Stella Koritsas

Measuring Goal Realization Associated With Disability Services and Supports: Initial Evidence for a New Tool

Nick Hagiliassis, Stella Koritsas, Celeste Cuzzillo

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF POLICY AND PRACTICE IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

There are few outcome measurement tools that can be accessed directly by people with intellectual disability (ID) and that can be ..

The Outcomes and Impact Scale - Revised: the psychometric properties of a scale assessing the impact of service provision

S Koritsas, N Hagiliassis, C Cuzzillo

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: The Outcomes and Impact Scale - Revised (O&IS-R) was developed to measure the impact of service provision on adults wi..

Weight, nutrition, food choice, and physical activity in adults with intellectual disability

S Koritsas, T Iacono

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to describe the nutrition, food choice, physical activity and weight status in a group of ad..

Predictors of challenging behaviour in adults with intellectual disability

Stella Koritsas, Teresa Iacono

Journal article  |  2015  |  ADVANCES IN MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which mental health, physical health, communication, learned fun..

Psychometric comparison of the Motivation Assessment Scale (MAS) and the Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF)

S Koritsas, T Iacono

Journal article  |  2013  |  JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: The Motivation Assessment Scale (MAS) and the Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF) are frequently used to assess..

Challenging behaviour: The causes (part II)

S Koritsas, T Iacono

Journal article  |  2012  |  Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the dominant approaches used to explain causes of challenging behaviou..

Challenging behaviour and associated risk factors: An overview (part I)

S Koritsas, T Iacono

Journal article  |  2012  |  Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

Purpose: This article is the first in a two-part series exploring challenging behaviour, its prevalence, risk factors and causes. ..

Australian general practitioner uptake of a remunerated Medicare Health Assessment for People with Intellectual Disability

Stella Koritsas, Teresa Iacono, Robert Davis

Journal article  |  2012  |  JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY

The impact of caring for adults with intellectual disability on the quality of life of parents

A Yoong, S Koritsas

Journal article  |  2012  |  JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: Because of an increase in life expectancy and de-institutionalisation, many adults with intellectual disability (ID) l..

Secondary Conditions in People With Developmental Disability

Stella Koritsas, Teresa Iacono

Journal article  |  2011  |  AJIDD-AMERICAN JOURNAL ON INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

The authors investigated secondary conditions in people with developmental disabilities in terms of (a) the average number of cond..