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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Multi-Sensory Storytelling for Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities: An Analysis of the Development, Content and Application in Practice
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ten Brug, Annet; van der Putten, Annette; Penne, Anneleen; Maes, Bea; Vlaskamp, Carla – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Background: Multi-sensory storytelling (MSST) books are individualized stories, which involve sensory stimulation in addition to verbal text. Despite the frequent use of MSST in practice, little research is conducted into its structure, content and effectiveness. This study aims at the analysis of the development, content and application in…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Story Telling, Books
Evaluating the Quality of the Interaction between Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities and Direct Support Staff: A Preliminary Application of Three Observation Scales from Parent-Infant Research
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Hostyn, Ine; Petry, Katja; Lambrechts, Greet; Maes, Bea – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: Affective and reciprocal interactions with others are essential for persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD), but it is a challenge to assess their quality. This study aimed to investigate the usefulness of instruments from parent-infant research to evaluate these interactions. Method: Eighteen videotaped…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Rating Scales, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation
Do You Know What I Feel? A First Step towards a Physiological Measure of the Subjective Well-Being of Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
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Vos, Pieter; De Cock, Paul; Petry, Katja; Van Den Noortgate, Wim; Maes, Bea – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Background: Because of limited communicative skills, it is not self-evident to measure subjective well-being in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. As a first step towards a non-interpretive measure of subjective well-being, we explored how the respiratory, cardiovascular and electro dermal response systems were associated…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Stimuli, Multiple Disabilities, Emotional Response
Eliciting Proto-Imperatives and Proto-Declaratives in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
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Vandereet, Joke; Maes, Bea; Lembrechts, Dirk; Zink, Inge – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Background: Although high-structured elicitation tasks have been shown to be efficient means to sample communication in children with intellectual disabilities, their validity and reliability remain to be evaluated. The aims of this study were threefold: (i) to evaluate the eliciting potential, (ii) to examine the utterance forms of…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Children, Validity, Reliability
The Effect of Reminiscence Group Work on Life Satisfaction, Self-Esteem and Mood of Ageing People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Van Puyenbroeck, Joris; Maes, Bea – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: This study evaluates the effects of reminiscence group work on the subjective well-being of ageing people with intellectual disabilities. Methods: The content of the successive group work sessions was manipulated as follows: a control-phase with three "current topics" sessions, an experimental phase with six "reminiscence" sessions and…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Personality Traits, Recall (Psychology)
Domains of Quality of Life of People with Profound Multiple Disabilities: The Perspective of Parents and Direct Support Staff
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Petry, Katja; Maes, Bea; Vlaskamp, Carla – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
Background: This study considered the general validity of the basic domains of quality of life that appear in theoretical models, in relation to people with profound multiple disabilities. The authors examined how parents and direct support staff operationalized these basic domains for people with profound multiple disabilities. They investigated…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Multiple Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation