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Lulinski, Amie; Heller, Tamar – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The study's aim was to explore the capacity of community-based providers of residential supports and services to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who transitioned out of state-operated institutions into community-based settings. Receiving agency survey results from 65 agencies and individual-level variables of 2,499…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Services, Community Organizations, Intellectual Disability
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Friedman, Carli – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
There are decades of research indicating ableism is extremely prominent. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between disability prejudice and institutionalization of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This study had two research questions: (1) How does disability prejudice impact the number of people…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Social Bias, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Houseworth, James; Pettingell, Sandra L.; Kramme, Julie E. D.; Ticha, Renata; Hewitt, Amy S. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Direct support professionals (DSPs) provide a broad range of supports in a variety of settings to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) that enables people to live, work, and participate in their communities. Despite the crucial importance in ensuring supports for community participation of people with IDD, high rates of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Caregivers, Labor Turnover, Wages
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Ticha, Renata; Lakin, K. Charlie; Larson, Sheryl A.; Stancliffe, Roger J.; Taub, Sarah; Engler, Joshua; Bershadsky, Julie; Moseley, Charles – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
This article examines everyday choices made by 8,892 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and support-related choices made by 6,179 adults with IDD receiving services from 19 state developmental disabilities program agencies that participated in the 2008-2009 National Core Indicators Project. Controlling for physical and…
Descriptors: Adults, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Selection
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Hare, Dougal Julian; Durand, Marianne; Hendy, Steve; Wittkowski, Anja – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Studies examining staff attitudes toward people with intellectual disability have traditionally used pre-determined categories and models or been open to researcher bias. The use of methods derived from personal construct psychology permits an objective investigation of staff views and attitudes without such limitations. Fourteen staff from an…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Behavior Problems, Institutionalized Persons, Residential Programs
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Scheyett, Anna; Vaughn, Jennie; Taylor, Melissa; Parish, Susan – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Early identification of intellectual and developmental disabilities in persons in the criminal justice system is essential to protect their rights during arrest and trial, ensure safety when incarcerated, and maximize the opportunities to receive services while incarcerated and postrelease. Using telephone interviews of jail administrators (N =…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Identification, Justice