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A Conceptual View of Expanding Person-Centered Thinking Approaches for Developing Personalized Integrated Supports for People with Disabilities and Their Families
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Michelle C. Reynolds; Mirian E. Ofonedu; Angelina Alpert – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2025
People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and their families and professionals often engage in person-centered planning to determine current and future supports needed to improve quality of life. Previous practice focused heavily on applying for disability specific supports referred to as formal supports and waiting hopefully,…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Quality of Life, Individual Characteristics
Resource Manual
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Human Development Institute, 2008
This manual was designed primarily for use by individuals with developmental disabilities and related conditions. The main focus of this manual is to provide easy-to-read information concerning available resources, and to provide immediate contact information for the purpose of applying for resources and/or locating additional information. The…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Community Resources, Educational Resources, Family Financial Resources
Developmental Screening of Infants and Young Children Utilizing Trained Volunteers--Rural & Urban Models.
Lawo, Paula; And Others – 1983
A screening program at rural and urban Mississippi sites to determine developmental disabilities in young children (birth to 3 years) was carried out by community volunteers who had been trained to administer the Steps-Up screening instrument. Of 244 infants and young children who were screened within a 9 month interval, 76 children were…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Developmental Disabilities, Infants, Rural Areas
Supported Employment and Provision of On-going Support Services: A Pilot Project.
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Gemmel, Sandra J.; Peterson, Michael – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1989
A pilot project in rural Mississippi provided supported employment services to five handicapped persons. The project combined professional resources available through a community-based developmental disabilities program with existing community resources and social network systems. Project components, project development, and individual client…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Community Resources, Developmental Disabilities
Training Community Developmental Disabilities Associates: A Collaborative Model.
Knight, Catherine Berger; And Others – Applied Research in Mental Retardation, 1986
The article describes the implementation and components of a program to train direct care staff working on community adjustment of developmentally disabled persons. Developed in response to local needs and respresenting an ongoing collaborative effort, the program also illustrates the role of the University Affiliated Facility in promoting…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Associate Degrees, Community Programs, Community Resources
A Social Interactional Approach to Parent Education: An Overview of the Child and Family Neighborhood Program.
Powell, Douglas R. – 1979
The Child and Family Neighborhood Program, located in a suburb of Detroit, is an early childhood intervention project aimed at strengthening informal and formal family suoport systems and increasing parents' knowledge of child development. The program works with clusters of 10 parents and their young children (0-3 years) twice weekly in a…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs