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Direct linkAnna McGuiness; Lara Travethan; Kylie Irvin; Yvette Black; Jessica Apps; Kathleen Corinth; Jessica Kennedy; Verenna Zenay Brown; Carla Morgan; Greg Quartly-Scott; Pieter Van Rensburg; Kim Rusten; Chloe Gott; Julia Lappin; Nicole Sugden; Julaine Allan; Frances Dark; Heidi Gray; Grace Thomas; Ashley Hollow; Matt Thomas – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Impairment in aspects of communication is a core diagnostic feature of schizophrenia and other psychotic spectrum disorders. These communication difficulties inhibit participation in a range of daily activities and affect relationships and quality of life. There has been little research focussed on communication outcomes in relation to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Schizophrenia, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills
Anjum Afshan; Asia Mushtaq; Tasnim Rehna; Fazaila Sabih; Arooj Najmussaqib – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
Intellectual disability is a serious lifelong disability that places heavy demands on society and the health system. The study was designed to determine the extent to which the intellectually challenged children are capable of improving their cognitive abilities as well as adaptive functioning through the Montessori Sensorial Training program when…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mild Intellectual Disability, Montessori Method, Sensory Training
Saulnier, Celine A.; Klaiman, Cheryl – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
Adaptive behavior skills are often delayed in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and these behaviors are significantly associated with poor outcomes in adulthood, especially for autistic individuals that have no cognitive and/or language delays. Therefore, despite having the capacity to be self-sufficient, the vast majority of autistic adults fail to…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Daily Living Skills, Interpersonal Competence
Chen, Yun-Ju; Duku, Eric; Zaidman-Zait, Anat; Szatmari, Peter; Smith, Isabel M.; Ungar, Wendy J.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Kerns, Connor; Bennett, Teresa; Elsabbagh, Mayada; Thompson, Ann; Georgiades, Stelios – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Participation in daily activities is often linked to functional independence and well-being, yet individual variability in participation and factors associated with that variation have rarely been examined among autistic youth. We applied latent profile analysis to identify subgroups of youth based on parent-reported activity participation…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Youth, Students with Disabilities, Student Participation
Cheng, Wai Man; Smith, Timothy B.; Butler, Marshall; Taylor, Tina M.; Clayton, Devan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been shown to benefit from parent-implemented interventions (PIIs). This meta-analysis improved on prior reviews of PIIs by evaluating RCTs and multiple potential moderators, including indicators of research quality. Fifty-one effect sizes averaged moderately strong overall benefits of PIIs (g =…
Descriptors: Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Program Effectiveness, Parents as Teachers
Marie G. Labranche – ProQuest LLC, 2023
There are a variety of skills needed by young adults to succeed in college, career, and independent living. This study examined three specific life skills of interpersonal communication, decision-making and critical thinking as a predictor of college and career success for incoming college students. The problem addressed in the study was the lack…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Independent Living
Lee Chin Wong; Chia-Jui Hsu; Yen-Tzu Wu; Hsu-Feng Chu; Jui-Hsiang Lin; Hsin-Pei Wang; Su-Ching Hu; Ying-Chieh Tsai; Wen-Che Tsai; Wang-Tso Lee – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
This pilot study investigates the feasibility and assesses the impact of "Lactobacillus plantarum" PS128 probiotics on the neurological function in Rett syndrome. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled trial on Rett syndrome with MECP2 mutation aged between 1 and 50 years in Taiwan. In this pilot study,…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Children, Adults, Intervention
Rebecca Montacute; Erica Holt-White; Georgia Carter – Sutton Trust, 2024
While academic and subject-specific skills and knowledge are vital for young people, it is increasingly clear that broader 'life skills' -- things like communication, resilience, motivation and confidence -- are also needed for success, both in education and in the workplace. Of those 'life skills', the development of communication skills…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Communication Skills, Oral Language, Curriculum Evaluation
Drew, Christine M.; Machalicek, Wendy; Crowe, Becky; Glugatch, Lindsay; Wei, Qi; Erturk, Buket – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2023
Children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more likely to engage in challenging and interfering behavior than their typically developing peers, which has been linked to many negative outcomes. The most effective interventions to address challenging and interfering behavior incorporate function-based…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Kwolek, Heather A.; Bray, Adeline; Bunyea, Alyssa M.; DeMaio, Erin; Bray, Melissa; Ottone-Cross, Karen – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
Students with autism have varied support needs, which may impact their safety in an emergency. Schools may want to create individualized emergency support plans for their students with autism, especially given that schools that receive public funding are required to ensure that all people, including those with disabilities, receive the benefit of…
Descriptors: Autism, Students with Disabilities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Student Needs
Jennifer Marie Sprague – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) rely on direct support professionals (DSPs) to communicate with them and plan meaningful activities of daily living (ADL) for them. This qualitative descriptive study explored how DSPs providing ongoing care who work directly with individuals with PIMD describe the use of…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Severe Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities
Yi, Juhee; Kim, Whasoo; Lee, Jiwoo – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This systematic review aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Social Communication, Emotional Regulation, and Transactional Support (SCERTS) Model--based interventions in supporting developmental skills of children who were diagnosed with or at increased likelihood of autism. Method: We searched six electronic databases, in addition to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Child Development, Skill Development
Download full textAvci, Dilek Erduran; Korur, Fikret – Journal of Science Learning, 2022
Adolescents have been the leading group for life skills (LS) education in the last decade. The primary purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable instrument for assessing the general LS of students in adolescence. In addition, the relation of adolescents' LS to gender, grade level, science/physics course scores, GPA, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Daily Living Skills, Measures (Individuals), Critical Thinking
Chan, Dara V.; Klinger, Mark R.; Adkisson, Kelsie A.; Klinger, Laura G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
A geographic information system (GIS) approach systematically assessed whether population density and distribution of community resources contributed to caregiver reported community participation outcomes for 124 adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Regression analyses examined whether GIS measures predicted community participation in areas…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Environmental Influences, Community Services, Population Distribution
Efrat Sher-Censor; Smadar Dolev; Michal Shalem Gan-Or; Esther Zach – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This study examined the links between Israeli teachers' perceptions of children with developmental delay (DD) in special education kindergartens and changes in children's development. Participants were 47 teachers and children diagnosed with DD. At Time 1, teachers' perceptions were assessed via the valence of their narrative about the child and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Developmental Delays
