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Operationalisation of quality of life for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities to improve their inclusion
Autor(es)
Materia
Intellectual and developmental disabilities
Quality of life
Inclusive education
Delphi study
Clasificación UNESCO
6310.09 Calidad de Vida
Fecha de publicación
2021
Editor
Elsevier
Citación
Heras, I., Amor, A. M., Verdugo, M. Á., & Calvo, M. I. (2021). Operationalisation of quality of life for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities to improve their inclusion. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 119, 104093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104093
Resumen
[EN] Background: Quality of life (QoL) is regarded as a framework to enhance inclusive education
outcomes in different domains for all students, especially for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Assessment tools are needed to implement this framework. Although
there is a long trajectory of QoL assessment in people with IDD, we identify a lack of instruments
for students with IDD who attend to general education contexts.
Aims: The goal of this study is to produce a pool of items in order to develop a field-test version of
a QoL instrument for this target group.
Methods: 14 educational professionals participated in a four-round Delphi study, assessing the
content of the items proposed according to four criteria (suitability, importance, observability and
sensitivity).
Results: The results of this study provided evidence of content validity regarding the pool of items
that will be included in a field-test version.
Conclusions: The results obtained are important for the development of a QoL assessment tool to
improve the inclusion of students with IDD in general education settings.
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ISSN
0891-4222
DOI
10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104093
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Publicación en abierto financiada por la Universidad de Salamanca como participante en el Acuerdo Transformativo CRUE-CSIC con Elsevier, 2021-2024