BACKGROUND The article presents the results of psychosocial burdens in special educators (specialists in the field of oligophrenopedagogy) with intellectually disabled students. In theoretical part, specific context of occupational stress in special educators was introduced. Additionally, the need of broader research context regarding occupational stress and the risk of burnout in special educa...

Background: Propofol is the most commonly used anesthetic for sedation and target-controlled infusion (TCI) is useful for dental treatment. However, it is important to assess and maintain an adequate depth of sedation in patients with severe intellectual disabilities Therefore, in this study we aimed to evaluate the adequate propofol target concentration for dental treatment in severely intelle...

abstract   introduction: one of the most common behavioral problems in children with intellectual disability is physical aggression. physical aggression is described as behaviors such as hitting, kicking, throwing object and threatening with the intent to harm others. physical aggression is related to the different factors such as language skills, which has been examined among intellectually di...

BACKGROUND Intellectual disability may impact on an individual's capacity to parent a child effectively. Research suggests that the number of intellectually disabled people with children is increasing. Children of parents with intellectual disabilities may be at increased risk of neglectful care which could lead to health, developmental and behavioural problems, or increased risk of intellectua...

First of all, Dr. Iinuma is to be congratulated for studying this population of patients. Patients with mental disabilities represent one of the largest populations in pediatric epilepsy. However, researchers generally tend to either not address this population as a special group, or to avoid such studies because of the behavior difficulties and other challenges. The differences in the frequenc...

Although sex offender risk assessment has progressed greatly over the past decade and a half since most states implemented the sexually violent predator/sexually dangerous person (SVP/SDP) laws, there continues to be limited applicability of such models to intellectually disabled sex offenders because there has been no empirical validation. However, SVP/SDP civil commitment programs have report...

In spite of the legal framework intended for promotion and protection rights disabled, such persons are still facing significant difficulties in labour market. Intellectually disabled a particularly difficult position, primarily due to negative perceptions held by citizenry which stem from lack knowledge information about their potentials. We conducted research order determine most prevalent ob...