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Community Capacity to Provide Mental/Behavioral Health Services for People with IDD Transitioning from State-Operated Developmental Centers
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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
The Relationship between Disability Prejudice and Institutionalization of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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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
Predictors of Annual and Early Separations among Direct Support Professionals: National Core Indicators Staff Stability Survey
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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