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The Quality of Care and Support (QOCS) for People with Disability Scale: Development and Psychometric Properties
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Lucas-Carrasco, Ramona; Eser, Erhan; Hao, Yuantao; McPherson, Kathryn M.; Green, Ann; Kullmann, Lajos – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This paper describes the development of a Quality of Care and Support (QOCS) scale for use with adult persons with physical and intellectual disabilities. In the pilot phase of the study, 12 centers from around the world carried out focus groups with people with physical and disabilities, their carers, and with professionals in order to identify…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Focus Groups, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
Care Staff Attributions about Challenging Behaviors in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
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Noone, Stephen J.; Jones, Robert S. P.; Hastings, Richard P. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
A number of researchers have explored the attributions that care staff make about challenging behavior. The expectation, based on behavioral and cognitive models, is that these attributions may help predict why staff inadvertently reinforce challenging behavior. Two studies of staff attributions about challenging behavior are reported. In the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Behavior Problems, Adults, Caregivers