Values-Based Approaches for Adolescents with Mild Intellectual Disability and their Families: A Third-Wave Therapy Exploration

This project aims to understand and explore the impact of values on mental health outcomes for young people with mild intellectual disability.

 

Values represent what is meaningful to an individual, acting as guiding principles to provide direction and purpose in life, and enhance wellbeing. The use of values is integral to a range of therapeutic approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, to address mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression.

 

The current project will explore values within intellectual disability and contribute to a values-based framework for mental health assessment and intervention, ultimately to improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and their families.

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We're currently inviting parents/caregivers to participate in 1-1 interviews!

 

The interviews aim to better understand:

• How parents discuss their own values related to intellectual disability and mental health

• How values might change for parents

• Parental perspectives regarding a values-based therapy for individuals with an intellectual disability

 

If you are a parent/caregiver of a person aged 11-25 years with a mild intellectual disability and you're interested in taking part, please contact us at 200067894@aston.ac.uk or j.waite@aston.ac.uk.

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