{"title":"The Arbitrariness of Age Ceilings in Developmental Services","authors":"S. Greenspan","doi":"10.19080/gjidd.2018.05.555668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/gjidd.2018.05.555668","url":null,"abstract":"When determining eligibility for disability-related services, supports and protections, bureaucracies (schools, courts, adult service agencies, etc.) have a strong preference for clear-cut decision and eligibility rules [1]. An example of this would be IQ cut-offs (e.g., 70) for determining whether someone qualifies as having an Intellectual Disability (ID). The reason for this preference is obvious: bureaucrats and other decision-makers typically lack the time or training to deal with the complexity of individual situations.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42346445","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":"Monoamines and Kynurenine Involvement in Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or Hyperkinetic Syndrome","authors":"M. Uzbekov","doi":"10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555667","url":null,"abstract":"The aetiology of ADHD/HKS is not known and pathogenesis is not clear. It has been shown that changes in the central monoaminergic systems play important role in ADHD/HKS [3,4]. Campbell M and Spenser E.K [5] wrote that “It remains to be shown where discrete biochemically based subgroups show a different response to drugs: to psychostimulants, imipramine or neuroleptics” (p. 273). In spite that it was written 30 years ago the problem still remains urgent.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43111179","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":"The Evolution of Personalised Learning – from Different, to Differentiated and Now to Universally Designed","authors":"Bree A. Jimenez","doi":"10.19080/gjidd.2018.05.555666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/gjidd.2018.05.555666","url":null,"abstract":"The rights of students with disability to access and progress through the same curriculum as their peers is supported by legislation across the globe, such as the Disability Standards for Education 2005 in Australia; the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004 in the United States; the Equality Act 2010 in the United Kingdom. There is a global commitment to promoting equity and excellence in education to ensure that all students will become successful learners, confident and creative individuals and active and informed citizens.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43540924","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":"Employment Incentives to Support “Employment First”","authors":"S. Spreat","doi":"10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555665","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44783015","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":"Is There a Link Between PTSD and Autistic Disorders – A Description Based on Steroid Hormones","authors":"M. Gasser","doi":"10.19080/gjidd.2018.05.555663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/gjidd.2018.05.555663","url":null,"abstract":"Autism is described as pervasive development disorder. In the DSM-5, Autistic Disorder, Asperger’s Disorder and PDD-NOS are replaced by the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder [1]. Autism spectrum disorders are generally characterized as difficulties in communication and social interaction as well as special behavior such as retaining routines and insisting on sameness or special interests [1]. Interestingly, newer findings from Switzerland imply, that there is a link between socioeconomic factors and autism spectrum disorders [2]. Already in the first work by Hans Asperger [3] it was described that some children were from one child families and it was implied that the manner and kind of parents were predisposing factors for this disorder. However, also newest analyzes from Switzerland imply that very often children with a diagnosis of Autism have an immigrational or a foreign background yielding to a possible similarity with post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) [2]. It was shown for the area of Zürich (the biggest city in Switzerland) in a cohort of 147 children with a typical relationship of boys to girls that concerning communicational skills, interestingly in 53% more than one language was spoken at home affecting behavior in general and especially communicational skills (mean 1.6 languages) [2-4]. In this cohort the share of families with immigrational background was clearly increased and only in 13% of the families German (the local language) was mothers’ language of the children, whereby these findings are in line with others [2,5,6]. However, situation differs from region to region in Switzerland and from a therapeutic point of view it was several times mentioned that schoolish setting is secondary, however more important are adequately educated caregivers [2,7-9]. Evidence acquisition","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42799958","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":"Psychosocial Interventions and Long-term Outcomes of Children and Adolescents with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: Gaps in Research","authors":"James B McCarthy","doi":"10.19080/gjidd.2018.05.555661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/gjidd.2018.05.555661","url":null,"abstract":"Early identification and prevention programs for children and adolescents who are at risk for early onset Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder (SSD) seek to provide supportive, therapeutic environments for youth and families. Their primary goals are to prevent a transition to psychosis and to treat frequently occurring comorbid disorders and associated impairments while facilitating positive adaptive functioning. Recovery model based services for adults with SSD stress the individuals’ acceptance of their strengths and vulnerabilities, their compliance with treatment and their capacity for sustained hope for the future [1]. Early identification and prevention programs for children and adolescents at risk for SSD have similar goals even though psychotic like experiences are fairly common in youth and prodromal symptoms are not always associated with later poor psychosocial functioning [2]. In addition to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and the appropriate use of medication for attenuated psychotic symptoms and comorbid disorders, early intervention programs provide a range of psychosocial services, including cognitive remediation, supportive family counseling, psychoeducation and social skills training in keeping with the awareness of SSD as an at times disabling developmental and psychiatric disorder.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":"147 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68372197","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":"The Association of Smoking Addiction and Depression in Smokers","authors":"Siripan Phattanarudee","doi":"10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555660","url":null,"abstract":"The tobacco addiction is an interrelation of nicotine addiction, psychological, and sociobehavioral addictions. Smoking or Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of premature morbidity and mortality, however smokers find it difficult to quit successfully. Depression, a mood disorder, was found in both smokers and non-smokers, but the prevalence of depression was reported to be higher in smokers than non-smokers. of nicotine addiction, psychological or sociobehavioral addiction might be related to depression. The objective of the study was to examine the association of smoking addiction with the depression, as evaluated from the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). The results of the study supported that the nicotine addiction, psychological/sociobehavioral addiction were associated with depression. From this study, we suggested that depression should be evaluated for helping the smokers to quit tobacco.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44465072","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":"Using 3-D Printed Objects to Increase Comprehension for Students with Severe Disability","authors":"Bree A. Jimenez","doi":"10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555658","url":null,"abstract":"Providing access to grade-level curriculum for students with severe disabilities can be challenging for teachers working on tight schedules and often with limited resources. Evidence-based practices for literacy instruction for students with severe disability include shared stories, adapted text, and the use of pictures or objects; however, not all grade appropriate texts have readily accessible objects aligned to the text. Innovative 3D printer technology can support access to a wider range of text for students with severe disability. The purpose of this case study was to investigate the use of an increasingly available technology, 3D printers, to support student understanding of fantasy literary content. 3D printed objects were found to be an effective support to increase student engagement and listening comprehension. The 3D printer technology allowed for greater access to grade-level literature, specifically improving accessibility to hard-to-come by objects and maximizing resources (time and money).","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45102968","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":"Effects of Computer-Facilitated Emotion Recognition Training for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Intellectual Disabilities","authors":"D. García-Villamisar","doi":"10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/GJIDD.2018.05.555656","url":null,"abstract":"This study assessed effects of an emotion recognition training administered via a computer-facilitated, multimedia instructional program for adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and intellectual disabilities (ID). The intervention consisting of 410 activities was tested with a group of participants with ASD (n = 43) with a mean age 33.71 +/- 5.98 years who were divided into an experimental group (n = 22) and a control group (wait list) (n = 21). This pilot intervention study indicates that the experimental group demonstrated significant improvements in both basic and advanced emotion recognition and the control group demonstrated no such improvements. In addition, the experimental group showed indirect benefits by demonstrating a significant reduction in stress. Emotion Recognition, The Eyes Task, and Advanced Dynamic Complex Visual Emotion Recognition.","PeriodicalId":93559,"journal":{"name":"Global journal of intellectual & developmental disabilities","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48587812","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}