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Family Involvement in Person-Centered Approaches for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors: A Scoping Review
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Tournier, Tess; Wolkorte, Ria; Hendriks, Alexander H. C.; Jahoda, Andrew; Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Introduction: Families have a significant role in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviors. However, it is not clear how actively families are involved when people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviors are living in out-of-home care. This scoping review explored the frequency and type of…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Intellectual Disability, Comorbidity, Behavior Problems
eHealth in Support for Daily Functioning of People with Intellectual Disability: Views of Service Users, Relatives, and Professionals on Both Its Advantages and Disadvantages and Its Facilitating and Impeding Factors
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Frielink, Noud; Oudshoorn, Cathelijn E. M.; Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: The use of eHealth in support for daily functioning of service users with intellectual disability (ID) is a rather unexplored domain. Therefore, the current study identified the a) level of familiarity, b) advantages/disadvantages, and c) facilitating/impeding factors for the use of eHealth in support for daily functioning of people…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Barriers, Foreign Countries, Residential Care
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
Residential Treatment of Adolescents with Severe Behavioural Problems
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Scholte, E. M.; van der Ploeg, J. D. – Journal of Adolescence, 2006
The development of adolescents with severe behavioural problems receiving residential treatment in Holland was empirically studied during 1 year. Treatment methods included a standard program comprising behavioural modification and three specific treatment programs: psychodynamic treatment, structured community living and adventurous learning. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries, Behavior Modification
Enhancing the Professional Competence of Residential Child Care Workers: Effects of a Training Programme.
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Edens, F. M. – Educational Research and Evaluation (An International Journal on Theory and Practice), 1998
Describes the evaluation of a training program in the Netherlands to enhance the professional competence of residential child-care workers in dealing with difficult situations involving adolescents. Pretest and posttest data from 35 adult subjects and 20 controls indicate a significant increase in knowledge and behavior after the program. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Child Caregivers, Competence
Exploring Factors Governing Successful Residential Treatment of Youngsters with Serious Behavioural Difficulties: Findings from a Longitudinal Study in Holland.
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Scholte, Evert M.; van der Ploeg, Jan D. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2000
Examined for 2 years behavior development in 200 Dutch juveniles with serious behavioral difficulties admitted for residential treatment. Found juveniles finishing treatment as planned developed comparably to Dutch adolescents in general population; those leaving prematurely had further developmental difficulties. Noted treatment features…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, At Risk Persons
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