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Trial reportJournal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID2025

Teaching Early Reading Skills to Adults With Intellectual Disabilities Using a Support Worker/Family Carer Mediated Online Reading Programme: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial.

Louise D Denne, Gwenllian Moody, Elinor Coulman, David Gillespie, Kate Ingarfield, Nicholas Manktelow, Corinna F Grindle, J Carl Hughes, Zac Taylor, Richard P Hastings

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Louise D DenneCentre for Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Gwenllian MoodyCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Elinor CoulmanCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
David GillespieCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Kate IngarfieldCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Nicholas ManktelowSchool of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Corinna F GrindleCentre for Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
J Carl HughesSchool of Educational Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK.
Zac TaylorAchieve Together, Bath, UK.
Richard P HastingsSchool of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0495-8270

Funding

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit Social Care Funding NIHR200086
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is a paucity of research into interventions that help people with intellectual disabilities learn to read. This feasibility study examines whether an online reading programme, Headsprout, with additional support strategies and supervision (the intervention), can be delivered by support workers/family carers and the feasibility of conducting a later large-scale effectiveness trial.

methodsThe study used a 2-arm randomised controlled trial (RCT) design with an embedded process evaluation using a mixed methods approach.

resultsThirty-six adults with intellectual disabilities were recruited. Informed consent and data were obtained remotely. Progression criteria for recruitment, retention, randomisation and usual practice were met; intervention adherence and fidelity were poor. Pressure on support services was a key barrier.

conclusionsWhilst progression to a large-scale effectiveness trial was not recommended, the success of conducting an RCT and remotely obtaining informed consent and data from adults with intellectual disabilities opens opportunities for increased participation in research for a currently under-represented group. REGISTRATION: ISRCTN11409097.

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CaregiversFeasibility StudiesIntellectual DisabilityReadingAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung Adultadult literacyfeasibilityrandomised controlled trialreading skills

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PMCPMC11635184

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