Adapting Evidence-Based Interventions for Students With Developmental Disabilities. Issue 2 (23rd November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gilmore, Linda; Campbell, Marilyn; Shochet, Ian
• Is Part Of: Journal of psychologists and counsellors in schools. Volume 26:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 193
• Page End: 204
• Publication Date: 2016-11-23
• Subjects: intervention, -- evidence-based, -- developmental disabilities, -- resilience, -- Aussie Optimism, -- Resourceful Adolescent Program; Educational counseling -- Australia -- Periodicals; Educational counseling -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; School children -- Psychology -- Periodicals; 155.42405
• DOI: 10.1017/jgc.2016.23
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2055-6365

Abstract

Abstract : Students with developmental disabilities have many challenges with learning and adaptive behaviour, as well as a higher prevalence rate of mental health problems. Although there is a substantial body of evidence for efficacious interventions for enhancing resilience and promoting mental health in typically developing children, very few programs have been modified for use with students with developmental disabilities. In this article we present two interventions (Aussie Optimism and the Resourceful Adolescent Program) that have been rigorously tested with typically developing students and subsequently adapted and evaluated for their effectiveness for students with developmental disabilities. The article highlights the critical importance of using interventions with a robust evidence base, and the important role for school psychologists and counsellors in program selection, implementation, and evaluation.