Research and training priorities of staff supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities with or without autism
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Adams, Dawn
Manokara, Vimallan
Malone, Stephanie
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Research and training priority setting can help to direct limited resources to areas, which will have maximum benefit in improving the skills and knowledge of support workers to better meet the needs of their clients. Staff from a multi-site organisation in Singapore that supports individuals with intellectual disability and/or autism completed a questionnaire identifying their research and training practices and priorities. Staff were asked to identify their access to training and research, and what they viewed as priorities in these areas. They also completed a Likert scale questionnaire on training and research priorities identified from previous research. Response rate was 27.8% (n = 82). Analyses found that staff were more likely to rely on training than research to inform their knowledge, with training in understanding and managing behaviours identified as a priority across the organisation. Staff identified interventions and supports for caregivers as a research priority. The consensus with previous research would suggest that there are training needs and research areas, which may inform global priorities for this population.
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Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
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19
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© 2022 International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Research and training priorities of staff supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities with or without autism, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 19 (3), pp. 277-287, 2022, which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12403. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
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Simpson, K; Adams, D; Manokara, V; Malone, S, Research and training priorities of staff supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities with or without autism, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022, 19 (3), pp. 277-287