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A preliminary investigation into the internal consistency and construct validity of the Triple C: Checklist of Communicative Competencies
- Authors:
- IACONO Teresa, BLOOMBERG Karen, WEST Denise
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 30(3), September 2005, pp.139-145.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Triple C was designed to assess the communication skills of people with severe disabilities and to sensitise support workers to their communicative behaviours. The study aim was to investigate the Triple C's internal consistency and construct validity. Deidentified data from the completed checklists of 172 adults with severe disabilities were collected. Overall internal consistency was found to be high. Internal consistency was found to be high also for Stages 2 to 6, and acceptable for Stage 1. A measure of association between item and stage totals indicated a hierarchy of skills. Although the factor analysis revealed two underlying factors, most stages loaded highly onto only one factor, interpreted to be early intentional presymbolic communication. The results indicated good internal consistency, and promising construct validity. They also pointed to a need to modify the Triple C for both clinical and research purposes.
Using visual interventions as a component of positive behavioral support for a student with aggressive behaviors and mental retardation: a review and single case report
- Authors:
- RAMSEY Sylvia Ann, WALLER Raymond J., WALKER Alicia
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 3(4), 2005, pp.99-108.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Aggressive behaviors are among the most ostracizing types of comportment observed across the educational spectrum. Aggressive behaviors may isolate the aggressor socially, academically, and educationally. The following study utilizes functional behavior assessment and single subject research methodology to assess and address aggressive behaviors in a student with a severe intellectual disability. Visual interventions were utilized as a component of a positive behavioral support system to reduce aggressive behaviors. Behavioral improvement was measured. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Awareness of number in children with severe and profound learning difficulties: three exploratory case studies
- Author:
- PORTER Jill
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33(3), September 2005, pp.97-101.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper reports on exploratory work investigating how children with severe and profound learning difficulties register an awareness of small quantities and how they might use this information to inform their understanding. It draws on studies of typically developing children and investigates their application to pupils whose response to conventional mathematical tasks are often limited because they lack relevance and interest. The responses of the three pupils to individualized learning contexts mirror the progression suggested in the literature, namely from awareness of number to simple actions using number cues to problem-solving behaviour.
Achieving meaningful discussion for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 10(1), February 2005, pp.52-56.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes changes in the last 40 years spearheaded by people such as Jack Tizard. Summarises and discusses 'Valuing people'. Discusses attitudes and beliefs, communication, time and flexibility, and innovation. Concludes that we need to acknowledge people with learning disability as a heterogeneous group. Participation for those needing most support will break down the barriers and prejudices impeding those needing less. We should fight for a society recognising and celebrating difference, according all the right to meaningful inclusion and participation in decision-making.
Relax, watch and listen: the art of communicating
- Author:
- LEVY Gill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 18(3), 2005, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Describes Andrea, a person with severe learning difficulties who appeared to lead a very passive life, giving few clues about her ability to register what was going on around her. Describes weeks of patient observation by the author and her mother to understand her subtle messages, and how, with the help of a social worker for the blind and a speech therapist, she began to show she could understand and communicate in her own way.
Why did direct payments fail this family?
- Author:
- BURSLEM Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 18(3), 2005, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Direct payments were first promoted specifically to help families like Rosemary Burslem and her son David, who is autistic and has a severe learning disability. The first part of this feature tells the story of Rosemary Burslem's struggle to make such a scheme work for her son. Unfortunately the legislation was so framed that it made things worse, by offering the ideal of independence and then, by the ambiguity of its wording, causing the family and the local authority to waste time and money trying to find a way through a legal jungle. The second is the mother's own account of light at the end of the tunnel.
Self-concepts of parents with a child of school age with a severe intellectual disability
- Authors:
- TAM Sing-Fai, CHENG Andrew W. Y.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 9(3), September 2005, pp.253-268.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
The self-concepts of Hong Kong Chinese parents with a child of school age with severe intellectual disability were explored. A 20-item Adult Sources of Self-Esteem Inventory (ASSEI) and open-ended questions on self-evaluation and interviewing were adopted as the major procedures to identify the source and basis of their self-conceptions. One hundred and nine parents - 35 males and 74 females, aged 31 to 45 - participated in this study. The results indicated that the participants showed similar life priorities as the control group (parents of non-handicapped children). However, the participants showed significantly lower concept of self than the control group in most areas of life. An exploratory factor-analytic result showed that the parents’ concept of self had a one-dimensional structure, which might indicate the parents’ lack variety in their life. An analysis of the contents of the open-ended responses showed that family and work were the most important domains of the concept of self. However, most of the respondents stated that poor family relationships, the health problems of their child, and work and financial problems made them ‘feel bad’.
Prescribing patterns in a Hong Kong institution for adults with severe to profound learning disabilities
- Author:
- LIM Woon Chu Winston
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 10(4), October 2005, pp.3-9.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
There has been increasing concern about inappropriate or excessive medication of people with learning disabilities. This paper reports on a survey of prescribing patterns in an institution that cares for adults with severe to profound learning disabilities in Hong Kong. The survey found that 27% of the 294 hospital patients were receiving psychotropic drugs, but this rate was significantly higher (90%) in the ward for people with challenging behaviours. Most patients (67%) received a single psychotropic drug, 26% received two and 7%, three. Around half the patients (151) had epilepsy, of whom 90% received anticonvulsants. Of these, 52% received a single anticonvulsant, 37% received two and 11% received three or more. Dosages were generally within the recommended ranges. This survey revealed several good aspects of prescribing practice at Siu Lam Hospital, but also areas that need improvement. The latter include a drug-reduction programme for the people with challenging behaviours, trials of drug-free periods for seizure-free patients receiving anticonvulsants and replacement of phenytoin and phenobarbitone with safer alternatives.
In the shadow of abuse
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.03.20, 2005, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the case of a women with learning difficulties who appeared to disclose that she has been abused by a friend of her parents who has since died. The panel provide their advice on how to handle the case.
The best of a bad situation
- Author:
- MARSHALL Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.03.05, 2005, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Report on the case of a man with severe learning difficulties who is cared for by his 13-year-old nephew while other family members are to ill or abuse alcohol too frequently. Looks at the case where the practice team leader still feels that home is where the client should remain.