The effect of social skills and relationship education on the knowledge and attitudes of people with intellectual disability.

Using the Assessment of sexual knowledge (ASK) to measure the effect of participating in social skills and relationship education on the knowledge and attitudes of people with intellectual disability.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12613000024741

Enrollment

Registered

2013-01-09

Start date

2012-12-18

Completion date

2013-01-07

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The stated goal of the research project is to determine the effect of undertaking a Social Skills and Relationship (SS&R) course which will impact on the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to sexuality for people with an intellectual disability (ID). A well-used and respected tool within the Behaviour Support Team (BST) is the Assessment of Sexual Knowledge (ASK). This is the main tool currently available to the researcher and her BST colleagues when assessing clients sexual knowledge. One of the components for the research project is to analyse the scores of the pre and post ASK assessments for each of the SS&R Course participants to determine if the programme has been tailored to suit the individual educational needs of the group. It is envisaged an increase in scores may occur in the clients’ scores once the programme is completed. The ASK involves a series of pictures being shown to the client and a number of set questions, that are sequentially graded are asked by the administrator of the ASK. The client’s answers are recorded on set answer sheets by the administrator and a standardised scoring system is utilised. The ASK has high levels of test-retest reliability of 76% and can be utilised to test individuals both prior to commencing an education programme and again upon its completion.

Interventions

Group education on Socail Skills and Relationships (SS&R) in a workshop format with of 6-8 participants. The duration is once per week and the frequency of education sessions for 8 weeks of 90 minute sessions.

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Intervention model

Single group

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

17 Years to 26 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Disability: Mild or moderate intellectual disability. Presenting problems: Related to difficulties with relationships and/or sexual behaviour.

Exclusion criteria

People with no evidence of learning disability. People whose communication is impaired to the point where they are unlikely to benefit from this type of intervention. People with major sensory deficits. People who present a high likelihood of showing aggressive behaviour in the group setting.

Outcome results