background and training are prepared to adapt daily lessons to accommodate…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Severe Disabilities, Ethnography, Teaching Experience
Ganz, Jennifer B.; Earles-Vollrath, Theresa L.; Mason, Rose A.; Rispoli, Mandy J.; Heath, Amy K.; Parker, Richard I. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who cannot speak at all or not intelligibly are frequently taught to use aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The majority of the research on the use of AAC with individuals with ASD has been single-case research studies. This investigation involved a meta-analysis of the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Participant Characteristics