A meta‐analysis of intervention effects on challenging behaviour among persons with intellectual disabilities

Abstract

Several biological, psychotherapeutic and contextual interventions effectively reduce challenging behaviours among persons with ID.

Comparing the percentage of non-overlapping data approach and the hierarchical linear modeling approach for synthesizing single-case studies in autism research

“…According to the Wald test included in the HLM approach, this reduction in challenging behavior was statistically significant. These PND and HLM findings correspond to the findings of other meta-analyses published in the domain of persons with disabilities: Behavioral interventions are on average effective in reducing challenging behavior in individuals with disabilities (Didden, Korzilius, van Oorsouw, & Sturmey, 2006;Harvey, Boer, Meyer, & Evans, 2009;Heyvaert, Maes, & Onghena, 2010;Heyvaert, Maes, Van den Noortgate, Kuppens, & Onghena, 2012;Heyvaert, Saenen, Maes, & Onghena, 2014b;Vanderkerken et al, 2013). Nonetheless, based on the likelihood ratio test included in the HLM approach, we found that the intervention effects varied significantly over the participants and studies included in the dataset.…”

Psychische Störungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mit geistiger Behinderung – Prävalenz und Prävention

“…B. Didden, Korzilius, von Oorsow, Sturmey, 2006;Wood, Cho Blair, Ferro, 2009;Heyvaert, Maes, Onghena, 2010). Die Verfasser kommen zu dem einheitlichen Ergebnis, dass Behandlungsmaß-nahmen dann erfolgreich sind, wenn sie auf einer sorgfältigen funktionalen Verhaltensanalyse beruhen, die Modifikation von Auslösebedingungen sowie die Förderung von alternativen Kompetenzen enthalten und im natürlichen Lebensumfeld des Kindes unter Einbeziehung der Familienmitglieder und Pädagogen durchgeführt werden.…”

Types of Motivating Operations in Interventions With Problem Behavior

“…The problem behavior of people with intellectual disabilities 1 (IDs) has a negative impact on their own lives and their environment (Heyvaert, Maes, & Onghena, 2010). It deeply affects their health and quality of life (Langthorne, McGill, & O'Reilly, 2007) as well as their caregivers and families (Emerson, 2001).…”

“…These reviews were generally designed to acknowledge the challenge that problem behavior poses for the professionals and families it affects. In general, these reviews have focused their efforts on evaluating the benefits of functional assessment as well as the effects of different treatments or interventions (e.g., Brosnan & Healy, 2011;Denis, Van den Noortgate, & Maes, 2011;Hanley, Iwata, & McCord, 2003;Heyvaert et al, 2010;Matson & Neal, 2009). For example, Hanley et al (2003) reviewed a total of 277 studies that conducted a functional analysis and identified the relationship between environmental variables and problem behavior.…”

“…Furthermore, their review provides guidelines for better practices. More recently, Heyvaert et al (2010) completed a meta-analysis to examine the effects of different interventions on problem behavior. The authors included articles that have conducted contextual, psychotherapeutic, and biological interventions among persons with ID.…”