Ware, J, Buell, S, Chadwick, DD, Bradshaw, J and Goldbart, J (2024) A systematic review of research on staff training as an intervention to develop communication in children and adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 37 (2). ISSN 1360-2322

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Abstract

Introduction: This paper aims to identify to what extent staff training interventions are successful in enhancing the development of communication skills in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Methods: A systematic review was undertaken, conforming to PRISMA guidelines. English language, peer reviewed, empirical studies of staff training interventions to enhance the communication of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities were included. Databases Scopus, Web of Science, Proquest, Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts (LLBA) and Medline were searched in July 2015 and updated in December 2022. Quality appraisal was conducted on 13 studies using Crowe's Critical Appraisal Tool (CCAT). Results: Few good quality evaluations of interventions were found. Challenges to research rigour included the diversity of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities, small sample sizes, intervention intensity and the management of fidelity. Conclusions: Manualised and bespoke interventions showed promise in improving staff communication and responsiveness.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans; Communication; Adult; Child; Intellectual Disability; communication; profound disabilities; staff training; systematic review; Child; Adult; Humans; Intellectual Disability; Communication; 1607 Social Work; 1701 Psychology; 1702 Cognitive Sciences; Rehabilitation
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV697 Protection, assistance and relief > HV888 Children with disabilities H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV697 Protection, assistance and relief > HV1551 People with disabilities
Divisions:	Psychology (from Sep 2019)
Publisher:	Wiley
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2024 13:56
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2024 14:00
DOI or ID number:	10.1111/jar.13201
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22787

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