Abstract
Background: The subtle communicative behaviour of individuals with visual and severe/profound intellectual disabilities hinders the success of their interaction with professional caregivers. The bioresponse system, a tool to raise caregivers' awareness of the client's communicative behaviour, may improve the client's joint attention behaviour and the dyad's affective mutuality. Method: Four client–caregiver dyads participated in a randomized multiple baseline study with repeated baseline, intervention and follow-up observations. The bioresponse system's effect was evaluated with measures of joint attention and affective mutuality. Results: Two clients showed a significant difference on one or two joint attention subscales (including one significant decrease), and for all clients, at least one joint attention subscale revealed a positive trend. Positive trends in affective mutuality scores were observed in two dyads. Conclusions: The results stress the importance of further research to the effects of using the bioresponse system's in daily care for persons with severe/profound intellectual disabilities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 890-900 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 12 Mar 2019 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 2019 |
Funding
This study received funding from Stichting VIVIS and Vereniging Bartiméus Sonneheerdt. Our gratitude goes to the participants, T. Joling, J. Groen and the bachelor and master students from Developmental Psychology for their contribution to this study. The authors want to thank Prof. C. Schuengel and Dr M. Oosterman for providing the NICHD training and Dr Ir. P. Peters for the technical support. This study received funding from Stichting VIVIS and Vereniging Bartim?us Sonneheerdt. Our gratitude goes to the participants, T. Joling, J. Groen and the bachelor and master students from Developmental Psychology for their contribution to this study. The authors want to thank Prof. C. Schuengel and Dr M. Oosterman for providing the NICHD training and Dr Ir. P. Peters for the technical support.
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
Keywords
- affective mutuality
- bioresponse system
- effect study
- joint attention
- severe/profound intellectual disabilities
- visual impairments
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