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de Groot, Rogier; Kaal, Hendrien L.; Stol, Wouter Ph. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2022
Background: This study reports the findings from a Dutch study, exploring care workers' knowledge and perceptions of the online lives of adolescents with mild or borderline intellectual disabilities. Method: Using an inductive research design 33 semi-structured interviews were conducted with care workers. Results: Three themes were derived from…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries, Caregiver Attitudes, Computer Mediated Communication
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Gerda de Kuijper; Josien Jonker; Rory Sheehan; Angela Hassiotis – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: In people with intellectual disabilities and mental disorders and/or challenging behaviours, rates of psychotropic drug prescription are high. In clinical treatments and evaluations, all stakeholders should be involved in a process of shared decision-making (SDM). We aimed to investigate the perspectives of clients and their carers on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Drug Use, Physician Patient Relationship
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Maaike Hermsen; Rianne Simons; Hennie van Veen; Angela Prudon; Lina Rooijackers; Roy Otten; Renske Koordeman – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Staff-client relationships impact the quality of support and life of people with severe to profound intellectual disabilities and challenging behavior, but are challenging to build due to clients' intense, complex and varying support needs. The present study explores the perspectives of professionals and relatives on what affects these…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Severe Intellectual Disability, Behavior Problems, Individual Characteristics
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Embregts, Petri J. C. M.; Tournier, Tess; Frielink, Noud – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: The present study aimed to explore the experiences and needs of direct support staff during the initial stage of the COVID-19 lockdown in the Netherlands. Method: Overall, eleven direct support staff were recruited from five intellectual disability services to participate in this descriptive qualitative study. They recorded 34 audio…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Intellectual Disability
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Fukkink, R. G. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Affective teacher-child relationships have frequently been investigated in school settings, but less attention has been devoted to these relationships in after-school care. This study explored caregiver- (N = 90) and child-informed reports (N = 90) of the affective caregiver-child relationship (N = 180 dyads) in Dutch after-school care, exploring…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Caregiver Child Relationship, After School Programs, Child Care
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Nieuwenhuijse, A. M.; Willems, D. L.; van Goudoever, J. B.; Olsman, E. – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD) are supported by professional caregivers for a large part of their lives. However, the perspectives of professional caregivers on good or poor Quality of Live (QoL) of persons with PIMD have hardly been explored. To explore the perspective of professional caregivers on QoL of…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregivers
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Fangyuan Liu; Sander Begeer; Rosa A. Hoekstra; Chongying Wang; Anke M. Scheeren – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Despite an estimated population of 10 million autistic individuals, there is still a significant lack of research on autistic adults in China. This study aimed to investigate the extent and factors influencing community integration (employment, independent living and friendship) and life satisfaction among young autistic adults in China, and…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Cross Cultural Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults
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van den Driessen Mareeuw, Francine A.; Coppus, Antonia M. W.; Delnoij, Diana M. J.; de Vries, Esther – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: People with Down syndrome (PDS) have complex healthcare needs. Little is known about the quality of health care for PDS, let alone how it is appraised by PDS and their caregivers. This study explores the perspectives of PDS, their parents and support staff regarding quality in health care for PDS. Method: The present authors conducted…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Health Services, Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
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Doove, B. M.; Schiffelers, B. A. A. H.; Lukkien, C.; van Os, J.; Feron, F. J. M.; Drukker, M. – Child Care in Practice, 2022
In this article, the association between parental and professional caregivers' perceptions of early life stress (ELS) and the level of preschool social participation was examined, as was the possible moderating effect of parental health. In a community-based study, both parents and professional caregivers of 346 children aged 3 years provided…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Parent Attitudes, Caregiver Attitudes, Stress Variables
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Grootscholten, Inge A. C.; van Wijngaarden, Bob; Kan, Cornelis C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Primary caregivers experience consequences from being in close contact to a person with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study used the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire to explore the level of consequences of 104 caregivers involved with adults with High Functioning ASD (HF-ASD) and compared these with the consequences reported by…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Patients, Schizophrenia
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van Rooijen, Martin; Lensvelt-Mulders, Gerty; Wyver, Shirley; Duyndam, Joachim – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2020
Childcare settings offer an ideal opportunity for children to become acquainted with risk-taking in play, which promotes healthy growth and development. Van Rooijen and Newstead's (2016) model, based on a review of international literature, has identified the main challenges for childcare professionals when promoting risky play, namely;…
Descriptors: Risk, Play, Child Care, Child Development
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Groot, B. C.; Vink, M.; Haveman, A.; Huberts, M.; Schout, G.; Abma, T. A. – Educational Action Research, 2019
In the field of participatory health research (PHR) and related action research paradigms, limitations of standard ethical codes and institutional review processes have been identified. PHR is highly situational and relational, part of a hierarchical health care context and therefore ethics of care has been suggested as a helpful theoretical…
Descriptors: Ethics, Participatory Research, Cooperation, Researchers