Support needs assessment instruments and recent research related to this construct have been more... more Support needs assessment instruments and recent research related to this construct have been more focused on adults with intellectual disability than on children. However, the design and implementation of Individualized Support Plans (ISP) must start at an early age. Currently, a project for the translation, adaptation and validation of the supports intensity scale for children (SIS-C) is being conducted in Spain. In this study, the internal structure of the scale was analyzed to shed light on the nature of this construct when evaluated in childhood. A total of 814 children with intellectual disability between 5 and 16 years of age participated in the study. Their support need level was assessed by the SIS-C, and a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), including different hypotheses, was carried out to identify the optimal factorial structure of this scale. The CFA results indicated that a unidimensional model is not sufficient to explain our data structure. On the other hand, goodness-of-fit indices showed that both correlated first-order factors and higher-order factor models of the construct could explain the data obtained from the scale. Specifically, a better fit of our data with the correlated first-order factors model was found. These findings are similar to those identified in previous analyses performed with adults. Implications and directions for further research are discussed.
To promote well-being and integral education of all the students has turned into a prior aim in t... more To promote well-being and integral education of all the students has turned into a prior aim in the educational policies of many countries. Several investigations try to know the variables that can act as barriers or facilitators in this process. The aims of the present investigation were to evaluate the quality of pupils’ life in primary education and to identify factors of the personal, familiar and school context that limit or promote their well-being and integral development. 78 students of primary education took part in the study, between 10 and 13 years of age. The half presented special educational needs (in forward SEN), whereas the rest was constituting an equivalent group in age, kind and course, without SEN. The participants obtained high punctuations in quality of life and resiliency and averages / falls in participation in leisure activities. The pupils with SEN obtained low punctuations in the perception of their internal fortresses and in the participation in physical...
Support needs assessment instruments and recent research related to this construct have been more... more Support needs assessment instruments and recent research related to this construct have been more focused on adults with intellectual disability than on children. However, the design and implementation of Individualized Support Plans (ISP) must start at an early age. Currently, a project for the translation, adaptation and validation of the supports intensity scale for children (SIS-C) is being conducted in Spain. In this study, the internal structure of the scale was analyzed to shed light on the nature of this construct when evaluated in childhood. A total of 814 children with intellectual disability between 5 and 16 years of age participated in the study. Their support need level was assessed by the SIS-C, and a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), including different hypotheses, was carried out to identify the optimal factorial structure of this scale. The CFA results indicated that a unidimensional model is not sufficient to explain our data structure. On the other hand, goodness-of-fit indices showed that both correlated first-order factors and higher-order factor models of the construct could explain the data obtained from the scale. Specifically, a better fit of our data with the correlated first-order factors model was found. These findings are similar to those identified in previous analyses performed with adults. Implications and directions for further research are discussed.
To promote well-being and integral education of all the students has turned into a prior aim in t... more To promote well-being and integral education of all the students has turned into a prior aim in the educational policies of many countries. Several investigations try to know the variables that can act as barriers or facilitators in this process. The aims of the present investigation were to evaluate the quality of pupils’ life in primary education and to identify factors of the personal, familiar and school context that limit or promote their well-being and integral development. 78 students of primary education took part in the study, between 10 and 13 years of age. The half presented special educational needs (in forward SEN), whereas the rest was constituting an equivalent group in age, kind and course, without SEN. The participants obtained high punctuations in quality of life and resiliency and averages / falls in participation in leisure activities. The pupils with SEN obtained low punctuations in the perception of their internal fortresses and in the participation in physical...
Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the differences of QOL perceptions between reports... more Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the differences of QOL perceptions between reports of Spanish children with CP and their parents. Specifically, this study has three objectives: (1) to examine the level of agreement between reports of QOL; (2) to analyze the rates of agreement and disagreement; (3) and to explore the relationships between child and parent perception of the different domains of QOL and participation dimensions. Methods: Sixty-nine children and adolescents with CP and their parents separately completed parallel forms of the KIDSCREEN questionnaire. The Spanish version of Children’s Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment (CAPE) was completed by the child/adolescent. Concordance between the children’s and the parents’ QOL scores were analyzed via Pearson and intraclass correlations. Differences in means were tested using paired Student’s t tests. The relationships between QOL and leisure participation was confirmed with Pearson’s correlation coefficient...
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