Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Community participation interventions for children and adolescents with a neurodevelopmental intellectual disability: a systematic review

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    Andrews, J.
    Falkmer, Marita
    Girdler, Sonya
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Andrews, J. and Falkmer, M. and Girdler, S. 2014. Community participation interventions for children and adolescents with a neurodevelopmental intellectual disability: a systematic review. Disability and Rehabilitation. 37 (10): pp. 825-833.
    Source Title
    Disability and Rehabilitation
    DOI
    10.3109/09638288.2014.944625
    ISSN
    0963-8288
    School
    School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45928
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Purpose: The purpose of this review was to examine the effectiveness of community integration interventions in facilitating the community participation, self-esteem, and quality of life of children and adolescent’s with a neurodevelopmental intellectual disability. Methods: Electronic searches of five databases and manual searches of reference lists were conducted. Community integration interventions which targeted friendship development, recreation participation, quality of life, and self-esteem were included. Results: Thirteen studies were included in this review. A variety of study designs and interventions were used. All but one study reported significantly increased friendships, five studies reported increased recreation participation and one study reported increased quality of life and self-esteem. Methodological quality of the studies ranged from adequate to strong.Conclusions: Community integration interventions appear to be effective in enhancing the inclusion of children and adolescents with a neurodevelopmental intellectual disability. In particular, findings from this review highlight that there are potentially many ways to continue to improve the effectiveness of community participation interventions for this group. These include the need for the development of programmes which facilitate friendships alongside recreational participation, include typically developing peers, consider the activity preferences of children and adolescents in developing programmes, and accommodate individual impairments and needs through grading and adaptive leisure activities. Future interventions should use the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a measurement framework and consider the role of factors such as impairment, personal and environmental factors in facilitating community participation. Implications for Rehabilitation 1.Community participation interventions appear to be effective in enhancing the inclusion of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental intellectual disability. 2. Future community integration interventions should facilitate friendships alongside recreational participation, include typically developing peers, consider the activity preferences of children and adolescents in developing programme, and accommodate individual impairments and needs through grading and adaptive leisure activities. 3. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health should be used as a measurement framework and consider the role of factors such as impairment, personal and environmental factors in facilitating community participation.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • A randomised comparison trial to evaluate an in-home parent-directed drug education intervention
      Beatty, Shelley Ellen (2003)
      The long-term regular use of tobacco and hazardous alcohol use are responsible for significant mortality and morbidity as well as social and economic harm in Australia each year. There is necessary the more cost-efficient ...
    • Predictors of successful inclusion for children with vision impairment in early education
      Lane, Cherylee Mary (2008)
      The international movement to include children with disabilities in education has resulted in significant legislative and policy change. However some have argued that this has not translated into actual practice and that ...
    • Evidence-based evaluation of programme interventions to achieve positive community integration outcomes for adults with acquired brain injury
      Parvaneh, Shahriar (2010)
      Background. The growing population of people with acquired brain injury (ABI) requires a strong focus on clients to be integrated into the community in order to use their productive skills in society, to help them live ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.