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David R. Johnson; Yi-Chen Wu; Martha L. Thurlow; John M. LaVelle – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
This study used data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS 2012) to explore the future goal aspirations of students with extensive support needs who participate in alternate assessments, compared to other students with extensive support needs and to students with other disabilities. We examined students' individualized…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Goal Orientation, Aspiration, Individualized Education Programs
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Dean, Evan E.; Burke, Kathryn M.; Raley, Sheida K.; Taylor, Julie Lounds – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Goal setting and attainment is often a targeted outcome in the intellectual and developmental disabilities field; however, standardizing the measurement of attainment of individualized goals is challenging. The purpose of this article is to introduce a four-domain framework that provides a series of questions to research and evaluation teams in…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Goal Orientation, Measurement Techniques
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Barlow, Molly A.; Villegas, Andrea; Cox, David J. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Interdisciplinary dialogue can help progress and improve professional fields. Progress and improvement may be impeded by barriers within an interdisciplinary dialogue, two of which are false dichotomies and faulty generalizations. It is our opinion that this particular interdisciplinary dialogue will advance productively by avoiding: false…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Disabilities, Generalization, Caring
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Friedman, Carli – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are the "backbone" of long term services and supports (LTSS) in the United States (Bogenschutz, Hewitt, Nord, & Hepperlen, 2014, p. 317). This study examined the relationship between DSPs and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities' (IDD) quality of life. To do so, we utilized…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Quality of Life, Paraprofessional Personnel
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Luckasson, Ruth; Schalock, Robert L. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
This article describes a model that systems can use to build contexts that enhance human functioning and promote valued outcomes for individuals with intellectual disability (ID). Our premise is that that systems have a responsibility to build contexts that enhance human functioning and promote valued outcomes for people with ID, and that this…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Context Effect, Models, Goal Orientation
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Domin, Daria; Taylor, Allison B.; Haines, Kelly A.; Papay, Clare K.; Grigal, Meg – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Students with intellectual disability (ID) are increasingly attending postsecondary education institutions and acquiring work experiences while completing their studies. One of the main motivations for students with ID to seek higher education is to broaden and increase their chance for finding fulfilling, paid employment in their communities.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Employment Potential, Career Development, Postsecondary Education
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Marshall, Sheila K.; Stainton, Tim; Wall, Jessie M.; Zhu, Ma; Murray, John; Wu, Siwei; El Bouhali, Asmae; Parada, Filomena; Zaidman-Zait, Anat; Young, Richard A. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Eight dyads (N = 16) residing in Western Canada participated in this investigation of how young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their parents jointly construct, articulate, and act on goals pertinent to the young adults' transition to adulthood. Using the action-project method to collect and analyze conversations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities