Sökning: "intellectual and developmental disabilities"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden intellectual and developmental disabilities.
1. Caring for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities : how can it be experienced and percieved by registered nurses?
Sammanfattning : Registered nurses [RNs] are within the frontline of professional nursing and are expected to provide a diverse range of health care services to a varied and heterogenic group of patients. They are bound by a code of ethics that mandates that nurses respect all human rights regardless of the patient’s abilities or functional status. LÄS MER
2. Occupation-based evaluation and intervention : validity of the assessment of motor and process skills when used with persons with mental retardation
Sammanfattning : The ability to perform everyday life occupations is a critical component in both evaluation and intervention for persons with mental retardation (MR). While the ability to perform personal and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL) has always been important for occupational therapy (OT) practice, there is an absence in OT literature and research with a focus on ADL and persons with MR. LÄS MER
3. Mothers and fathers of children with developmental disabilities: Co-parenting, well-being and empowerment
Sammanfattning : Parents of children with developmental disabilities (DD) generally experience more stress and poorer well-being than other parents. However, there is considerable individual variation in parental adaptation. The general aim of this thesis was to further the understanding of the adaptation of Swedish parents of children with DD. LÄS MER
4. Children with blindness: Developmental aspects, comorbidity and implications for education and support
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this research is to deepen the knowledge about developmental aspects, comorbidity and implications for education and support provision, regarding children with blindness. Special focus is directed towards children with blindness and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). LÄS MER
5. Developing an educational intervention to support work-integrated learning among professionals in health and social care for individuals with intellectual disabilities
Sammanfattning : Continuing education in the workplace has become a crucial part of contemporary working life, in alignment with modern labor market policies advocating lifelong learning. Work-integrated learning (WIL) is aimed at supporting professional development as part of lifelong learning, emphasizing both theoretical and practical knowledge alongside interactive engagement. LÄS MER