This paper is aimed at depicting the quality of functions of some of the aspects of attention in children with mild intellectual disabilities and their influence on the mastering of arithmetic operations, including addition and subtraction. The sample used in this study encompasses 60 pupils, both males and females. The criteria used in the selection of examinees included the IQ level of the st...

BACKGROUND Spastic cerebral palsy may be interconnected with other neurodevelopmental disorders such as intellectual disabilities, and epilepsy. Brain synaptic plasticity and successful restorative rehabilitation may also contribute to diminish neurological deficit of patients having cerebral palsy. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of intellectual disabilities and epileps...

The paper examines the links between degree of intellectual disability, challenging behaviour, service utilisation and cost for a group of people with intellectual disabilities living in care accommodation in England. A cross-sectional survey was conducted of people with intellectual disabilities, identified via provider organisations, with supplementary collection of costs data. Multivariate a...

The efficiency of Integrative Gestalt Therapy on the decrease of undesired types of behaviour measured by the AAMD scale (Part two) in children with intellectual disabilities has been demonstrated in the authors' earlier works. The object of this work is to state the effects of the same therapeutic method on the intellectual aspects of social competence in the children with difficulties, as mea...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the effects of table tennis training (TTT) versus standard occupational therapy (SOT) on visual perception and executive functions in school-age children with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Children (n=91) were randomly assigned to intervention with either SOT (n=46, 20 females, mean age =...