Early Identification of Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Difficulties by School Staff: A Qualitative Examination of Dutch Primary School Practices.

About 16% of Dutch children are reported to have social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties (SEBDs). SEBDs generate distress and pose risks for various negative outcomes; thus, their timely identification is deemed important to respond appropriately to children's needs and avoid such negative outcomes. Primary schools are considered convenient places to implement early SEBD identification, but the ways in which schools achieve this in practice may be inadequate, although the issue remains under-researched.

Providers' perspectives on factors complicating the culturally sensitive care of individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Background: Culturally sensitive care is essential for improving healthcare for ethnic minorities with intellectual disabilities (ID), who require intensive, sometimes lifelong, care and support.

Aims: The present study aimed to uncover factors that may complicate the delivery of culturally sensitive care for ethnic minorities with ID, which have not previously been studied for this group.

Methods And Procedures: By means of in-depth interviews with care professionals we identified these factors at the care receiver, professional, and institutional levels.

Cultural competence in lifelong care and support for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Although an extensive amount of research has been devoted to models defining cultural competence of healthcare professionals in short-term care, there is unclarity about the cultural competencies that professionals providing lifelong care and support should have. The current study aimed to explore which cultural competencies are used by these healthcare professionals, and whether these competencies enabled them to make cultural adaptations to their regular care practices. To investigate cultural competencies and cultural adaptations, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with eight professionals who provide lifelong care and support to individuals with intellectual disabilities.