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Homeward Bound: Exploring the Motives of Mothers Who Brought Their Offspring with Intellectual Disabilities Home from Residential Settings during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Vereijken, Frances R.; Giesbers, Sanne A. H.; Jahoda, Andrew; Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, some parents in the Netherlands decided to bring their offspring with intellectual disabilities, who normally live in residential care, home. The present study explored why the mothers decided to bring their offspring home. Method: Interviews were carried out with seven mothers of adults with…
Descriptors: Mothers, Motivation, Adults, Intellectual Disability
Client Factors as Predictors of Restraint and Seclusion in People with Intellectual Disability
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Scheirs, Jan G. M.; Blok, Jan B.; Tolhoek, Myrte A.; El Aouat, Fadoua; Glimmerveen, Johanna C. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: To gain more insight into the antecedent factors of restraint in institutionalised people with intellectual disability (ID), the role played by several demographic and psychological client variables was investigated. Methods: The data of 475 people (age range 12-95 years) who were residents in a Dutch institution for people with ID…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Institutionalized Persons, Residential Care, Adolescents
Markers for Aggression in Inpatient Treatment Facilities for Adults with Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disability
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Tenneij, Nienke H.; Didden, Robert; Stolker, Joost Jan; Koot, Hans M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
In high care settings for persons with intellectual disability (ID) aggressive incidents often occur. Still little is known about factors that are associated with an increased risk for aggressive behavior in clients who are admitted to an inpatient treatment facility. In four inpatient facilities, 108 adults with mild and borderline ID and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Aggression, Self Control, Mental Retardation