Assessing the abilities of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities to engage in cognitive behaviour therapy: a pilot study

Objective People with intellectual disabilities have historically often been excluded from cognitive based therapies, due to their cognitive deficits. However, adults with intellectual disabilities have been found to have the core cognitive abilities necessary to engage in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Despite this emerging evidence, the capacity for children with intellectual disabilities to engage with cognitive based therapies has not been fully explored.