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Deinstitutionalization in the UK and Ireland: Outcomes for Service Users.
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Emerson, Eric; Hatton, Chris – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1996
The United Kingdom literature on effects of deinstitutionalization of adults with developmental disabilities from 1980 to 1994 was reviewed. Analysis generally associated smaller, community-based residential services with improvements in user engagement, adaptive behaviors and challenging behaviors, community acceptance and integration,…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities
Behavioural Outcomes of Deinstitutionalisation for People with Intellectual Disability: A Review of US Studies Conducted between 1980 and 1999.
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Kim, Shannon; Larson, Sheryl A.; Lakin, K. Charlie – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2001
A review of 33 studies of residential service outcomes found that almost all of the studies found statistically significant increases in overall adaptive behavior scores associated with deinstitutionalization of individuals with mental retardation. Three studies reported statistically significant improvements in challenging behavior associated…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
Data Briefs: Change in Residential Placements for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the USA in the Last Two Decades.
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Lakin, K. Charlie; Prouty, Robert; Polister, Barbara; Coucouvanis, Kathie – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2003
This article summarizes trends indicating a shift from institutional services to services in small community settings, an operational transformation from state government being the provider of services to being the purchaser, a shift from state financing of community services to federal-state cost-sharing, and an increase in people receiving…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems