Evaluation of a CBT Programme for People with Learning Disabilities

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  An Evaluation of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Group Programme for People with Learning Disabilities and a History of Offending Behaviour

• IRAS ID

  159349

• Contact name

  Rachael Massey

• Contact email

  rachael@sinclairstrong.co.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Sinclair-Strong Consultants Ltd

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 0 months, 25 days

• Research summary

  An Evaluation of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Group Programme for People with Learning Disabilities and a History of Offending
  In the past, some people have questioned whether CBT can be used with people with learning disabilities because of the limits of their intellectual functioning. However, more recently, researchers have found that, providing the material is adjusted accordingly, this therapy can be effective in changing the way that individuals think, feel, and behave. Despite this recent shift in thinking, there are few group programmes available for people with learning disabilities. The few that are available, tend to target specific offences e.g. sex offending, fire setting etc. This programme was developed in order to provide a therapeutic group which introduced the principles of CBT to people with learning disabilities and a history of offending or inappropriate behaviours. It was designed to be implemented in a number of different residential services who catered for this specific client group.
  Between 2010 and 2013 a number of these groups were facilitated in various residential services. As part of the group programme, and in an attempt to measure individual progress, each client was required to complete three separate assessments prior to the group started, and after it had finished. These assessments measured anger (State Trait Anger Expression Inventory – II; STAXI-II), emotional recognition (The Awareness of Social Inference Test; TASIT) and general psychological wellbeing (Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation; CORE). This study will compare the assessments undertaken before the group, with those undertaken after the group finished, to evaluate whether the group had any impact on the participants.
  

• REC name

  Social Care REC

• REC reference

  14/IEC08/1012

• Date of REC Opinion

  30 Sep 2014

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion