Scientific programme
The congress contributions have been printed in a JIDR special issue, which can be downloaded free of charge for EAMHID members:
Editorial: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jir.12870
Abstracts: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jir.12869
Thursday, 23rd September 2021
7:00am Registration desk opens
7:30am - 10:30am pre-congress Workshops
Pre-Congress Workshops
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| Workshop 1 | Autism: absolute thinking in a relative world. Context blindness 2.0 |
| Peter Vermeulen | |
| Workshop 2 | Mental health nursing for persons with intellectual disability. Behavioral equivalents, therapeutic communication and user participation |
| Trine Bakken | |
| Workshop 3 | Primary prevention of child sexual abuse by juveniles and adults with sexual interest in pre- and/or early pubescent children |
| Miriam Schuler | |
| Workshop 4 | Emotional Development: from science to practice. |
| Filip Morisse, Leen De Neve and Lies Taghon | |
| Workshop 5 | Improvisational theater intervention in people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems |
| Regina Fabian and Daria Tarasova | |
| Workshop 6 | Dialogue-oriented de-escalation: Identification and usage of the elements of escalation |
| Carlos Escalera and Paula Sanchez Calvo | |
| Workshop 7 | Dementia in Persons with Intellectual Disability |
| Elisabeth Zeilinger and Sandra Verena Müller | |
| Workshop 8 | On mutual connections between trauma and brain in people with intellectual disabilities |
| Lien Claes und Trees Vangansbeke |
11:00am Memorial Service: Gedächtniskirche
1:00pm Opening Ceremony
02:00 pm - 03:30 pm Scientific Programme
Keynote | 02:00pm - 02:45pm | Room: Humboldt
| Christine Preißmann | living with autism - an encouragement |
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Special Lecture | 02:45pm - 03:30pm Room: Humboldt
| Karolien Notebaert | Hack your brain - unlock your unique potential |
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Scientific Programme
Solicited Symposia | 02:00pm - 03:30pm | From vulnerability to resilience: visualising strengths in people with intellectual disabilities
| Language: English & German | Room: Kleist |
| Resilience in the face of adversity: how people with intellectual disabilities deal with challenging times (Femke Scheffers) | |
| Cripped collaborations: disability as a methodological starting point in academic research (Leonie Dronkert) | |
| Perspectives on burdens, strengths and desires of children with neurodevelopmental disorders in residential care (Gabriëlle Mercera) |
Solicited Symposia | 02:00pm - 03:30pm | Treatment at your doorstep: innovative healthcare with 'The Banjaard Bus'
| Language: English | Room: Edison |
| Treatment at your doorstep : “GIJS: from idea to reality” (CLM van Vliet) | |
| Treatment at your doorstep : different treatments in a safeand homely atmosphere setting (KC Dekker) | |
| Treatment at your doorstep : "playing and recovering on wheels" (EMN van Ooijen) |
Solicited Symposia | 02:00pm - 03:30pm | COVID-19 pandemic – effects and challenges in people with intellectual disabilities
| Language: English | Room: Voltaire |
| How to address and better prepare for pandemic related trauma experienced by people with intellectual disabilities (Julie Gentile - online) | |
| COVID-19 and people with intellectual disabilities in the UK – what happened? (Ken Courtenay) | |
| Impact of COVID-19 on families with young children with developmental disabilities (Angela Hassiotis - online) | |
| Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities in Germany - results of an online-based survey (Michael Seidel) |
Individual Symposia | 02:00pm - 03:30pm | Treatment
| Language: English | Room: Einstein |
| Evaluating Talking Mats™ with the inpatient intellectual disability forensic population (Sam Quinn) | |
| Design and testing of a virtual reality mentalization module (Paula Sterkenburg) | |
| The importance of the emotional development in the musictherapy with individuals with intellectual disability (Federico Fiumani) | |
| WIELD 2: using a picture book to improve epilepsy management for people with learning disabilities (Georgina Parkes) | |
| Smoking cessation in people with mild intellectual disability (MID): a motivational approach (Marieke Meppelder - online) |
Individual Symposia | 02:00pm - 03:30pm | Health Inequalities/Challenging behaviour
| Language: English | Room: Pasteur |
| Adverse experiences, stress and resilience in the lives of elderly people with intellectual disability (Hadewych Schepens) | |
| Measures preventing challenging behaviour of adults with ID in swiss residential institutions (Eva Büschi) | |
| Supporting adults with ID and CB in swiss residential care: towards an ecological systems approach. (Natalie Zambrino - online) | |
| Health literacy in people with intellectual disabilities: strengths and weaknesses (Nils Sebastian Vetter - online) | |
| Increased susceptibility of Covid-19 diagnosis in Down-Syndrome compared to the general population (Asaad Baksh) |
Coproductive Symposia | 02:00pm - 03:30pm
| Supporting persons with ID participating in crisis | |
| Language: German | Priya-Lena Riedel, Barbara Juen, Georg Willeit |
| Room: Kepler | online |
3:30pm - 4:00pm Coffee Break
04:00 pm - 05:30 pm Scientific Programme
Keynote | 04:00pm - 04:45pm | Room: Humboldt
| Andre Strydom | Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome - from understanding pathology to prevention |
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Historical Lecture | 04:45pm - 05:30pm | Room: Humboldt
| Michael Seidel | The extinction of people with mental and physical disabilities by German physicians during the Nazi time |
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Scientific Programme
Roundtable | 04:00pm - 05:30pm
| The assessment and treatment of ASD and/or attachment disorders in persons with an intellectual disability | |
| Language: English & German | Paula Sterkenburg, Rita Erlewein, Mark Hudson (online), Mirjam Wouda, Veerle Andries |
| Room: Kleist |
Solicited Symposia | 04:00pm - 05:30pm | Peer-influence in persons with ID: from science to practice
| Language: English | Room: Einstein |
| Language skills and social contact among students with intellectual disabilities in special needs schools (Verena Hofmann) | |
| Social and non-social influence on social judgments in adolescents with intellectual disability (Sara Egger - online) | |
| Peer influence on autistic behavior development (Gina Nenninger) | |
| Susceptibility to social influence: a way to promote positive development? (Anika Bexkens) |
Solicited Symposia | 04:00pm - 05:30pm | Participatory approaches to health promotion with people with intellectual disability
| Language: German | Room: Kepler |
| Participatory development of a health education program for people with intellectual disability (Reinhard Burtscher) | |
| Health literacy in the field of substance use by and for people with intellectual disabilities (SKoL-Toolbox) (Katharina Rathmann) | |
| With enthusiasm and energy: promoting physical activity in people with intellectual disabilities (Änne-Dörte Latteck) |
Solicited Symposia | 04:00pm - 05:30pm | Crisis care for people with intellectual disabilities who display challenging behaviour
| Language: English | Room: Voltaire |
| Psychosocial interventions for aggression in people with intellectual disabilities (David Prior - online) | |
| Clinical effectiveness of intensive support teams for challenging behaviour (Ian Hall - online) | |
| Views and experiences from multiple stakeholders of intensive support teams (Leila Hamza - online) | |
| Cost effectiveness of intensive support teams for challenging behaviour (Angela Hassiotis - online) |
Solicited Symposia | 04:00pm - 05:30pm | Towards a diagnostic standard in detecting autism spectrum disorders in adults with intellectual disability
| Language: English | Room: Pasteur |
| Validation of the german version of the PDD-MRS in an adult sample with ID and suspect of ASD (Hauke Hermann) | |
| Validation of the DiBAS-R in an independent sample of adults with ID (Isabell Gaul) | |
| Replication of the diagnostic validity of the music-based scale for autism diagnostics (MUSAD)(Friedemann Trutzenberg ) | |
| The convergent validity of ASD measures in adults with intellectual disabilities (Thomas Bergmann) |
Coproductive Symposia | 04:00pm - 05:30pm
| Addressing sleep disorders in intellectual disability | |
| Language: English | David O'Regan, Alexander Nesbitt, Ken Courtenay |
| Room: Edison |
6:00pm Bus trip to location of Congress Dinner
7:00pm Congress Dinner at the Spreespeicher
Friday, 24th September 2021
8:00am Registration desk opens
8:00am - 9:00am Poster Session
09:00am - 10:30am Scientific Programme
Meet the Expert | 09:00am - 09:45am | Room: Humboldt - online
| Marco Bertelli | Psychotropic drug use in intellectual disability and low-functoning autism spectrum disorder: who, what, when, how, and why |
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Keynote | 09:45am - 10:30am | Room: Humboldt
| Peter Vermeulen | From neurodiversity to neuroharmony: intellectual disability, autism and happiness |
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Scientific Programme
Solicited Symposia | 9:00am -10:30am | ADHD in people with intellectual disabilities - challenges and dilemmas
| Language: English & German | Room: Kleist |
| ADHD in ID: findings from the UK national audit (Bhathika Perera) | |
| ADHD in ID: royal college of psychiatrists report UK (Ken Courtenay) | |
| Defining functional impairment in people with ADHD and ID (Evan Yacoub) |
Solicited Symposia | 9:00am -10:30am | Complex case ask for caregiver. Haim Omer and Anton Dõsen give the answer
| Language: English | Room: Einstein |
| An integrative framework: new authority and emotional development (Marleen Schryvers; Goedele Hoefnagels) | |
| Integrating the new authority and emotional development model in practice (Cornelia van Ham; Goedele Hoefnagels) | |
| The pros and cons of the integrative framework: New authority and emotional development (Ellen van de Vliet; Willem De Muer) |
Solicited Symposia | 9:00am -10:30am | Mental health care for adults with mild intellectual disabilities: four studies using dutch health data
| Language: English | Room: Edison |
| Mental healthcare for adults with mild intellectual disabilities: a cohort study in dutch primary care (Katrien Pouls) | |
| Mental healthcare for adults with mild intellectual disabilities: a detailed description of GP care (Bianca Schalk) | |
| Mental healthcare for adults with mild intellectual disabilities: urgent care within out-of-hours GP services (Monique Koks-Leensen) | |
| Mental healthcare for adults with mild intellectual disabilities: a cohort study in dutch mental healthcare (Katrien Pouls) |
Solicited Symposia | 9:00am -10:30am | Dementia in persons with ID – a rare condition or of everyday relevance?
| Language: English | Room: Pasteur |
| Assessment of dementia in a clinical sample of persons with intellectual disability (Peggy Rösner) | |
| Detection of dementia in individuals with intellectual disability using the DTIM - preliminary results (Peggy Rösner) | |
| German translation and validation of the CAMDEX-DS(Sandra V. Loosli) | |
| The use of biomarkers for the diagnosis of alzheimer`s disease (AD) in Down-Syndrome (DS) (Sabine Lindquist) |
Individual Symposia | 9:00am -10:30am | Psychopharmacotherapy
| Language: German | Room: Kepler |
| Adequacy of drug prescription in adults with intellectual disability in an inpatient unit in Geneva (Markus Kosel) | |
| More drugs, less psychotherapy – a retrospective analysis of routine data (Florian Metzger) | |
| Psychopharmacological treatment of adults with intellectual disabilities and autism-spectrum disorder (Matthias Dose) | |
| Of the necessary interplay of therapy and pedagogy in psychiatric hospitals for children with ID (Karolin Kuhn; Katja Albertowski) | |
| Impairment of the serotonergic system in temper outbursts in PWS and treatment with SSRIs (Maximilian Deest - online) |
Individual Symposia | 9:00am -10:30am | COVID-19
| Language: English | Room: Voltaire |
| Perspectives on the experiences of people with intellectual difficulties during the Covid-19 pandemic (Silviya P Nikolova - online) | |
| Understanding inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes following hospital admission for people with ID (Sarah Pape) | |
| COVID-19 impact in people with intellectual disabilities (Mercedes H Núñez-Polo - online) |
10:30am - 11:00am Coffee Break
11:00am - 12:30pm Scientific Programme
State of the Art | 11:00am - 11:45am | Room: Humboldt - online
| Tina Cook | Building resilience: researching the practice of mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy with family carers of adults with learning disability and challenging behaviour |
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State of the Art | 11:45am - 12:30pm | Room: Humboldt
| Johannes Fellinger | Mental health of deaf people with intellectual disabilities |
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Scientific Programme
Solicited Symposia | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Improving mental health for individuals with developmental disabilities: Results from clinical research
| Language: English & German | Room: Kleist |
| Behavioural equivalents of schizophrenia in patients with intellectual disability and autism (Trine Lise Bakken) | |
| Experiences of ward atmosphere in inpatients withintellectual disability and mental illnes (Heidi Sageng Sommerstad; Trine Lise Bakken ) | |
| Patients with intellectual disabilities in specialist mental health services in Singapore (Jonathan Ee - online) | |
| Evaluation of a multimodal group training supporting People with Autism and intellectual Disability (Thomas Bergmann) |
Solicited Symposia | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Validity analysis and clinical impact of the Scale of Emotional Development-Short
| Language: English | Room: Pasteur |
| Item-validity analysis of the SED-S in a multicenter sample of adults with intellectual disabilities (Hauke Hermann) | |
| Behavioural phenomena in persons with an ID according to Emotional Development (Nadine Berndt) | |
| Seed the SED-S: does emotional development predict psychiatric disorders in people with intellectual disability? (Aleksey Lytochkin) | |
| The impact of depressive episodes on the level of emotional development in adults with IDD (Maria Schmidt, Toni Haferburg) |
Individual Symposia | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Autism and developmental delays
| Language: English | Room: Einstein |
| Psychometric properties of the Psychopathology in Autism Checklist (PAC) in adolescences and adults (Sissel Berge Helverschou) | |
| Diagnosis of autism-spectrum disorder in adults with intellectual disabilities (Matthias Dose) | |
| Deficit or delay? Executive functions in 8 to 17-year-olds with borderline intellectual functioning (Maaike van Rest - online) | |
| The social-emotional functioning of young children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay (Ines Van keer) |
Individual Symposia | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Health promotion
| Language: English | Room: Voltaire |
| Daily time management and time-assistive devices for people with an intellectual disability (Debora van Elst - online) | |
| Design to implementation of technology-based interventions for visual (and intellectual) disability (Vernandi Dyzel - online) | |
| E-health, physical activity and intellectual disability –protocol for a pilot study (Henriette Michalsen - online) | |
| How do multimorbidity and lifestyle factors impact the perceived health of adults with intellectual disabilities? (Monica Isabel Olsen - online) | |
| Physical and mental health in intellectual disability, preliminary data of a cross-sectional study (Martina Capellazzi - online) |
Roundtable | 11:00am - 12:30pm
| Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities | |
| Language: German | Michael Seidel; Annika Kleischmann; Marcus Bernard; Brian Fergus Barrett; Wolfgang Koeller |
| Room: Kepler |
Coproductive Symposia | 11:00am - 12:30pm
| Co-presentation with people with intellectual disabilities, employment, education, inclusion | |
| Language: English | Ruwani Ampegama; Karina Marshall-Tate (online); Maggie Brennan; Eddie Chaplin; Steve Hardy; Peter Cronin |
| Room: Edison |
12:30pm - 13:00pm Poster Session
12:30pm - 1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm - 2:00pm General Assembly EAMHID
02:00pm - 03:30pm Scientific Programme
Keynote | 02:00pm - 02:45pm | Room: Humboldt - online
| Nicole Strüber | Focus on the brain: How individual genes, prenatal epigenetic characteristics and early interaction experiences shape resilience and risk |
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Meet the Expert | 2:45pm - 3:30pm | Room: Humboldt - online
| Karl Elling Ellingsen | Blind spots! A look at some of the outcomes of the Norwegian reform in service systems for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. |
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Scientific Programme
Solicited Symposia | 02:00pm - 03:30pm | People with intellectual disabilities in prison and court settings in the UK
| Language: English & German | Room: Kleist |
| Vulnerabilities of prisoners with autistic traits (Jane McCarthy) | |
| People with intellectual disability within court liaison & diversion services: characteristics & vulnerabilities (Jane McCarthy; Denise Harvey - online) | |
| Identifying and managing intellectual disability in prisons (Eddie Chaplin) | |
| People with intellectual disabilities views on support following court contact (Salma Ali; Karina Tate-Marshall - online) |
Solicited Symposia | 02:00pm - 03:30pm | Recommendations of the DGMGB for the medical care of patients with ID
| Language: German | Room: Kepler |
| Functional deterioration in adults with cerebral palsies – the differential diagnosis (Peter Martin) | |
| Pain in adults with developmental disorders – from symptom to diagnosis (Jörg Stockmann) | |
| The differential diagnosis of diarrhea in adult patients with intellectual disabilities (ID) (Martin Rohlf) |
Solicited Symposia | 02:00pm - 03:30pm | Focus on personalised care and individual behavioural change for improving mental health in IDD
| Language: English | Room: Pasteur |
| Lessons about the feasibility of daily diary monitoring in youth with MID-BIF (Daan Hulsmans) | |
| The effectiveness of a personalized treatment for substance use disorder in people with MID-BIF(Lotte Gosens - online) | |
| Treatment of self-harming and suicidal behaviour in IDD by adapted dialectical behaviour therapy (Annemarie van Vonderen) | |
| Physiological stress as early-warning signal for challenging behaviour in people with SPID (Rianne Simons) |
Individual Symposia | 02:00pm - 03:30pm | Inclusion, society and community
| Language: English | Room: Einstein |
| "This is how I want to live!" Results of a study to identify housing wishes with people with complex disabilities (Friederike Koch; Karin Tiesmeyer) | |
| CONF.I.A.N.Ç.A | a moment of stillness, self-reflection and connection (Vicky Simitopoulou) | |
| Identifying and linking leverage points to inventions based on 'dynamic personal network stories' (Evy Meys) | |
| Psychology students ́ education, experiences & attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities (Luise Schröder) | |
| Inclusion and participation of people with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour (Sophia Arndt & Annika Lang) |
Individual Symposia | 02:00pm - 03:30pm | Assessment
| Language: English | Room: Voltaire |
| Assessing conversational skills of adolescents and young adults with developmental disabilities (DD) (Silvia Iacomini - online) | |
| Autism screening in adults with intellectual disability and hearing loss: validity of the DIBAS-R and PDD-MRS (Johannes Hofer - online) | |
| Influence of emotional development, mental disorders and problem behaviors in a population simple with ID (Carlos Peña-Salazar) | |
| What we need to know about callous-unemotional traits and youths functioning? (Myriam Squillaci - online) |
Roundtable | 02:00pm - 03:30pm
| An international manual emotional development and intellectual disability | |
| Language: English | Jac de Bruijn; Jolanda Vonk; Filip Morisse; Els Ronsse |
| Room: Edison |
3:30pm - 4:00pm Coffee Break
04:00pm - 05:20pm Scientific Programme
Keynote | 04:00pm - 04:40pm | Room: Humboldt - online
| Chris Oliver | Enhancing the wellbeing of people with severe intellectual disability and complex needs |
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Meet the Expert | 4:40pm - 5:20pm | Room: Humboldt
| Marja W. Hodes | Video-feedback intervention to support parents with intellectual disabilities |
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Scientific Programme
Solicited Symposia | 04:00pm - 05:20pm | From theoretical models, through psychotropic drug prescriptions practice, to patient’s reported outcome measures
| Language: English & German | Room: Kleist |
| Use of integrative models in the assessment of challenging behaviour in individuals with intellectual disabilities (Tryntsje Fokkema) | |
| Challenging behaviour, psychotropic drug prescription and restrictive measures: how do they relate?(Josien Jonker) | |
| Discontinuation of antipsychotic drugs for challenging behaviour; a survey on prescribers’ experiences and opinions ( Joke de Haan) | |
| Inclusive research on outcome measures for pharmaceutical treatments of challenging behaviour (Gerda de Kuijper) |
Solicited Symposia | 04:00pm - 05:20pm | From practice to research. Arts-based interventions in adults with intellectual disabilities
| Language: English | Room: Edison |
| AutCom: musical-bodily interventions in supporting adults with intellectual disability and autism (Thomas Bergmann) | |
| The art therapy interventions for an individual with Down-Syndrome (Magdalena Rubeša - online) | |
| Improvisational drama therapy for people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems (Regina Fabian, Daria Tarasova) | |
| Music therapy interventions for affect regulation in adults with severe multiple disabilities (Silke Reimer) |
Solicited Symposia | 04:00pm - 05:20pm | How to treat/support adults with ID and MH problems and their environment? An example of matched care
| Language: English | Room: Pasteur |
| Treatment model for adults with ID and MH problems: a continuum of inpatient and outpatient care (Filip Morisse) | |
| Case study of an 18-year-old female (mild ID and ASD) admitted in the admission unit for youngsters (Suzan Laureys ) | |
| Case study: man with moderate ID, epilepsy and psychosis admitted in a short term psychiatric unit (Saskia Rigolle) | |
| Outreach trajectory with the context of a woman with mild ID and neurodevelopmental disorder (Leen De Neve) |
Individual Symposia | 04:00pm - 05:20pm | Mental Disorders
| Language: English | Room: Einstein |
| Identification of post-traumatic stress disorder in autistic adults with intellectual disabilities (Arvid Nikolai Kildahl) | |
| Dementia in intellectual disability: a training course for daily caregivers (Hadewych Schepens) | |
| Identifying the links between common mental health conditions and dementia onset in a Down-Syndrome cohort (Mina Idris) | |
| Inventory for supported psychological evaluation (iSpe) – a research-based innovation project (Oddbjørn Hove) | |
| Measuring stress levels: suitability of self-report stress measures for people with MID/BIF (Roel Kooijmans) |
Individual Symposia | 04:00pm - 05:20pm | Inclusion, society and community
| Language: English | Room: Voltaire |
| A study of parental perspectives on tutoring sessions for children with disabilities during COVID-19 (Zamira Hyseni Duraku; Mirjeta Nagavci - online) | |
| Building a community forensic service for people with intellectual disabilities and autism (Leah Wooster - online) | |
| Gender Incongruence and intellectual disability - what services are provided for this population?(Vinicius Faccin Bampi - online) | |
| Some aspects of community participation of adults with psychosocial disabilities (Rea Fulgosi-Masnja - online) | |
| Befriending in adults with intellectual disability and depressive symptoms: a pilot trial (Afia Ali - online) |
Roundtable | 4:00pm - 4:40pm
| The effects of attachment disorders during childhood of people with intellectual disabilities | |
| Language: German | Detlef Meyer (online); Dorothee Hillenbrand; Martin Rothaug |
| Room: Kepler |
Roundtable | 4:40pm - 5:20pm
| "This is how I want to live!" Results of a study to identify housing wishes with people with complex disabilities | |
| Language: German | Karin Tiesmeyer; Friederike Koch; Sandra Waters; Si-yeun Hammerbacher |
| Room: Kepler |
05:30pm - 07:00pm Scientific Programme
Meet the Expert | 5:30pm - 6:15pm | Room: Humboldt - online
| Jeanne Farr, Julie Gentile & Kristin McGill | Lessons from a global pandemic: what have we learned? |
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Special Lecture | 6:15pm - 7:00pm | Room: Humboldt - online
| Shoumitro (Shoumi) Deb & Bharati Limbu | SPECTROM - an online training programme to reduce overmedication of people with intellectual disabilities |
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Scientific Programme
Solicited Symposia | 05:30pm - 07:00pm | Validation and extensions of the Scale of Emotional Development – Short
| Language: English & German | Room: Kleist |
| Validation and extensions of the Scale of Emotional Development – Short (1) (Miriam Flachsmeyer) | |
| Validation and extensions of the Scale of Emotional Development – Short (2) (Theresa Meinecke) | |
| Validation and extensions of the Scale of Emotional Development – Short (3) (Daria Tarasova) | |
| Validation and extensions of the Scale of Emotional Development – Short (4) (Sabrina Lutter) |
Solicited Symposia | 05:30pm - 07:00pm | Peer relations and problem behaviors in children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities
| Language: English | Room: Edison |
| Effects of problem behavior on acceptance and rejection of students with ID in special needs schools (Noemi Schoop-Kasteler) | |
| Is problem behavior development of students with ID influenced by their classmates` characteristics? (Christoph Müller) | |
| Training resistance to peer influence in adolescents with mild-to-borderline intellectual disability (Eline Wagemaker) |
Solicited Symposia | 05:30pm - 07:00pm | Treatment and educational support for people with intellectual disabilities and trauma-related disorders
| Language: German | Room: Pasteur |
| Narrative exposure therapy in people with intellectual or psychol. disability-results of a study (Birgit Mayer) | |
| Narrative and imaginary methods in the treatment of childhood abuse traum – a case study (Marie Ilic) | |
| Severe developmental trauma and the educational and therapeutic work using the BEP-KI-k (Birgit Mayer) |
Individual Symposia | 05:30pm - 07:00pm | Models of care and support
| Language: English | Room: Einstein |
| Beyond ‘spheres of exclusion’. Individualized support for persons with complex needs (Martin F. Reichstein) | |
| Forms of support for patients with comorbid intellectual disabilities and psychiatric disorders in Poland (Krzysztof Krysta) | |
| Model of interdisciplinary outpatient care (Rita Maria Erlewein) | |
| Predictors of mental health crises among people with intellectual/developmental disabilities in the START Program (Luther Kalb - online) | |
| Systemical impact of socio-emotional diagnostics (Rita Maria Erlewein) |
Individual Symposia | 05:30pm - 07:00pm | Quality of life and wellbeing
| Language: German | Room: Kepler |
| Adaptive profiles of deaf adults with ID: ID domain discrepancies and quality of life (Johanna Eisinger; Magdalena Dall) | |
| Assessment of psychological distress in people with intellectual disabilities (Melanie Jagla-Franke) | |
| Health care for people with impairments considering the social participation model (Christian Henning) | |
| Mood in the corona pandemic in a therapeutic community for the deaf with intellectual disabilities (Clemens Schaurhofer) | |
| The topic of health in the life stories of people with intellectual disabilities (Hanna Stahlhut - online) | |
| Bundesteilhabegesetz: Implementation of the UNCRPD in Germany: Limits, Contradictions, Outlook (Sandra Waters) |
Individual Symposia | 05:30pm - 07:00pm | Child and adolescent
| Language: English | Room: Voltaire |
| Effect of the use of an iPad on the attention span of a child with Smith Magenis Syndrome: a single case study (M.T. Rikken-Evers) | |
| Autonomy restrictions & custodial measures from the perspective of adolescents with intellectual disabilities (Saskia Schuppener - online) | |
| Needs of teachers regarding the education of children with learning difficulties (Claudia Iacob - online) | |
| Verbal behavior for school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder: what does the literature say? (Myriam Squillaci - online) |
7:30pm Speakers Dinner
Saturday, 25th September 2021
8:00am Registration desk opens
8:00am - 9:00am Poster Session
09:00am - 10:30am Scientific Programme
Meet the Expert | 09:00am - 09:40am | Room: Humboldt
| Filip Morisse and Leen De Neve | Emotional development in persons with ID |
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State of the Art | 9:45am - 10:30am | Room: Humboldt
| Kim Hinkelmann | Biology of dissociation: current findings from stress research |
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Scientific Programme | 09:00am - 10:30am
Roundtable | 9:00am - 9:40am
| Mental health & intellectual disabilities; a transdiagnostic approach to improve practice & research | |
| Language: English & German | Gerda de Kuijper; Josien Jonker; Joke de Haan; Tryntsje Fokkema |
| Room: Kleist |
Roundtable | 9:00am - 9:40am
| Practical implications from embedding a trauma-informed approach in response to ‘Transforming Care’ | |
| Language: English | Robert Ferris-Rogers (online); Wendy Ewins; Noelle Blackman |
| Room: Pasteur |
Roundtable | 9:45am - 10:30am
| Practical implications for discharge of restricted patients in England | |
| Language: English | Robert Ferris-Rogers (online); Roger Banks; Christine Hutchinson (online) |
| Room: Pasteur |
Individual Symposia | 09:00am - 10:30am | Quality of life and wellbeing
| Language: English | Room: Einstein |
| Compassion focused therapy for people with intellectual disability: a scoping literature review (Hannelies Hokke) | |
| Integrative multidisciplinary approach to mental health of persons with IDD ( Ljilja Ivanković) | |
| Pain recognition in children and adults with rare genetic syndromes and intellectual disability (Helen Korving) | |
| Predictors of job satisfaction among staff in care settings for individuals with intellectual disability (Jana Leukart, Guido Semrau) | |
| Quality of life of parents caring for adult children with intellectual disability (Tamara Kralj - online) |
Individual Symposia | 09:00am - 10:30am | Treatment and care
| Language: German | Room: Kepler |
| Advance Care Planning (ACP) for people with impairments (Theodore Otto-Achenbach) | |
| Cognitive und emotional development in a sample of individuals who are deaf and have intellectual disabilities (ID) (Joachim Adl - online) | |
| Network for competence development in working with people with challenging behaviour and intensive assistance needs (Si-yeun Hammerbacher) | |
| Social skill training for handicapped people: a new approach (Antonia von Weizsäcker) | |
| Treatment planning based on Advance Care Planning (ACP) for practical application (Sandra Menci) |
Individual Symposia | 09:00am - 10:30am | Ethics and spirituality
| Language: English | Room: Voltaire |
| Disgust – a long-acting mechanism for social exclusion of people with intellectual disabilities (Michael Seidel) | |
| Issues of research ethics in the context of so-called mental and/or multiple disabilities (Markus Dederich) | |
| Leo Kanner - a strong opponent of euthanasia in “feebleminded” children (Michael Seidel) | |
| Spirituality and quality of life in individuals who are deaf and have ID (Maria Fellinger; Johannes Fellinger) |
Solicited Symposia | 09:00am - 10:30am | Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in ID
| Language: English | Room: Edison |
| Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) – only relevant for children? (Björn Kruse) | |
| Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in children and adolescents. Focussing on invisible impairments (Jörg Liesegang) | |
| Neuropsychological outcome in adults with FASD and intellectual and developmental disorder (Jessica Wagner) | |
| Substance use, comorbid psychiatric disorders and suicide attempts in adult FASD patients (Rosa Stoll) |
Coproductive Symposia | 9:45am - 10:30am
| Beyond Words - tools for empowering people | |
| Language: English & German | Sheila Hollins; Irene Tuffrey-Wijne; Noelle Blackman; Karolyn Kuhn |
| Room: Kleist | online |
10:30am - 11:00am Coffee Break
11:00am - 12:30pm Scientific Programme
Keynote | 11:00am - 11:45pm | Room: Humboldt - online
| Marco Bertelli | New insights on psychopathological assessment in persons with intellectual disability and low-functioning autism spectrum disorder |
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Scientific Programme | 11:00am - 12:30pm
Solicited Symposia | 11:00am - 12:30pm | The CCE approach: intervening in the situations of residents with severe challenging behaviour
| Language: English & German | Room: Kleist |
| A good practice in cases of self-injurious behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities (Peter Koedoot - online) | |
| Using dialogue to assess the quality of life of a person with severe multiple disabilities (Anouschka Jansen - online) | |
| The organisational environment of residents with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour (Vanessa Olivier-Pijpers - online) |
Solicited Symposia | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Enhancing the communication between individuals with multiple disabilities and their communication partners
| Language: Englisch | Room: Humboldt |
| Effects of ‘Tell it!’ on the communication abilities of individuals with congenital deafblindness (Marianne Rorije - online) | |
| Joint attention and shared enjoyment in storytelling for individuals with multiple disabilities (Rita Gerkema-Nijhof - online) | |
| Effects of sensory enhanced interactive story telling (SEIS-T) for individuals with multiple disabilities (Nina Wolters-Leermakers - online) |
Solicited Symposia | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Who challenges whom? Effects of systemic interventions in the field of ID and challenging behaviour
| Language: English | Room: Edison |
| Adopting systemic methods in psychiatric contexts: results from the german research project SYMPA-ID ( Meike Wehmeyer) | |
| Maintaining appreciation in a strained psychiatric consultation: benefits of the systemic approach (Kordula Kraus) | |
| From challenge to change: effects of a systemic intervention in a group home setting (Petra Akoh) |
Individual Symposia | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Multiple and profound disabilities
| Language: English | Room: Einstein |
| Assessment of social communication skills in adults with intellectual disability and deafness (Chantal Weber) | |
| Attachment psychoeducation for parents of children with severe disabilities: a micro-intervention (Sien Vandesande) | |
| Designing a system that supports caregivers of people with severe/profound intellectual disabilities (Kyra Frederiks) | |
| The ‘DHG standards’ for supporting participation in case of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (Erik Weber) |
Individual Symposia | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Child and adolescent
| Language: German | Room: Kepler |
| „Drop the term‚ challenging behavior‘!“ – the trivialization of emotional suffering (Klaus Hennicke) | |
| Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in adults (Marie Ilic) | |
| Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) - enabling participation for children and adolescents (Jörg Liesegang) | |
| School closures affecting pupils with ID during the pandemic: Situation and opportunities from the teachers' and parents’ perspective (Steffen Siegemund-Johannsen, Christoph Ratz, Christiane Reuter) | |
| Social pediatrics and child and adolescent psychiatry - existing care options and open professional needs (Loretta Ihme ) |
Individual Symposia | 11:00am - 12:30pm | Families/parenting
| Language: English | Room: Pasteur |
| Effects of the pandemic on the mental health of carers of people with ID: quantitative and qualitative findings (Biza Stenfert-Kroese - online) | |
| Empowering mothers of children with developmental delays (Tamara Kralj - online) | |
| Parents mental health and effects of COVID-19 on children with disabilities and their families (Lea Masnjak Šušković - online) | |
| Parents of children with disability: coping and resilience (Angelka Keskinova) | |
| Triggers for dysfunctional mental health of mothers raising a child with disabilities – towards an intervention model (Lianne Dixon) |