report meeting Montpellier june 2004 (PDF Document, 14 Kb)
report IASSID june 2005 (PDF Document, 14 Kb)
report meeting Bruges october 2005 (PDF Document, 51 Kb)
report IASSID june 2006 (PDF Document, 22 Kb)
report colloquium PhD students Maastricht august 2006 (PDF Document, 16 Kb)
minutes meeting Maastricht August 2006 (PDF Document, 27 Kb)
minutes meeting Dundee November 2007 (PDF Document, 52 Kb)
minutes meeting Capetown August 2008 (Word Document, 56 Kb)
minutes meeting Rome October 2010 (PDF Document, 24 Kb)
Symposium: Staff Attitudes in Working with People with PIMD
- The importance of staff attitudes in processes of deinstitutionalization
- The 'research-workshop': improving the professionalism of teachers educating students with PIMD
- Influences on paraprofessional decision making when working with adults with PIMD
Symposium: New Approaches in Assessment for People with PIMD
- Functional assessment methods to assess self injuries behaviour
- Alertness observations in persons with PIMD
- Do you know what I feel? A first step towards a physiological measure of subjective well-being
Symposium: Advanced Diagnostics in Children with Severe Neurological Impairment and ID: Instrument Development and Feasibility
- Measuring bone quality in children with severe neurological impairment and ID with a hand x-ray
- MOVAKIC: developmen t, reliability and validity of a new instrument for evaluating motor abilities
- Feasibility of DXA bone density measurement in children with severe neurological impairment and ID
Symposium: Health Issues in People with PIMD (1)
- A study about cancer in adults with PIMD
- A study of staff work in an institution for severe motor and intellectual disabilities (SMID)
- Developing 'a day in the life' experience for preregistration AHPs
Symposium: Health Issues in People with PIMD (2)
- Communication between persons with PIMD and caregivers during hygienic care
- Postural care and protection of body shape for people with PIMD: training for family and paid carers
- Invasive procedures: breaking barriers and achieving control for people with PIMD
Symposium: Motor Activation in People with PIMD
- Motor activation in people with PIMD
- Physcial activities in people with PIMD: when and how are they offered
- Measuring physical fitness in people with PIMD
Symposium: Behavior Problems in People with PIMD
- Frequency and severity of challenging behaviour in people with PIMD
- Staff perceptions towards challenging behaviour: an interview study
- The effect of snoezelen and quality of life in adults with PIMD
Symposium: Multi-sensory Storytelling: a Cross-European Implementation (1)
- Narrative with non speakers: how does it work!
- Stories of empowerment: qualitative guided interviews with members of an inclusive literacy program
- Using multi-sensory storytelling with people with PIMD
Symposium: Multi-sensory Storytelling: a Cross-European Implementation (2)
- Quality and effectiveness of multi-sensory storytelling
- Multi-sensory storytelling: staff behaviour in interaction with persons with PIMD
- Mehr-Sinn© Geschichten: a way of cultural participation for people with PIMD
Symposium: Communication and Interaction with People with PIMD (1)
- Attuning: a theory of interaction of people with PIMD
- Meaning making in dialogue between people with PIMD and direct support staff
- Interaction: proximal processes of children with PIMD
Symposium: Communication and Interaction with People with PIMD (2): the Perspective of Families
- Children with PIMD: family accomodation, social networks and interaction
- A person first: parents' views on carers' communication with their sons and daughters with PIMD
- What do parents find important in the care for their child with PIMD
Symposium: Interventions
- Effects of MISC intervention on cognition, autonomy and behavioural funtioning of adults with severe ID
- Alertness and Snoezelen in individuals with PIMD
- Supporting those with PIMD to live lives that they prefer: a training package
Symposium: The Application of Technology in Facilitating Positive Change in the Lives of Individuals with PIMD
- Assistive technology in people with PIMD
- Usability and effectiveness of a technological interaction device in adults with PIMD
- Coordinating socio-educational progress of children with PIMD in school and home settings
Symposium: Thinking and People with PIMD
- The attribution of thinking to people with PIMD by their carers, relatives and friends
- Developing thinking skills in a school for learners with severe ID/PIMD in Wales
- Thinking about thinking: precursors and development of cognition in learners with PIMD
Symposium: Models and Opportunities
- The specific risks of discrimination against people with complex needs: the European study
- People with PIMD and the social model of disability
- More opportunity with adapted sports for people with multiple disabilities in developing countries
Symposium: Learning and Perception
- Understanding learning and education for people with PIMD
- The impact of an in-class collaborative professional development model on communication partners
- Assessment of perceptive visual (dys)function in children with ID
Plenary Session: Bea Maes: Key issues in supporting persons with PIMD