907 This article will present the Compensation Age Theory, which is supported by empirical evidence, and which offers an optimistic view on the modifiability, growth and development of adults with ID at all levels of functioning. The first part will present the components of the theory: the rationale as well as the theoretical sources and the empirical researches on which it is founded. The second part will present four intervention programs that were developed based on this theory and on the Cognition, Affect and Behavior (CAB) model: the “Empowerment” project – academic enrichment and studies for an academic degree for adults with ID; cognitively-stimulating leisure activities – implementation of the CAB model in the leisure activities of adults with ID; cognitively-stimulating employment – implementation of the CAB model in the employment of adults with severe and profound ID; implementation of the CAB model for improving the cognitive, affective and behavioral functioning of adults with ID with functional decline and Alzheimer’s disease.
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