Cristina Mumbardó-Adam

University of Barcelona | UB

Self-determination related skills are central for achieving a life of quality for people with intellectual disability and develop as the person interacts with his/her contexts, such as home. As such, families are crucial agents in supporting the self-determination of their children with intellectual disability, although to date, little is known abo...

The self-determination of people with disabilities, and specifically people with intellectual disabilities (ID), is a growing issue due to its relevance in the field of inclusion and human rights. Although research has shown a significant relationship between self-determination and intelligence, other factors also contribute to its development. The...

In recent decades, research in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities has targeted self‐determination and quality of life constructs. Quality of life has been extensively studied within various theoretical frameworks. It has been used to guide the provision of appropriate support in daily life. In addition, a vast body of scientif...

Quality of life (QoL) has been extensively studied within the field of intellectual disability, with various theoretical frameworks being developed to guide the provision of appropriate supports in daily life. However, the role that self-determination can play in the QoL of adolescents with intellectual disability has received little attention. Thi...

Abstract: Background: Assessing self-determination in students with intellectual disabilities (IDs) is a primary step in facilitating progress monitoring. Researchers have developed both self and proxy assessments to favor a more in-depth evaluation of self-determination expression. However, to date, limited research has explored the congruence bet...

Existen evidencias que relacionan la promoción de la autodeterminación en personas con discapacidad con la mejora de su calidad de vida. Si bien se reconoce la importancia del constructo de autodeterminación para todas las personas con discapacidad, independientemente de sus necesidades de apoyo, no disponemos de evidencias que describan intervenci...

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...

Background Mixed methods intervention studies can improve the accuracy of interventional evaluations in the field of emotional and behavioral disorders by helping researchers gain a more nuanced understanding of how a particular intervention works. However, no studies to date have systematically examined the ways in which this type of studies have...

The challenging behaviours of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been widely described as one of the most significant sources of stress for teachers. However, less attention has been paid to the potential of teachers’ perspectives as a source of knowledge to improve their practice. The purpose of this study was to explore teachers’ e...

Quarantine derived from COVID-19 pandemic has challenged children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families daily life and routines. Because of these children unique needs related to manage uncertainty and overcoming situations, an in-depth approach to how they navigated through quarantine urged to better comprehend the...

La intervenció amb infants amb dificultats en comunicació i llenguatge implica necessàriament ajustar els materials i les eines disponibles a les especificitats comunicatives i lingüístiques de cada infant. Ara bé, en el cas d’infants amb trastorn de l’espectre de l’autisme (TEA), la variabilitat existent en les dificultats de comunicació i llengua...

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities have proclaimed the basic right of people to make one’s own choices, have an effective participation and inclusion. Research in the field of disability have stressed self-determination as a key construct because of its impact on their quality of life and the achievement of desired educationa...

Research in the field of disability have stressed self-determination as a key construct, both at the individual level, because of its impact on quality of life, and at the organisational level, as it stands as a fundamental concept for programmes and services design. As the construct comprehension and attributed importance may influence professiona...

Self‐determination, as a person dispositional characteristic, is indeed influenced by situational characteristics that shape actions across contexts. Research has also reported differences in self‐determination as a function of personal factors, but there is a need to integrate this knowledge in a general model aiming to analyse the impact of conte...

Background. This study evaluated the role of adaptive behaviour, individual variables (age, gender and problem behaviours) and environmental variables (living arrangements, employment status and city dimension) in affecting the quality of life of individuals with IDD measured from third‐party (caregiver) and individuals with IDD' perspective. Metho...

Prevalence studies of challenging behaviors among children with disabilities have a potential value, as they provide information for intervention and evaluation. However, the results from these studies seem to vary according to the population involved, the behaviors explored and the selected methodological procedures and instruments used. The purpo...

The purpose of this study was to explore the cross-cultural validity of the Self-Determination Inventory: Student Report, a newly developed measure of self-determination grounded in Causal Agency Theory. The tool was translated to Spanish and administered to American and Spanish adolescents. The sample was structured to include adolescents with and...

Researchers have linked the promotion of skills associated with self-determination with positive school and post-school outcomes for students with disabilities and there is an ongoing need to promote greater access to instruction that enhances student self-determination. To that end, curricula have been developed that provide teachers with content...

Video-based interventions (i.e., video prompting and video modeling) have been acknowledged as efficient evidence-based practices to teach social or living skills to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). However, this strategy has been used less to teach these students’ academic skills, such as literacy skills, and this t...

Instruments to measure self-determination have only been available in the Spanish language to date, for adolescents with intellectual disability (ID). However, given the development of a new measure of self-determination for youth with and without disabilities, the Self-Determination Inventory, there is a need to adapt and validate this tool in the...

Promoting self-determination is critical to enabling young people to achieve education-related goals and positive postschool employment, community participation, and quality of life outcomes. By developing skills associated with self-determination such as choice-making, decision-making, problem solving, goal setting and attainment, planning, self-m...

Video-based interventions (i.e., video prompting) have been identified as effective practices when learning daily living skills. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the video prompting strategy to teach three students, aged 8 to 10 years old, with intellectual disability to put the jacket on using a multiple baseline. For tea...

Prevalence studies assessing the problem behavior of children and adolescents with and without disabilities often have methodological limitations (e.g., they use one source of information; participants’ responses are subjective), resulting in varying prevalence estimations. The main aim of this study was to pilot a two-step procedure intended to es...

Background: Self-determination is a psychological construct that applies to both the general population and to individuals with disabilities that can be self-determined with adequate accommodations and opportunities. As the relevance of self-determination-related skills in life has been recently acknowledged, researchers have created a measure to a...

Background: Acting in a self-determined manner, that is, using problem-solving or decision-making strategies, strongly depends on the opportunities the person is given to do so by the context. In fact, context can either facilitate or thwart the opportunities of adolescents and young adults for self-determined action, though there is, to date, a la...

Background: A new measure of self-determination, the Self-Determination Inventory: Student Report (Spanish version), has recently been adapted and empirically validated in Spanish language. As it is the first instrument intended to measure self-determination in youth with and without disabilities, there is a need to further explore and strengthen...

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...

La promoción de la autodeterminación en el ámbito escolar sigue siendo una tarea pendiente en el contexto español, a pesar de la existencia de diferentes instrumentos orientados a la enseñanza de habilidades relacionadas con la conducta autodeterminada. Algunos instrumentos, como el Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction o Modelo de Enseñanz...

Evidence in the field of intellectual disability supports the positive transition outcomes that the promotion of self-determination triggers for youth with disabilities. This article examines the contributions of contextual and personal variables in predicting both students with and without disabilities self-determined actions. The Spanish pilot ve...

Las conductas problemáticas que presentan las personas con discapacidad intelectual (DI) influyen negativamente en su calidad de vida. Los principios derivados del análisis conductual aplicado subrayan la relación existente entre dichas conductas y el entorno donde se desarrollan. Este estudio explora aquellas variables de antecedentes relacionadas...

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...

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Resum: Identificar aquells esdeveniments antecedents associats a l'ocurrència de les conductes problemàti-ques que presenten les persones amb discapacitat intel·lectual és quelcom fonamental a l'hora de dissenyar plans d'intervenció educativa. Aquest article presenta l'Inventari d'Avaluació del Context, un instrument d'ava-luació funcional indirect...