Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
| Comparative Analysis | 4 |
| Social Services | 4 |
| Foreign Countries | 3 |
| Mental Retardation | 3 |
| Civil Rights | 2 |
| Questionnaires | 2 |
| Social Change | 2 |
| Access to Health Care | 1 |
| Advocacy | 1 |
| Attitudes toward Disabilities | 1 |
| Autism | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Journal of Policy and… | 4 |
Author
| Bonfils, Inge S. | 1 |
| Cumbrera, Marco Garrido | 1 |
| Dodd, Philip | 1 |
| Eskow, Karen | 1 |
| Guerin, Suzanne | 1 |
| Harnois, Gaston | 1 |
| Lecomte, Jocelin | 1 |
| McEvoy, John | 1 |
| Mercier, Celine | 1 |
| Pineles, Lisa | 1 |
| Reynolds, Sile | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkEskow, Karen; Pineles, Lisa; Summers, Jean Ann – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
This study examined the effect of services provided through Maryland's Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid waiver for children with autism on several outcomes related to families, specifically family quality of life (FQoL) and employment. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the services provided through the Maryland autism…
Descriptors: Autism, Quality of Life, Social Services, Children
Tossebro, Jan; Bonfils, Inge S.; Teittinen, Antti; Tideman, Magnus; Traustadottir, Rannveig; Vesala, Hannu T. – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
The authors discuss recent developments in services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in the Nordic countries. They note that all of the countries saw important reforms during the 1990s, regarding both deinstitutionalization and decentralization. However, they posit that the litmus test of the reforms is not what happens during reform…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Political Science, Mental Retardation, Normalization (Disabilities)
Reynolds, Sile; Guerin, Suzanne; McEvoy, John; Dodd, Philip – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
The impact of a staff-training program on knowledge and confidence in supporting people with intellectual disabilities (ID) at the time of bereavement was examined. Thirty-three staff members from a Dublin, Ireland-based ID support service participated in the study. Both the training (n = 17) and control (n = 16) groups completed measures of…
Descriptors: Well Being, Social Services, Social Support Groups, Grief
Mercier, Celine; Saxena, Shekhar; Lecomte, Jocelin; Cumbrera, Marco Garrido; Harnois, Gaston – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
The World Health Organization (WHO) Atlas-ID project was designed to collect, compile, and disseminate information on intellectual disabilities (ID) services and resources from across the world. This paper aims at selecting findings in the Atlas-ID that can be used as a tool for advocacy, human rights awareness, development planning, and…
Descriptors: Income, Mental Retardation, Social Services, Low Income Groups
