Resources

This section provides access to resources by CIDDR, either freely available to download, or where externally published, with information how to obtain these.

Materials/Manuals:

Manualised Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for anxiety and depression in adults with mild intellectual disabilities:

This study, led by Angela Hassiotis, was funded by the UK Department of Health Research for Patient Benefit programme. More information about the study and access to the free manual

_{Full Reference: Hassiotis, A., Serfaty, M., Azam, K., Martin, S., Strydom, A., & King, M. (2012). A Manual of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for People with Mild Learning Disabilities and Common Mental Disorders: A training guide to help professional therapists in treating people with communication and cognitive problems in CBT. Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust and University College London, 2012}

Measures:

Intellectual Disability Literacy Scale (IDLS):

The IDLS is available in two versions: (1) using a vignette without diagnostic label (doc) (2) using a vignette with diagnostic label (doc)

Scoring of the IDLS: (1) IDLS Scoring guide (doc) (2) When using the unlabelled vignette use this guide for coding of responses to the vignette (doc)

_{Full Reference: Scior,K. & Furnham,A. (2011). Development and validation of the Intellectual Disability Literacy Scale for assessment of knowledge, beliefs and attitudes to intellectual disability. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 1530-1541.}

Cognitive Scale for Down Syndrome (CS-DS):

LonDownS has developed a new informant questionnaire about cognitive abilities in Down syndrome: the Cognitive Scale for Down Syndrome (CS-DS). You can access the paper and download a PDF of the CSDS.

Stigma Questionnaire:

The Stigma Questionnaire for people with Intellectual Disability is a brief 10 item measure developed for use in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability aged 18-65.

You can access the Stigma Questionnaire and the manual with further information about the development of the measure and how it is scored.