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Dr. Tulp, I presume: Intellectual disability and ethnicity in Rotherham
We describe our involvement with a local agency who support families from black and minority ethnic populations and who have children with a variety of intellectual disabilities. We then go on to detail the focus group we attended and how we incorporated the data generated into a more comprehensive story for our ‘virtual’ young man, Ahmed. (Source: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities)
Source: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities - January 29, 2013 Category: Disability Authors: McClimens, A., Lewis, R., Brewster, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Does engagement in meaningful occupation reduce challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities? A systematic review of the literature
Over several years, there has been much debate about the best way to manage challenging behaviour. Although national guidance highlights the importance of meaningful occupation, it is unclear to what extent this helps. This systematic review of the literature aimed to answer the question, ‘does engagement in meaningful occupation reduce challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disability?’ By searching a range of databases, electronic resources and web pages, 13 relevant articles were identified. Additionally, experts in the field were contacted, hand searches were performed and citation searches were ...
Source: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities - January 29, 2013 Category: Disability Authors: Ball, J., Fazil, Q. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Listening to the views of children with learning disabilities: An evaluation of a learning disability CAMHS service
This article provides suggestions for how other LD-CAMHS teams could use these standards for their own purposes. (Source: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities)
Source: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities - January 29, 2013 Category: Disability Authors: Boyden, P., Muniz, M., Laxton-Kane, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A school-based intervention associated with improvements in cardiometabolic risk profiles in young people with intellectual disabilities
This study evaluates a multifactorial school-based intervention with the aim of decreasing cardiometabolic risk factors by means of a healthy lifestyle, primarily with daily physical activity and healthy food during school hours, at an upper secondary school for students with intellectual disabilities. The outcome is measured in terms of cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiovascular fitness, both known to increase the risk of future cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer. Two years of intervention resulted in a positive trend in several measured cardiometabolic risk factors, with no increase in fat mass. Card...
Source: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities - January 29, 2013 Category: Disability Authors: Wallen, E. F., Mullersdorf, M., Christensson, K., Marcus, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Parental perceptions of family adjustment in childhood developmental disabilities
Based on the adjustment phase of the double ABC-X model of family stress (McCubbin and Patterson, 1983) this study examined the impact of parenting stress, positive appraisal of the impact of child disability on the family, and parental self-esteem on parental perceptions of family adjustment in families of children with disabilities. For mothers, self-esteem and positive appraisal predicted maternal-perceived family adjustment and mediated the relationship between parenting stress and family adjustment. For fathers, while self-esteem and positive appraisal were not significant in directly predicting perceived family adjus...
Source: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities - January 29, 2013 Category: Disability Authors: Thompson, S., Hiebert-Murphy, D., Trute, B. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

The formal support experiences of family carers of people with an intellectual disability who also display challenging behaviour and/or mental health issues: What do carers say?
Conclusions are drawn and recommendations made for the development of future research and practice. (Source: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities)
Source: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities - January 29, 2013 Category: Disability Authors: James, N. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Change and continuity, commonality and diversity
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Source: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities - January 29, 2013 Category: Disability Authors: Northway, R. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research