I. Swift, Dana M. Paquette, K. Davison, Haider Saeed
{"title":"Pica and Trace Metal Deficiencies in Adults with Developmental Disabilities","authors":"I. Swift, Dana M. Paquette, K. Davison, Haider Saeed","doi":"10.1179/096979599799155948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979599799155948","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":411791,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Disabilities","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115556414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Missing in execution, therapies and activities for individuals with profound multiple disabilities","authors":"C. Vlaskamp, H. Nakken","doi":"10.1179/096979599799155902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979599799155902","url":null,"abstract":"Individuals with profound multiple (mental or motor) disabilities are an extremely heterogeneous group in terms of functional abilities and behavioural repertoires. Due to the severity of mental and physical dysfunctions, and in many cases sensory dysfunctions as well, the majority of persons with profound multiple disabilities go to special day centres or live in an institution where a day programme is part of their daily routine. By and large, in most cases and for most of the time, they are cared for by professional care-staff and qualified therapists, including physical therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists and play therapists. The extent of their disabilities seriously limits these individuals’ ability to carry out activities without support. Trained staff must set aside time for this purpose. Activities and therapies are usually incorporated","PeriodicalId":411791,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Disabilities","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132702295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONVERGENT VALIDITY OF THE MATSON EVALUATION OF SOCIAL SKILLS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SEVERE RETARDATION (MESSIER) WITH SOCIOMETRIC RANKING","authors":"L. A. LeBlanc, J. Matson, K. Cherry, J. Bamburg","doi":"10.1179/096979599799155867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979599799155867","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":411791,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Disabilities","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131035529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the Use of Question Methods: Pictures Do Not Always Help People with Learning Disabilities","authors":"D. Cardone","doi":"10.1179/096979599799155894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979599799155894","url":null,"abstract":"Since the early 1980’s there has been a growing body of literature looking at how best to obtain meaningful information from people with learning disabilities. Several types of response bias have been identified which contaminate reliability. These include acquiescence (a person answering ‘yes’, regardless of the question) (Sigelman et al., 1981), consistently choosing the last alternative in a multiple guess (Sigelman et al., 1983) and giving false information in response to a leading closed question (Cardone and Dent, 1996). Although the results of different studies are sometimes contradictory (Cardone, 1995) two premises are generally accepted. First, it is both necessary and desirable to seek the opinions of people with learning disabilities about issues that affect them. Second, responses should be checked for their reliability. To do this, for example, the same question could be asked using several formats and consistency compared, or interviews could be supplemented by observational data or information from third","PeriodicalId":411791,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Disabilities","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124965751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning Disability and the Mental Health Act","authors":"R. Alexander, I. Singh","doi":"10.1179/096979599799155911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979599799155911","url":null,"abstract":"People with learning disabilities display higher rates of psychiatric and behavioural disorders than the general population (Corbett, 1979). Quite often the Mental Health Act (1983) for England and Wales is used to detain and treat learning disabled patients who are unmanageable in the larger community (See Box 1). The application of the Act for people with learning disability and mental health problems has been studied and James (1993) highlighted some of its limitations. Studying clinical practice in the South East Thames region, Kon and Bouras (1996) found that ‘sectioned’ patients were mainly young males with violent behaviour. It was suggested that, more often than not, the majority of people with ‘challenging behaviour’ do not have a serious mental illness and that the majority were ‘sectioned’ under the legal category of mental impairment. The issue of whether serious illnesses are present in learning disabled people presenting with aggressive behaviour has considerable implications for their treatment and rehabilitation.","PeriodicalId":411791,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Disabilities","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133844815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Depression in adolescents with mental retardation: a clinical study","authors":"G. Masi, P. Pfanner, M. Marcheschi","doi":"10.1179/096979598799156065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979598799156065","url":null,"abstract":"Mental retardation (MR) has often been considered an intellectual impairment principally requiring educational or social interventions; hence, the psychiatric dimension of the problem has been neglected (Potter, 1971). This is particularly true for children and adolescents with MR (Masi et al., 1996). The impact of MR on personality development is confirmed by psychopathological vulnerability of people with MR (Masi, 1997). According to the DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994), all the types of mental disorders can be observed in these subjects, with a prevalence estimated to be at least 3 or 4 times higher than in the general population. Rutter et al. (1970) in their epidemiological study in the isle of Wight examined psychiatric and behavioural problems in all 9 and 10 year old with IQ under 70, screened by group IQ test, then assessed with individual WISC (Weschler, 1974) (59 subjects). They used standardised parent","PeriodicalId":411791,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Disabilities","volume":"69 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131879378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mental Impairment and Admission to a Special Hospital","authors":"P. Woods, T. Mason","doi":"10.1179/096979598799156056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979598799156056","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":411791,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Disabilities","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129925170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SOCIAL NETWORKS EXPERIENCED BY PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISABILITY TREATED IN SHORT-TERM PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT CARE","authors":"S. Raitasuo, T. Taiminen, R. Salokangas","doi":"10.1179/096979598799156100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979598799156100","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":411791,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Disabilities","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116448652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AN INVESTIGATION OF COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWNS AND REPAIRS IN VERBAL AUTISTIC CHILDREN","authors":"E. Geller","doi":"10.1179/096979598799156092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979598799156092","url":null,"abstract":"Application of pragmatic models to the study of childhood autism have enhanced clinicians’ understanding of the language and communication skills of autistic individuals. Pragmatic paradigms have naturally led to an interest in understanding the synergistic relationship within domains of language and across domains (such as the relationship between language and social-cognitive development). Although certain aspects of pragmatic development have been frequently studied in autistic children (Prizant and Duchan, 1981; Prizant and Wetherby, 1985; Wetherby and Prutting, 1984), other areas of pragmatic development have received minimal attention. One dimension of language that directly involves the interaction between linguistic and social-cognitive knowledge is communication breakdowns and repairs. In discourse, speakers and listeners have a shared responsibility to negotiate meaning between each other so that meaningful social exchanges can occur. When discourse proceeds meaningfully and effectively, the AN INVESTIGATION OF COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWNS AND REPAIRS IN VERBAL AUTISTIC CHILDREN","PeriodicalId":411791,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Disabilities","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128775957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What is “Special” about National Health Service Residences for People with Learning Disabilities? An Audit of Residential Needs","authors":"Sophie Nesbitt, G. Collins","doi":"10.1179/096979598799156083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/096979598799156083","url":null,"abstract":"For many years the National Health Service (NHS) was the main provider of residences for people with learning disabilities. In recent years there has been a tremendous growth in the provision of residences by other organisations such as Social services, Housing Associations and voluntary bodies. In a number of papers in the last decade, the government has set out the developing roles for both the NHS and Social Services Departments (e.g. Caring for People, 1989; The NHS and Community Care Act, 1990). These describe a major role for Social Services departments as lead agencies in the field. The NHS is to be the provider of more specialist services. As other agencies develop expertise and the proportion of residential care provided by the NHS shrinks, it is questionable just what is its “specialist” role in provision of residential care. Health Authorities have produced eligibility criteria, which attempt to define who should have continuing care in the NHS. The eligibility criteria used in this study were taken from North Nottingham Health and Social service; Joint Strategy for Adults with Learning Disabilities, and states:-","PeriodicalId":411791,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Developmental Disabilities","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115408306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}