The impact of individual and organisational factors on engagement of individuals with intellectual disability living in community group homes: a multilevel model

Abstract

These results suggested that engagement is a dynamic construct. The extent to which an individual with ID is engaged in daily life is a result of interplay between the individual's characteristics and the group home environment. Future research is needed to investigate the influence of variables specific to the group home on the engagement level of individuals with disabilities.

Factors associated with direct support professionals' behaviour in the physical activity support provided to people with intellectual disabilities

“…; Qian et al . ). This might, however, be explained by the fact that in the Netherlands, where our study was conducted, all direct support professionals have at least a vocational qualification.…”

“…This finding is aligned with the study by Qian et al . (), who noted that location greatly contributed to explaining the differences in the engagement of people with ID in daily activities. We did not find effects for profession and educational level on the direct support professionals' behaviour regarding the physical activity support they provided to people with ID, in contrast to previous studies (Robertson et al .…”

“…), the work environment (Qian et al . ) and the years of experience as a direct support professional (Felce et al . ).…”

“…Previous studies have suggested some professional characteristics that are thought to contribute to the degree to which direct support professionals actively engage an individual with ID in daily activities. The professional characteristics associated with supporting people with ID in healthy daily activities in past studies include professional qualification (Robertson et al 2000;Mansell et al 2008;Qian et al 2015), the receipt of additional training or support (Jones et al 1999;Jones et al 2001;Mansell et al 2003;Mansell et al 2008;O'Leary et al 2017), the work environment (Qian et al 2015) and the years of experience as a direct support professional (Felce et al 2002). However, these characteristics have not been studied in relation to physical activity support.…”

Contextual Factors Associated with Implementing Active Support in Community Group Homes in the United States: A Qualitative Investigation

“…Interview data were collected from four DSPs and six program directors from group homes and organizations that participated in the larger AS study carried out in the U.S. (Qian, Ticha, Larson, Stancliffe, & Wuorio, ), as well three trainers who implemented the AS intervention in the larger study. The four DSPs (three female) worked in four different group homes affiliated with four separate organizations.…”