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Cognitive correlates of mathematical difficulties in children with mild intellectual disabilities KU Leuven

Bert De Smedt
Parenting and Special Education
Studies in typically developing children have shown that the representation of numerical magnitudes represents a key factor for successful mathematical development. To date, few studies have examined this representation of numerical magnitudes in children with intellectual disabilities.The present research project tries to investigate this issue. More specifically, we aim to examine whether children with mild intellectual disabilities show a ...

Research integration and meta-analysis of individualized and large-scale research: methodology and application in research on the treatment of problem behaviour among persons with severe and profound intellectual disabilities. KU Leuven

Patrick Onghena
Methodology of Educational Sciences, Educational Effectiveness and Evaluation, Parenting and Special Education
Historically, qualitative and quantitative approaches have been used relatively separately in synthesizing scientific evidence in many researchdomains. During the last decade, mixed methods approaches are becoming increasingly popular, and practices of combining qualitative and quantitative data and methods at the primary empirical study level have increased considerably in frequency in the educational, health, psychological, and social ...

Pathways towards more positive staff-client interactions in services for persons with severe or profound intellectual disabilities KU Leuven

Bea Maes
Parenting and Special Education
Positive staff-client interactions are an important indicator of quality of care and crucial in improving wellbeing and engagement of clients with severe or profound intellectual disabilities. The quality of staff-client relations is compromised by the limited communicative abilities persons with severe or profound intellectual disabilities have to express their needs and wishes, and by the high workload and burden of direct support staff. The ...

The attachment relationship between parents and their infants with severe or profound intellectual disabilities (ID): Psychophysiology and a bioresponse system as instruments to elucidate and support this bond. KU Leuven

Bea Maes
Parenting and Special Education, Clinical Psychology

Developing consolidated, secure attachment relationships with one’s primary caregivers at a young age yields great benefits for children’s social-emotional growth, now and later in life. Especially among children with severe or profound intellectual disabilities (SPID), who are, compared to the general population, more likely to acquire mental health problems, the importance of the parent as attachment figure is significant. However, ...

Measuring subjective well-being of people with severe or profound intellectual disabilities KU Leuven

Bea Maes
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kulak Kortrijk Campus, Parenting and Special Education
The last decade quality of life (QOL) has been a central concept in theresearch about people with intellectual disabilities (ID). There are, however, still a lot of challenges to overcome. One such challenge is themeasurement of the subjective well-being (SWB) - which is one of the two components of QOL - of people with severe and profound ID who communicate at a non-symbolic level. Therefore, in this dissertation we wanted to investigate how ...

Using technological devices to increase active engagement, interactions and participation of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. KU Leuven

Bea Maes
Parenting and Special Education

The main question of this research project is whether using technological devices may increase active engagement, interactions and participation of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) in their daily lives. The past decennia the development and use of new technologies exploded. The lives of modern people are full of technological devices and applications which extent their abilities. Persons with intellectual ...

Need time: Joint attention in interactions with people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities KU Leuven

Bea Maes
Parenting and Special Education

Heleen Neerinckx, NEED TIME: Joint attention in interactions with people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

Doctoral Dissertation submitted to obtain the degree of Doctor in Educational Sciences, 2015

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bea Maes

Because of their complex support needs, people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) need others to explore the world and to show their ...

Stress and stress regulation in children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities KU Leuven

Bea Maes
Parenting and Special Education

The project’s main aim is to unravel the role and mechanisms of stress regulation in children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). First, the way in which these children experience sensory stimuli and respond to them, as well as how these contribute to their general stress level will be studied. Secondly, it will be evaluated in which way high quality interactions which are attuned to the needs of persons with PIMD can ...

Adaptive Behaviour Training for People with Intellectual Disabilities KU Leuven

Bieke Zaman
Institute for Media Studies
The rate of psychiatric comorbidities with affective and anxiety disorders is about 11 times higher for people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) compared to the general population. A major reason for the poor mental health in people with ID is having limited adaptive skills putting people with ID at increased risk of social exclusion, a key determinant of poor mental health. One way to promote the inclusion and well-being of people with ID is ...

High-quality interactions. Pathways towards enhancing the quality of the interactions between direct support workers and clients with severe or profound intellectual disabilities visiting day-care or residential group homes KU Leuven

Bea Maes
Parenting and Special Education

The importance of social interactions cannot be underestimated. This is equally so for individuals with severe or profound intellectual disabilities visiting day-care or residential group homes. The direct support workers supporting them in daily life are a significant source of their social encounters. However, with the individuals’ often idiosyncratic communication style and the direct support workers’ heavy workload, to name two, several ...