Back to Search
Start Over
An Evaluation of the EQUIP Treatment Programme with Men who have Intellectual or Other Developmental Disabilities.
- Source :
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities; Mar2013, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p167-180, 14p, 7 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2013
-
Abstract
- Background The Equipping Youth to Help One Another Programme ( EQUIP) was designed for young offenders to address a developmental delay in moral reasoning, distorted cognitions and social skills. Methods The present authors undertook a single case series study and piloted an adapted version of the EQUIP programme with three men with intellectual disabilities and four men with a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome, all of whom were detained in a medium-secure forensic unit for people with intellectual disabilities. Treatment was delivered over a 12-week period, and participants took part in four-one-hour sessions per week. Results The results suggested that treatment was successful at increasing moral reasoning ability, reducing distorted cognitions and improving ability to choose effective solutions to problems. However, treatment did not have a significant effect upon anger. Conclusions The EQUIP programme is a promising treatment, but further research is needed to investigate its effectiveness with men with intellectual or other developmental disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TREATMENT of developmental disabilities
INTELLECTUAL disabilities
COGNITION disorders
CONCEPTUAL structures
CRIMINALS
GROUP psychotherapy
HEALTH outcome assessment
PSYCHOLOGY
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SEX distribution
STATISTICS
THEORY
DATA analysis
TREATMENT effectiveness
PRE-tests & post-tests
INTER-observer reliability
EVALUATION of human services programs
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
THERAPEUTICS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13602322
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 85431228
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12004