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Parental satisfaction with early intensive behavioral intervention

Grey, Ian; Cougham, Barry; Lydon, Helena; HEaly, Olive; Thomas, Justin

Research related to parental satisfaction with early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) remains limited. A 35-item questionnaire called the parental satisfaction scale–EIBI (PSS-EIBI) was developed with four subdomains ...
Forensic psychology and Islamic jurisprudence

Grey, Ian; Almazrouei, Amraim; Thomas, Justin; Randall, Patrick

Islamic jurisprudence is the most widely used system of religious law in the world today. However, how forensic psychology may operate within this system has been largely unexplored. The current review sets out to explore ...
The relationship between shame and guilt

Grey, Ian; Daly, Rebecca; Thomas, Justin; Marassas, Walaa

The current study examines whether proneness to shame and guilt is related to the cultural dimensions of collectivism and individualism. Two groups of participants from Ireland (n = 120) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ...
The use of differential reinforcement of other behaviours to establish inhibitory stimulus control for the management of vocal stereotypy in children with autism

Grey, Ian; Leslie, Neely; Hollway, Jennifer; Rispoli, Mandy; Brady, Therese; Lydon, Sinead; Healy, Olive

Objective: This study examined the efficacy of an inhibitory stimulus control procedure (ISCP) for the management of vocal stereotypy in three children with autism. Method: During discrimination training, implemented within ...
Software process models

Haraty, Ramzi A.; Hu, Gongzhu

Modeling of software process has been a very challenging problem and constantly debated in the software development community in the past 30+ years, largely due to the complex nature of the software development process ...
National identity, implicit in-group evaluation, and psychological well-being among emirati women

Grey, Ian; Thomas, Justin

A sense of connectedness, and belonging to a valued social group (social identity processes), has been found to promote psychological well-being. This study, using implicit and explicit assessments, extends the exploration ...
An evaluation of positive behavioural support for children with challenging behaviour in community settings

Grey, Ian; Mesbur, Maryann; Lydon, Helena; Healy, Olive; Thomas, Justin

This study employs a multiple baseline across individual design to describe the implementation of positive behavioural supports for seven children and adolescents in residential community settings over a period of 24 months. ...
Combining psychiatric and psychological approaches in the inpatient assessment of aggression in a client with moderate intellectual disability

Grey, Ian M.; McClean, Brian; Kulkarni, Leena; Hilley, John

The literature on challenging behaviour is large, with heavy emphasis on behavioural approaches. In recent years more attention has been given to the effect of psychiatric illness on the behaviour of people with intellectual ...
Patterns of autism diagnostic assessment in Ireland

Grey, Ian; Bradley, Stephen; McClean, Brian

A retrospective analysis was carried out on the diagnostic assessments of 67 children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), in order to (1) examine the use of assessment instruments used to diagnose autism and whether ...
Effects of functional versus non-functional explanations for challenging behaviours on treatment acceptability

Grey, Ian M.; Mccausland, Darragh; Wester, Gry; McClean, Brian

The study evaluated the effects of type of information naive participants received about challenging behaviour on ratings of acceptability of two multi-element treatment plans. Three groups of 20 undergraduate students ...
An evaluation of an intervention sequence outline in positive behaviour support for people with autism and severe escape-motivated challenging behaviour

Grey, Ian; McClean, Brian

Background Positive behaviour support emphasises the impact of contextual variables to enhance participation, choice, and quality of life. This study evaluates a sequence for implementing changes to key contextual variables ...
A relational frame skills training intervention to increase general intelligence and scholastic aptitude

Grey, Ian M.; Cassidy, Sarah; Roche, Bryan; Colbert, Dylan

This study aimed to replicate and extend the pilot findings of Cassidy et al. (2011) which found that teaching children to derive various relations among stimuli leads to increases in the full scale IQ scores of both ...
Treatment of idiopathic toe-walking in children with autism using GaitSpot auditory Speakers and simplified habit reversal

Grey, Ian; Bradley, Stephen; Sinnott, Brigit; Marcus, Ann

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a simplified habit reversal procedure (SHR) using differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviour (DRI) and a stimulus prompt (GaitSpot Auditory Squeakers) to reduce ...
Metaheuristic Algorithm for State-Based Software Testing

Haraty, Ramzi A.; Mansour, Nashat; Zeitunlian, Hratch

This article presents a metaheuristic algorithm for testing software, especially web applications, which can be modeled as a state transition diagram. We formulate the testing problem as an optimization problem and use a ...
Using a Time Timer™ to increase appropriate waiting behavior in a child with developmental disabilities

Grey, Ian; Healy, Olive; Leader, Geraldine; Hayes, Deirdre

This study aimed to examine the use of a predictive stimulus (Time Timer™) and delayed reinforcement to increase appropriate waiting behavior in a child with developmental disabilities and problem behavior maintained by ...
A component analysis of positive behaviour support plans

Grey, Ian; McClean, Brian

Background Positive behaviour support (PBS) emphasises multi-component interventions by natural intervention agents to help people overcome challenging behaviours. This paper investigates which components are most effective ...
Co‐operative learning for students with difficulties in learning

Grey, Ian M.; Murphy, Ellen; Honan, Rita

As part of a larger study regarding the inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream classroom settings, Ellen Murphy, of the D Clin Psych programme at NUI Galway, with Ian Grey and Rita Honan, from Trinity College, ...
Co‐operative learning for Children with an Autistic Spectrum disorder (ASD) in mainstream and special class settings

Grey, Ian M.; Bruton, Cora; Honan, Rita; McGuinness, Roisin; Daly, Micheal

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a cooperative learning (CL) intervention on the levels of social and task engagement of a child with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) conducted in a mainstream class ...
Staff training and challenging behaviour

Grey, Ian M.; Hastings, Richard P.; McClean, Brian
Satisfaction with living arrangements of older adults with intellectual disability

Grey, Ian M.; Rourke, Anne O.; Fuller, Ray; McClean, Brian

Living arrangements for older adults with intellectual disability are an important aspect of service provision. However, relatively little work has examined service users’ satisfaction and dissatisfaction with where they ...

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