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Bully off!
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
Speakup, who have been making friendly information on video for 8 years now, made a video called "Bully Off!" The video (now on DVD) shows lots of people talking about being bullied and some scenes showing where bullying can take place. The video gives advice on what to do if being bullied.
The relationship of adaptive and maladaptive behaviour to social outcomes for individuals with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- WHITE Deborah Ann, DODDER Richard A.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(6), October 2000, pp.897-908.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The purpose of this study is to examine social outcomes including social interaction opportunities and self-expression, and how they relate to other quality of life indicators. These indicators include the overall assessment of adaptive skills, and the frequency and severity of challenging behaviour. The social interaction opportunities measured in this research include family contact, hours of habilitation, community outings, hours of employment and hours of education. The results indicate that people with higher adaptive ability had more contact with their families, were reported to participate in community outings more frequently, worked more hours and spent fewer hours in education. These significant correlations, however, were of marginal strength. Overall, the frequency and severity of challenging behaviour were not associated with the social interaction opportunities assessed in this study.
Is more too many: adjustment in families with adopted children with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- GLIDDEN Laraine Masters, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption Quarterly, 4(1), 2000, pp.67-80.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
Investigates the adjustment of differing size adoptive families rearing children with developmental disabilities. Families of 5 or more children were compared with families of 4 or fewer children on a variety of demographic and outcome variables measuring family strengths, family disharmony, marital adjustment, and adjustment to the adopted child. Analyses of covariance on the outcome variables demonstrated that parents of large families were functioning as well or better than parents of conventional-sized families. Concludes that adoption placement practice should not exhibit bias against the placement of multiple children with developmental disabilities in the same family.
The long term effects of relocation on people with an intellectual disability: quality of life, behaviour, and environment
- Authors:
- COOPER Brian, PICTON Cliff
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 10(2), March 2000, pp.195-208.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article reports on the long term effects of relocation on a sample of people with an intellectual disability who moved from an institution to the community and other institutions. Data were gathered for 3 years after relocation. Results revealed that a move to supported community residences and to refurbished units within other institutions was associated with increased quality of life/care and, for interinstitutional movers, decreased challenging behaviours. It is concluded that positive outcomes result from community placement and interinstitutional relocation. The implications and limitations of this evidence for social work research and practice are discussed.
Role of music therapy in social skills development in children with moderate intellectual disability
- Authors:
- DUFFY Barbara, FULLER Ray
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 13(2), 2000, pp.77-89.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This Irish study investigated the effectiveness of a music therapy programme in the enhancement of the social skills of children with moderate intellectual disability. Thirty-two children (between the ages of 5 and 10 years) from four intellectual disability centres participated. At each centre, four children were randomly selected to participate in the music therapy programme, while four children were assigned to a non-music control group programme. Five social skills were targeted for intervention: turn-taking, imitation, vocalisation, initiation and eye contact. The results reflect significant improvements in the five target social skills across both conditions following the 8-week intervention. However, this difference was found to be independent of the music/non-music intervention.
Adoption of children with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- HAUGAARD Jeffrey J., MOED Alison M., WEST Natalie M.
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption Quarterly, 3(4), 2000, pp.81-92.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
Children with many different special needs await adoption. Research into the outcomes of different types of special needs adoption can inform agencies and potential adoptive parents about the problems and advantages associated with these adoptions, and about the likelihood that they will be successful. Research can also identify the types of preadoption and postadoption services that families need. This digest reviews research on families with developmental disabilities.
Monitoring adult protection referrals in 10 English local authorities
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, STEIN June
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 2(3), September 2000, pp.19-31.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reports the results of a study of the monitoring of adult protection referrals in 10 local authorities during six months in 1998.The information provides a useful window on the effectiveness of current policies and provides a baseline from which to anticipate the implications for workload and service planning of recent government guidance.