High-quality interactions. Pathways towards enhancing the quality of the interactions between direct support workers and clients with severe or profound intellectual disabilities visiting day-care or residential group homes KU Leuven
The importance of social interactions cannot be underestimated. This is equally so for individuals with severe or profound intellectual disabilities visiting day-care or residential group homes. The direct support workers supporting them in daily life are a significant source of their social encounters. However, with the individuals’ often idiosyncratic communication style and the direct support workers’ heavy workload, to name two, several ...