This study investigated parent and teacher ratings of behavior problems in children with and without intellectual disabilities at three time points over the course of 9 years. The group of children with intellectual disabilities (IDs) had higher behavior problem ratings than the group of children with no IDs (NIDs) across the three time points. Parents and teachers generally agreed on behavior,...

知的障害教育に携わる特別支援学校教諭の職能成長の諸側面と学びの実態を明らかにすることを目的として質問紙調査を実施した。その結果、職能成長に関連する特に重要な要素として、「子ども理解と関係形成」「保護者との連携」「同僚との関係」が抽出された。知的障害教育の専門性とされる各教科等を合わせた指導などの重要度は相対的に低く、教師としての普遍的な資質能力が重視される傾向であった。また多くの教師が同僚から学んだり支えられたりした肯定的な経験があることが示された。知的障害教育経験が長いほうがやりがい・自信を感じる傾向が認められ、保護者との連携や多様な資源を困難の解決に役立て職能成長の糧にできることが示唆された。教職経験年数が長くても特別支援学校（知的障害）勤務経験年数が短い教師は「子ども理解と関係形成」をはじめとした初任期と同様の困難を抱えやすいことが示され、同僚を介した学びや支援の必要性が示唆さ...

The Effectiveness of Positive Psychology on Caregiver Burden and Self-Criticism in Mothers Children with Mild Intellectual Disabilities

Speech is the primary means of human communication. Speech production starts in early ages and matures as children grow. People with intellectual or learning disabilities have deficit in speech production and faces difficulties in communication. These people need tailor-made therapies or trainings for rehabilitation to lead their lives independently. To provide these special trainings , it is i...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine whether four socioeconomic factors, namely caregiver age, caregiver education, family income and/or household size were related to the presence of motor delays or unintelligible speech in South African children with intellectual disabilities. METHODS Caregivers of children with intellectual disabilities completed a biographical questionnaire ...

Historically in India, persons with disabilities enjoyed co-existence, though at different times, the treatment and attitudes were at variance. Out of all the types of disabilities, an intellectual disability poses greater challenges than the other types. The families of persons with intellectual disabilities do also have needs different from others, which cannot be segregated from the needs of...

BACKGROUND Reducing the prevalence of and inequities in the distribution of child obesity will require developing interventions that are sensitive to the situation of 'high risk' groups of children. Children with intellectual disability appear to be one such group. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of obesity in children with and without intellectual disability in a longitudinal representativ...

There are few data addressing psychological variables that may explain some variation in parenting by fathers of children with intellectual disabilities. In the present study, we hypothesized that fathers who were more mindful in their parenting role (specifically, fathers who reported more present-centered attention in their relationship with their child) would use less avoidance in relation t...