Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 29 Issue 1

Guest editorial: Generating evidence to improve quality of life and other outcomes for children and adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities

Athanasios Vostanis

Collective effort to enhance the quality of research evidence in intellectual and developmental disabilities: a case study of an academic-practice network

Corinna Grindle, Louise D. Denne, Emily J. Roberts-Tyler, Suzi Jayne Sapiets, Magda M. Apanasionok, J. Carl Hughes, Richard P. Hastings, Nick Gore, Peter Baker, Claire McDowell

With a historic lack of attention to synthesis methods such as systematic review and meta-analysis and a lack of randomised controlled trials, the evidence base for behavioural…

Commentary on “Collective effort to enhance the quality of research evidence in intellectual and developmental disabilities: a case study of an academic-practice network”

Michael J. Cameron, Jenifer Shahin, Nicole Lockerman

This paper aims to endorse and elaborate on the recommendations put forward by the Sharland Foundation Developmental Disabilities Applied Behavioural Research and Impact Network…

Developing an evidence base for behavioural interventions: a case study of the Headsprout® early reading programme

Louise D. Denne, Emily J. Roberts-Tyler, Corinna Grindle

Evidence-informed decision-making is considered best practice when choosing interventions in applied settings across health, social care and education. Developing that evidence…

Commentary on “developing an evidence base for behavioural interventions: a case study of the Headsprout® Early Reading programme”

Konstantinos Rizos

This paper aims to offer a commentary on Denne et al.’s (2024) article discussing the journey undertaken by the Sharland Foundation Developmental Disabilities Applied Behavioural…

Overcoming implementation challenges through using a train-the-trainer approach to teach numeracy in a special school setting

Debbie Reardon, Magda M. Apanasionok, Corinna Grindle

There is a sparsity of research that considers how to overcome implementation challenges for interventions in special school settings where specialist teaching methods are…

Commentary on “Overcoming implementation challenges through using a train-the-trainer approach to teach numeracy in a special school setting”

Corey Peltier

This commentary discusses the paper by Reardon et al. (2024; this issue) entitled, “Overcoming implementation challenges through using a train-the-trainer approach to teach…

Implementation of an adapted Handwriting Without Tears® programme for children with developmental disabilities in a special education setting

Emily Goyen, Corinna Grindle, Vaso Totsika, Suzi Jayne Sapiets

Children with developmental disabilities (e.g. learning disability and autism) often struggle with handwriting skills. This study aims to implement an adapted handwriting…

Commentary on “Implementation of an adapted handwriting without Tears® programme for children with developmental disabilities in a special education setting”

Luca Vascelli

This paper aims to serve as a commentary on the paper titled “Implementation of an Adapted Handwriting Without Tears® Programme for Children with Developmental Disabilities in a…