Abstract
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) often find themselves excluded from community participation due to environmental barriers, especially stigma. These barriers can negatively affect their psychological well-being and quality of life. Life-coaching as a short-term and action-prone process can increase goal attainment in various life-domains and lead to enhanced quality of life. Nevertheless, to date, few life-coaching interventions have targeted individuals with IDD. This case study article aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of a conceptual framework for practicing life-coaching with individuals with IDD, by describing two cases of individuals with IDD who participated in a life-coaching intervention. Life-coaching, based on the proposed framework, can be a potential intervention to enhance the capability set, self-determination skills, and overall quality of life of people with IDD. It appears that in order for the life-coaching process to successfully address psychosocial aspects of the quality of life concept among people with IDD, it must be tailored to their needs and competences.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 150-159 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Sep 2019 |
Keywords
- developmental disabilities
- intellectual disabilities
- life-coaching
- quality of life
- well-being
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Health(social science)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
