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Children with developmental disabilities and sleep problems: parental beliefs and treatment acceptability
- Author:
- KEENAN Ruth A
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 20(5), September 2007, pp.45-465.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This exploratory study investigated the relationships between illness beliefs and treatment acceptability among parents of children with a developmental disability living at home who had sleep onset or maintenance problems. A within-subject correlational design was employed. The parents of 58 children each completed questionnaires assessing their beliefs and attributions towards the sleep problem and the acceptability of two common treatments (behavioural and melatonin). Parents believed sleep problems to be chronic, to have negative consequences, yet to be potentially curable/controllable. They rated behavioural treatment and melatonin similarly in terms of acceptability. Behavioural treatment acceptability was related to how long parents believed the sleep problem would last and to a number of causal attributions. The acceptability of melatonin was related to how severe the consequences of the sleep problem were believed to be and to a specific causal attribution. Parents who preferred melatonin to behavioural treatment believed that their child’s sleep problem had more negative consequences on their child’s life. Specific beliefs held by parents about their child’s sleep problems might influence treatment acceptability and treatment choice. Parents are split between those who would prefer behavioural treatment and those who would prefer melatonin. However, as the sleep problem becomes more severe, it seems more likely that parents would choose the pharmacological treatment.
Self-injurious behaviour: what do we know and where are we going
- Author:
- MURPHY Glynis
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 4(1), January 1999, pp.5-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Self-injurious behaviour can become an intransigent difficulty, reduce people's quality of life and lead to hospital admissions or other restrictive outcomes. Over the last 15 years there have been some important developments in the treatment of severe self-injury, but the evidence is that these are making little impact on most people's lives. The reasons why this might be are discussed, and it is proposed that it is time for a radical new approach to interventions for self-injurious behaviour.
Social work assessment of adaptive functioning using the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales: issues of reliability and validity
- Authors:
- CABRERA Peter M., GRIMES-GAA Lucienne, THYER Bruce A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 2(4), 1999, pp.33-50.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The assessment of client adaptive functioning is often an important component of a comprehensive social work evaluation. The Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (VABS) are the most commonly used quantitative measures of adaptive functioning for clients meeting the criteria for a wider range of disorders in the USA. Reviews the development of the VABS and current knowledge pertaining to the instrument's reliability and validity. Concludes that the ability to administer and interpret the VABS is an important skill for clinical social workers to acquire.
Autism, families and the behaviourist intensive approach
- Author:
- RANDALL Pete
- Journal article citation:
- Behavioural Social Work Review, 16(2), September 1995, pp.7-16.
- Publisher:
- Cognitive Behavioural Social Work Group
The parents of children with autism are rightly making demands for services and information from social workers and other professionals. Many are aware of the research and practice findings that support the use of behavioural techniques with such children and they want to learn more. Encouraged by parents in America some are particularly interested in the well marketed interventions from the country. One of the most popular is the behaviourist Intensive Approach of Lovas which this paper describes and reviews.
Treating neurodevelopmental disabilities: clinical research and practice
- Author:
- FARMER Janet
- Publisher:
- Guilford Press
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 336p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This volume describes how to intervene effectively to promote the optimal health and functioning of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Leading scientist-practitioners discuss the psychosocial aspects of a range of acquired and congenital disorders and how they can be targeted in assessment and treatment. Presented are innovative approaches to managing cognitive, emotional, and behavioural challenges; enhancing participation in social activities and school; and facilitating family problem solving. Particular attention is given to ways that psychologists, health professionals, and educators can collaborate to meet children's changing rehabilitation needs over the course of development.
Evaluation of brief group-administered instruction for parents to prevent or minimize sleep problems in young children with Down Syndrome
- Authors:
- STORES Gregory, STORES Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(1), June 2004, pp.61-70.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The study concerns the unknown value of group instruction for mothers of young children with Down syndrome (DS) in preventing or minimizing sleep problems. Children with DS were randomly allocated to an Instruction group (given basic information about children's sleep) and a Control group for later comparison including objective sleep measures (actometry). As a secondary exercise, parental reports of sleep problems and objective sleep measures were compared in children with DS and a small sample of unimpaired children (U group) of comparable age and sex distribution. Instruction (shown to have improved mothers' knowledge) was associated with improvement in behavioural sleep problem ratings at 6-month follow up with no change in sleep-related breathing problem ratings or actometry findings. Sleep-related breathing problem symptoms and actometry abnormalities were significantly more common in the DS group than in the U group at baseline, with no obvious differences for behavioural sleep problems. Group instruction offers some benefit regarding behavioural sleep problems but not for sleep-related breathing problems to which more attention should be paid in children with DS, with a view to precise diagnosis and treatment.
Treatment and therapeutic interventions: psychological approaches
- Author:
- COLLINS Suzanne
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 4(2), April 1999, pp.20-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
People with learning disabilities are subject to the same range of psychological disorders as non-learning-disabled groups. Although in the 1970s and 1980s many therapeutic interventions were based on psychological theories of learning, there has recently been a large expansion in the types of therapy on offer. They have included increasingly sophisticated use of models based on learning theory and the incorporation of a diverse range of other therapeutic models.