Ana Luisa Adam-Alcocer

Universitat Ramon Llull | URL · Faculty of Psychology, Education Sciences and Sport Blanquerna

Digital tools can guide and support teachers in professional development programmes. The aim of this study was four-fold: (1) to explore changes introduced in classroom methodology by secondary school teachers during their participation in a professional development programme, using the digital tool EVALOE-DSS, based on conversational methodology;...

Dado que el Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje (DUA) ha surgido como uno de los modelos pedagógicos de referencia para facilitar la educación inclusiva, las políticas recientes han manifestado la necesidad de reforzar su uso en las escuelas y, en consecuencia, de formar eficazmente a los profesores en formación en la aplicación de prácticas basad...

Diseño universal del aprendizaje Autoeficacia Profesorado Prácticas Inclusión Dado que el Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje (DUA) ha surgido como uno de los modelos pedagógicos de referencia para facilitar la educación inclusiva, las políticas recientes han manifestado la necesidad de reforzar su uso en las escuelas y, en consecuencia, de formar...

This article reports on the use of a digital application (EVALOE-SSD) for the professional development of teachers to improve the linguistic competence of their students. We conducted a multiple case study that involved five teachers and their students from different schools. Over a period of three months, the teachers used the digital application...

This paper describes teachers’ practices and their perceptions regarding the teaching and learning of oral language in Catalan schools. We used the Assessment Scale for Oral Language Teaching in School Settings (EVALOE) instrument, created and validated with the aim of assessing teachers’ practices for promoting the development of language skills (...

One of the most important challenges that early intervention (EI) has faced in recent years is the transition process from child-based practices to family-centered programmes. This study’s main objectives were: (a) To understand the changes identified by the staff in their professional knowledge and practices with families during the transition fro...

The teaching by competences in the university supposes new challenges. This study shows results of a study in which a teaching innovation is implemented in the initial training of teachers in relation to the development of communicative competence and oral language. The main objective is to identify the changes in the abilities of the students of t...

One of the central elements in the current model of disability is the construct of support needs, which has its origin and foundation on a socio-ecological perspective of development. It is considered that people with intellectual disabilities may need more support than the rest of the general population to participate with satisfaction in their da...

The relation between self-determination and intellectual functioning is complex, as other contextual factors may also play significant roles in explaining variability in self-determination. This study used meta-analytic techniques to assess how self-determination measures vary between people with disabilities classified as having intellectual disab...

Children with disabilities are more likely to engage in some form of challenging behavior. The present study sought to investigate the prevalence of challenging behaviors, such as aggressive/destructive or stereotypic behavior, and identify those personal and contextual risk markers associated with the occurrence of challenging behaviors. A total o...

Background: The new socio-ecological model of disability directs attention to the importance of the environment in understanding individual functioning and promotes the provision of support from an early age. Following on from that thinking, the SIS-C (Supports Intensity Scale for Children) has been developed as an innovative assessment tool focus...

Data from 949 children and adolescents with intellectual disability ages 5 to 16 for whom the Supports Intensity Scale-Children's Version-Catalan Translation was completed was used, in combination with data from the U.S. standardization sample, to examine measurement invariance and latent differences in the Catalonian sample. Results suggest that t...

Researchers, professionals, and families have shown increasing concern about the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and their families. Due to the growing interest in family quality of life (FQoL) as a key issue for social policy in the ID field, the aim of this research was to explore FQoL in Catalonia (Spain). The Spani...

Background: The study assesses the support needs of individuals with intellectual disability and their families in Catalonia. The present authors examine family quality of life (FQoL), identify the individual services required and assess families' perceptions of the extent to which their family member with intellectual disability and they themselv...

El paradigma de apoyos emerge en las últimas décadas como el elemento central para promover el desarrollo y la calidad de vida de las personas con discapacidad intelectual y del desarrollo y de sus familias. Por esta razón la AAIDD creó una escala para medir las necesidades de apoyo en la población adulta y en los últimos años ha impulsado la estan...

La actual concepción de discapacidad intelectual, de acuerdo con la Asociación Americana de Discapacidades Intelectuales y del Desarrollo (American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, AAIDD), pone de manifiesto que la implementación de apoyos adecuados mejora el funcionamiento individual de las personas con discapacidad inte...

Background: Researchers, professionals, and families have shown increasing concern with the family quality of life (FQoL) of people with intellectual disability (ID) and their families. The goals of this research were (a) to explore how Spanish families understand FQoL by developing 2 different measurement tools for families with a member with ID...

El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar las escalas cdVF-E para familias con hijos/as de 0 a 18 años, por un lado, y mayores de 18 años, por otro, que recientemente han validado y estandarizado a la población española investigadores de cinco universidades del estado. A tal fin se llama la atención, en primer lugar, sobre la importancia del constru...