Abstract Background The changed societal views of persons with disabilities are reflected in the 2006 United Nations Convention on Rights Persons Disabilities. However, what is not specified how to operationalise and measure Articles composing Convention, use that information further enhance human rights disabilities. Method authors analyse relationships between eight core quality life domains 34 contained Convention. Results There a close relationship Furthermore, current status these can...

While it is known that children of schizophrenia parents perform more poorly on tests cognitive functioning than normal parents, less certain the degree to which such deficits predict outcome, whether deteriorates during childhood in preschizophrenia individuals, and nongenetic etiologic factors (such as obstetric complications) contribute these deficits. In present study, 72 patients with or schizoaffective disorder, 63 their siblings not diagnosed schizophrenia, 7,941 controls no diagnosis...

Foreword: Who Are We? And Why We Here? Doing Critical Race Theory in Hard Times --Charles R. Lawrence III Introduction: Battles Waged, Won, and Lost: at the Turn of Millennium --Francisco Valdes, Jerome McCristal Culp, Angela P. Harris Part I: Histories 1. The First Decade: Reflections, or A Foot In Closing Door --Kimberle Williams Crenshaw 2. Historicizing Theory's Cutting Edge: Key Movements that Performed --Sumi Cho Robert Westley 3. Keeping It Real: On Anti-Essentialism --Catharine A....

This article discusses three steps involved in moving us toward a theory of individual quality life: developing conceptual model, integrating components, and applying evaluating the theory. Each proposed is guided by established standards regarding development use. The concludes with discussion criteria that can be used to evaluate contribution life would make field disability.

A new paradigm, which we refer to as The Quality of Life Supports Paradigm, is emerging internationally in the field intellectual and developmental disabilities. paradigm integrates key concepts "quality life" "supports". This article addresses question how one evaluates a paradigm.This conceptual work that describes five characteristics paradigm. are based on groundbreaking relevant authors disabilities, quality life, supports, evaluation.The theory driven, ethical, flexible, adaptable,...

Objective To assess the short-term efficacy and safety of Clomipramine in hospitalized young children with autism. Method This was an open pilot study; after a 1-week placebo baseline, subjects were treated for 5 weeks. Dosage individually regulated; starting dose 25 mg/day: increments mg/day. Maximum 250 mg/day or 5.0 mg/kg per day, whichever less. Multiple raters, under several conditions, used Children's Psychiatric Rating Scale, Clinical Global Impressions, Conners Parent Teacher...

El artículo presenta la integración operativa de los paradigmas calidad vida y apoyos en un modelo conjunto denominado Modelo Calidad Vida Apoyos (MOCA) que integra características significativas transformación actual el campo las discapacidades intelectuales del desarrollo. Estas abarcan enfoque holístico e integrado, centrado derechos humanos legales, sirve base para tomar decisiones sobre servicios limitaciones principales áreas actividad vida, con énfasis individualizados proporcionados...

The quality of life construct provides an ideal conceptual framework for translating such abstract concepts as self-determination, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Through consultation with expert raters, we sought to develop validate a bank indicators items, based on the framework, be used means evaluating implementing Articles Convention Rights Persons Disabilities (CRPD).Thirty-two experts in field intellectual developmental disabilities participated, rating suitability, importance,...

The Quality of Life Supports Model (QOLSM) is emerging as a new framework that applicable to people with disabilities in general, but specially intellectual and developmental (IDD). aim this conceptual paper twofold. Firstly, it aims show the overlap between QOLSM Convention on Rights People Disabilities (CRPD), highlighting how former can be used address many goals rights embedded latter. Secondly, article seeks illustrate connection these two frameworks highlight importance acknowledging...

The purpose of this article is to move the field intellectual and closely related developmental disabilities (IDD) towards a better understanding evidence evidence-based practices. To that end, we discuss (a) different perspectives on levels evidence, (b) commonly used evidence-gathering strategies, (c) standards evaluate (d) distinction between internal external validity, (e) guidelines for establishing We also describe how conceptualization use practices are changing accommodate recent...