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Legal issues arising from the care and control of children with learning disabilities who also present severe challenging behaviour: a guide for parents and carers
- Author:
- LYON Christina
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 51p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short, practical guide aimed at people who look after children with learning difficulties and challenging behaviour.
Sleep disturbance in children with severe learning difficulties: an examination and an intervention trial
- Authors:
- QUINE Lyn, WADE Kristin
- Publisher:
- University of Kent: Institute of Social and Applied Psychology
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 257p.,tables,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Final report of a research project.
Family-based respite care for children with severe learning difficulties : an evaluation of the Lothian scheme
- Author:
- STALKER Kirsten
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 1, 1988, pp.1-1O.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
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The constant hope for children with profound or severe mental handicaps: an exploration of parents' views at a small special school and implications for the debate on integration.
- Author:
- SEED Philip
- Publisher:
- University of Aberdeen. Department of Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 97p., diags., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aberdeen
Comfort provided by parents versus strangers after eliciting stress in children with severe or profound intellectual disabilities: does it make a difference?
- Authors:
- VANDESANDE Sien, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Attachment and Human Development, 22(4), 2020, pp.425-447.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The relationships between children with severe or profound intellectual disabilities (ID) and their parents may fulfil attachment functions, such as regulating emotional responses to stress. This study examined the extent to which children with severe or profound ID differentiate between their parents and a stranger as a resource for stress-regulation. A home-based experimental paradigm was conducted and video-recorded in 38 families. Children (1–8 years) were exposed to four naturalistic stressors followed by comfort, randomly provided by the parents or the stranger. Emotional behaviour (arousal and valence) and the skin conductance level were simultaneously recorded. With regard to both emotional behaviour and skin conductance, children significantly differentiated between their parents as attachment figures and the stranger during stress and comfort, despite their impairments on various developmental domains. Behavioural observation and physiology show complementary manifestations of parent-child attachment in this population. (Publisher abstract)
Sweden's LSS and social integration: an exploration of the relationship between personal assistant type, activities, and participation for children with PIMD
- Authors:
- BOREN Taylor, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 13(1), 2016, pp.50-60.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The Swedish personal assistance system allows children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) to receive subsidised personal assistance. This assistance may be either a hired professional from outside the family or a parent paid as a personal assistant. The authors explored whether children's personal assistant type (i.e., external or parental) is related to their presence in socially integrative activities (SIAs) versus non-socially integrative activities (NSIAs). The relationship between children's activity engagement and their personal assistant type was examined via a descriptive, comparative study based on a questionnaire. Sixty families answered, providing quantitative data about personal assistance type across 56 common family activities. Children's external assistants showed a greater presence in SIAs than children's parental assistants, who showed a greater presence in NSIAs. The level of activity engagement between personal assistant type, however, had a less direct relationship. In accordance with bio-ecological systems theory, activity selection can influence the child's cognitive and social development. Ultimately, this study suggests that external assistants partake in more SIAs than parental assistants, likely as a function of providing respite for families. This respite stems from the LSS's implicit role for external personal assistants to also serve as relief for parents. In turn, by facilitating exposure to broader systems, these external assistants can play a critical role in children's social and cognitive development. (Edited publisher abstract)
The Sounds of Intent project: modelling musical development in children with learning difficulties
- Author:
- OCKELFORD Adam
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 20(4), 2015, pp.179-194.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to set out the current status of the Sounds of Intent project, and explains some of the theoretical thinking that has underpinned its development over a period of 12 years. Sounds of Intent maps the musical development of children and young people with learning difficulties. It currently exists as an online resource that offers practitioners a framework for assessment (with an online recording tool), information and downloadable resources. Design/methodology/approach: The approach to the development of Sounds of Intent has been through two main phases: first, exploratory, qualitative analysis was used to inform the development of a model setting out how musical abilities and engagement are thought to develop in children and young people with learning difficulties; and second, the framework’s efficacy has been evaluated through gathering data from a number of practitioners in the field that has been analysed principally through quantitative means. Findings: The principal findings of the Sounds of Intent project to date are that virtually all children (with the exception of those who are incapable of processing sound or vibration at all) are able to engage with music, whether reactively, proactively or interactively. The great majority have potential for musical development that can be realised over time, given an appropriately rich and engaging environment. Originality/value: Sounds of Intent is the first research project in the world to focus on the musical development of children and young people with learning difficulties, and makes the first attempt to set out how this may occur. Since its public launch in 2012, the Sounds of Intent web site has had over 4,000,000 unique hits, with over 500,000 downloads of resources, from people all over the world. (Publisher abstract)
The prevalence of psychiatric disorders among people with intellectual disabilities: an analysis of the literature
- Authors:
- WHITAKER Simon, READ Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 19(4), December 2006, pp.330-345.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
It has often been stated that the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in people with intellectual disabilities is greater than it is in the population as a whole. The epidemiological studies on psychiatric disorders in people with intellectual disabilities were reviewed. The results found evidence that the prevalence of psychiatric disorder is greater in children with intellectual disabilities, compared with children with normal IQs, that it is higher in both adults and children with severe intellectual disabilities compared with people with mild or no intellectual disability and that the rate of problematic behaviour is higher in both adults and children having intellectual disabilities, than in their non-disabled peers. There is no sound evidence that the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in adults with mild intellectual disability is greater than in the population as a whole.
Families at breaking point
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 2006, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
In 2003, Mencap launched Breaking Point, a campaign for improvements in short break services for families caring for children and adults with severe and profound learning disabilities. A new follow up survey of 353 families in six local authority areas has found that short break services are still in short supply.
A measure of engagement for children with intellectual disabilities in early childhood settings: a preliminary study
- Authors:
- KISHIDA Yuriko, KEMP Coral
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 31(2), June 2006, pp.101-114.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The purpose of this study was to develop a measure of engagement that could be used in practice with children with disabilities, including children with severe intellectual disabilities. The Individual Child Engagement Record (ICER) was designed to observe and record the engagement of individual children in order to identify optimal programmes for them. Using the measure, 5 children with mild to severe disabilities were observed in an inclusive childcare setting across 4 types of ongoing activities: routine, one to one instruction, planned, and child initiated. Generally, the children were better engaged in routine activities. The lowest level of engagement was found for planned activities. There were, however, differences across children with regard to the relative value of the different types of activities in promoting engagement. The measure allowed for the identification of activities that would provide better learning opportunities for children with significant disabilities.