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Peer reviewedHarder, Stuart R.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1987
The study reports psychotropic drug use data for three groups of developmentally disabled persons: persons being discharged from public residential facilities; persons successfully functioning in community residential facilities; and persons being readmitted to public residential facilities due to unsuccessful community placements. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Drug Therapy
Peer reviewedSpreat, Scott; Conroy, James W. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
Indices of family contact were reviewed across four cohorts of persons with mental retardation (n=151) who were transferred from a large public institution to small supported living arrangements. Family contact increased subsequent to community placement and these increased levels of contact were maintained for as long as four years. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Peer reviewedWetzel, Ralph J. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
Institutions for people with disabilities can be "deinstitutionalized" by changing the way they are organized and regulated. The process of developing community learning environments in residential programs involves design of daily living routines, assessment of residential living skills, identification of teaching objectives, development of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Change Strategies, Community Programs
Peer reviewedFelce, David; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This survey of nine institutional and community settings serving persons with severe handicaps found (1) in groups managed by one or two staff, staff interactions, and client adaptive functioning improved with decreased group size; and (2) improvement in staff performance and client behavior from addition of staff to a client group was marginal or…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Attendants, Behavior Patterns, Community Programs
Peer reviewedLovaas, O. Ivar, Ed.; Buch, Greg, Ed. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
This article outlines problems associated with large mental hospitals, describes how knowledge gained from these problems can be used to create alternative treatment programs, and introduces the papers in this special issue on community-based treatment programs for individuals with developmental disabilities. (JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Disorders, Children, Community Programs
Peer reviewedLlewellyn, Gwynnyth; McConnell, David; Bye, Rosalind – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
A study investigated the views of 47 Australian parents with intellectual disability, 15 significant others, and 26 service workers on parents' service needs. Parents identified community participation as their greatest unmet need, specifically help to explore work options, know what community services are available, and to meet people. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Rearing, Community Programs, Community Services
