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Comparing Traditional-Residential, Personalised Residential and Personalised Non-Residential Respite Services: Quality of Life Findings from an Irish Population with Mild-Moderate Intellectual Disabilities
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Nicholson, Emma; Guerin, Suzanne; Keogh, Fiona; Dodd, Philip – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
Background: Respite care is an essential support for people with intellectual disabilities and their families; however, there is limited evidence examining different models of respite care. The present research examined quality of life among adults with intellectual disabilities using three different models of respite services in Ireland. Method:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mild Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Residential Care
An Effective Instructional Design at Iowa Lakes Community College to Make Hard Core Unemployed People Employable.
Schorzmann, Eugene F. – 1977
In order to meet the educational needs of the hard-core unemployed, an instructional program known as the "Alternative Career Center" was designed at Iowa Lakes Community College to prepare those identified by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act for employment. After reviewing the literature on educational programs for the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Community Colleges
The Mountain-Plains Education & Economic Development Program: Success or Failure?
Bale, Richard L.; Molitor, James A. – 1978
Reported here is the external summative evaluation of the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state region. (For the internal summative evaluation see CE 014 682-684.) To determine the program's success in…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Career Education, Disadvantaged