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An Independent Investigation of the Utility of the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire (LDSQ) within a Community Learning Disability Team

An Independent Investigation of the Utility of the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire... IntroductionIn the current economic climate, health services are under pressure to provide improved outcomes for clients whilst making significant cost savings. To meet the financial demands and to preserve resources, services need to become more efficient, ensuring they are providing high quality services to their commissioned client group. For specialist intellectual disability services, this commissioned client group consists of individuals with a diagnosis of an intellectual disability.Formal guidance produced by the British Psychological Society (BPS) outlines three core criteria for an intellectual disability: significant impairment of intellectual functioning significant impairment of adaptive behaviour and an age of onset before 18 years (BPS, ).The BPS () guidelines detail that standardized assessments are required for both the intellectual functioning (e.g. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition, WAIS‐IV) and adaptive behaviour (e.g. Adaptive Behavior Assessment System Second Edition, ABAS‐II or Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales Second Edition, Vineland‐II) that should be administered with at least one informant. A score equivalent to two standard deviations below the population mean on both of these assessments is considered to be a significant impairment. Finally, a detailed developmental history should be completed to evidence that the impairments occurred before adulthood and to aid the formulation of intellectual disability http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities Wiley

An Independent Investigation of the Utility of the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire (LDSQ) within a Community Learning Disability Team

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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1360-2322
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1468-3148
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10.1111/jar.12316
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IntroductionIn the current economic climate, health services are under pressure to provide improved outcomes for clients whilst making significant cost savings. To meet the financial demands and to preserve resources, services need to become more efficient, ensuring they are providing high quality services to their commissioned client group. For specialist intellectual disability services, this commissioned client group consists of individuals with a diagnosis of an intellectual disability.Formal guidance produced by the British Psychological Society (BPS) outlines three core criteria for an intellectual disability: significant impairment of intellectual functioning significant impairment of adaptive behaviour and an age of onset before 18 years (BPS, ).The BPS () guidelines detail that standardized assessments are required for both the intellectual functioning (e.g. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition, WAIS‐IV) and adaptive behaviour (e.g. Adaptive Behavior Assessment System Second Edition, ABAS‐II or Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales Second Edition, Vineland‐II) that should be administered with at least one informant. A score equivalent to two standard deviations below the population mean on both of these assessments is considered to be a significant impairment. Finally, a detailed developmental history should be completed to evidence that the impairments occurred before adulthood and to aid the formulation of intellectual disability

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Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 2018

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