Projects
Optimal Care and Support for Elderly Persons with Intellectual Disabilities HOGENT
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
Pathways towards more positive staff-client interactions in services for persons with severe or profound intellectual disabilities KU Leuven
Improving healthcare for people with intellectual disabilities through simulated patient training. University of Antwerp
Research on development and application of guidelines regarding the use of psychopharmaceuticals in adults with intellectual disabilities and problem behaviors from a Quality of Life perspective HOGENT
Adolescents with intellectual disabilities and their siblings: the musical relationship KU Leuven
The purpose of this doctoral thesis ‘adolescents with intellectual disabilities and their siblings: the musical relationship’ is to investigate how music and musical creation can affect the relationship and the interaction between adolescents with intellectual disabilities and their siblings. The adolescent and his siblings take part in music workshops, where they play and improvise, guided by a music therapist. After the workshops, this ...
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
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, ...
Using technological devices to increase active engagement, interactions and participation of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. KU Leuven
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 ...