Narrative Exposure Therapy for Adults With an Intellectual Disability

Acceptability and Feasibility of an Adapted Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) Protocol for Individuals With an Intellectual Disability

The goal of this naturalistic single case series design is to investigate if an adapted Narrative Exposure Therapy protocol can be effective, is feasible, and acceptable for adults with a mile learning disability.

Participants will be complete three baseline sessions before taking part in Narrative Exposure Therapy using a manual that has been adapted for people with a learning disability. Trauma symptoms will be measured weekly using the Impact of Events scale adapted for intellectual disabilities. The person's carer will also complete an informant scale related to these symptoms (LANTS-IV). The client will also complete the CORE-LD at pre, and post therapy. Six weeks after the end of the intervention, the client and their carer will be invited to a feedback session to talk about how they found the intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18 and over
• Meet the criteria for having a mild ID as assessed by a clinical psychologist within the team
• English speaking
• Have capacity to consent
• The participant must be experiencing trauma related stress as assessed by themselves, the clinical psychologist and the research team
• Be able to travel to one of the therapy sites
• Carer participant must have ability to reflect and comment on the trauma related stress experienced by the client participant
• Carer must also be 18 years old or older and be English speaking.
• Carer must have known participant for 1 year or more.

Exclusion Criteria:

• They are substance dependent
• They are currently receiving another trauma-focused intervention
• Currently an inpatient
• Carers excluded if they lack capacity to consent to take part in research