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Participatory Peer Research in the Treatment of Young Adults with Mild Intellectual Disabilities and Severe Behavioral Problems
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Tavecchio, Louis; Van der Helm, Peer; Moonen, Xavier; Assink, Mark; Stams, Geert Jan; Wissink, Inge; Asscher, Jessica – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019
This study provides an illustration of a research design complementary to randomized controlled trial to evaluate program effects, namely, participatory peer research (PPR). The PPR described in current study was carried out in a small sample (N = 10) of young adults with mild intellectual disabilities (MID) and severe behavioral problems. During…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Young Adults, Mild Intellectual Disability, Behavior Disorders
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
Psychopathic Traits of Dutch Adolescents in Residential Care: Identifying Subgroups
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Nijhof, Karin S.; Vermulst, Ad; Scholte, Ron H. J.; van Dam, Coleta; Veerman, Jan Willem; Engels, Rutger C. M. E. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
The present study examined whether a sample of 214 (52.8% male, M age = 15.76, SD = 1.29) institutionalized adolescents could be classified into subgroups based on psychopathic traits. Confirmatory Factor Analyses revealed a relationship between the subscales of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory (YPI) and the three latent constructs of the…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Delinquency, Psychopathology, Adolescents
The Effect of an Intervention Aimed at Reducing Errors when Administering Medication through Enteral Feeding Tubes in an Institution for Individuals with Intellectual Disability
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Idzinga, J. C.; de Jong, A. L.; van den Bemt, P. M. L. A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: Previous studies, both in hospitals and in institutions for clients with an intellectual disability (ID), have shown that medication errors at the administration stage are frequent, especially when medication has to be administered through an enteral feeding tube. In hospitals a specially designed intervention programme has proven to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mental Retardation, Hospitals, Nurses
Kursushuis: The Achievement Place Model in the Netherlands. Draft.
Slot, N. Wim; Jagers, Hans D. – 1990
Since 1981, five Kursushuis ("course house") programs for delinquent youth have been established in the Netherlands. Although similar in many ways to Achievement Place (AP) programs, Kursushuis programs differ from AP programs in that they place fewer children in a course house and use a social competence model that allows task-specific…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Delinquent Rehabilitation