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“Connectedness” between people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour and support staff: Perceptions of psychologists and support staff
The tacit practical knowledge of psychologists and support staff to foster a real connection between support staff and people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour was explored. Therefore, six dyads comprising individuals with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9941799/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35086364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17446295211056820 |
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author | Tournier, T Hendriks, AHC Jahoda, A Hastings, RP Embregts, PJCM |
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description | The tacit practical knowledge of psychologists and support staff to foster a real connection between support staff and people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour was explored. Therefore, six dyads comprising individuals with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour and their support staff were video recorded during joint engagement in an activity. To tap into the implicit knowledge of professionals about when staff have ‘a real connection’ with a person with an intellectual disability, 10 psychologists and 10 support staff were asked to pinpoint these moments in the pre-recorded video compilation. They also shared their interpretations about what they considered to be a real connection. The results displayed that participants designated real connections as occurring when they noticed concrete interactions taking place. Based on thematic analysis of the data, four themes were identified that encapsulated what professionals deemed to be a real connection. In conclusion: joint engagement in an activity appears to be a context that fosters opportunities for real connection. Furthermore, support staff should adopt a sensitive attitude and create a safe atmosphere, to establish real connections. |
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spelling | pubmed-99417992023-02-22 “Connectedness” between people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour and support staff: Perceptions of psychologists and support staff Tournier, T Hendriks, AHC Jahoda, A Hastings, RP Embregts, PJCM J Intellect Disabil Articles The tacit practical knowledge of psychologists and support staff to foster a real connection between support staff and people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour was explored. Therefore, six dyads comprising individuals with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour and their support staff were video recorded during joint engagement in an activity. To tap into the implicit knowledge of professionals about when staff have ‘a real connection’ with a person with an intellectual disability, 10 psychologists and 10 support staff were asked to pinpoint these moments in the pre-recorded video compilation. They also shared their interpretations about what they considered to be a real connection. The results displayed that participants designated real connections as occurring when they noticed concrete interactions taking place. Based on thematic analysis of the data, four themes were identified that encapsulated what professionals deemed to be a real connection. In conclusion: joint engagement in an activity appears to be a context that fosters opportunities for real connection. Furthermore, support staff should adopt a sensitive attitude and create a safe atmosphere, to establish real connections. SAGE Publications 2022-01-27 2023-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9941799/ /pubmed/35086364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17446295211056820 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Articles Tournier, T Hendriks, AHC Jahoda, A Hastings, RP Embregts, PJCM “Connectedness” between people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour and support staff: Perceptions of psychologists and support staff |
title | “Connectedness” between people with intellectual disabilities and
challenging behaviour and support staff: Perceptions of psychologists and
support staff |
title_full | “Connectedness” between people with intellectual disabilities and
challenging behaviour and support staff: Perceptions of psychologists and
support staff |
title_fullStr | “Connectedness” between people with intellectual disabilities and
challenging behaviour and support staff: Perceptions of psychologists and
support staff |
title_full_unstemmed | “Connectedness” between people with intellectual disabilities and
challenging behaviour and support staff: Perceptions of psychologists and
support staff |
title_short | “Connectedness” between people with intellectual disabilities and
challenging behaviour and support staff: Perceptions of psychologists and
support staff |
title_sort | “connectedness” between people with intellectual disabilities and
challenging behaviour and support staff: perceptions of psychologists and
support staff |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9941799/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35086364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17446295211056820 |
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