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Direct linkFriedman, Carli; McNamara, Ellyn – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2018
Speech language and hearing (SLH) services can improve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities' (IDD) health, autonomy, and community participation. The aim of this study was to explore how SLH services are offered to people with IDD across the nation, particularly in fiscal year 2015 Medicaid Home and Community Based Services…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Health
Campbell, Edward M.; Heal, Laird W. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1995
Cost of services to South Dakota individuals with developmental disabilities in state institutions and private community agencies was related to provider agency characteristics, funding source, and client characteristics. State-owned institutions were the most costly, and community services funded by state funds were least costly.…
Descriptors: Agencies, Community Programs, Community Services, Day Programs
Peer reviewedWalker, Hill M.; Calkins, Carl F. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1986
A review of research on the role of social competence in the community adjustment of developmentally disabled persons indicates that facilitation of such adjustment should focus on remediation of maladaptive behavior, instruction in social skills and behavioral competencies, assessment before placement in the community, and continued on-site…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Community Programs, Community Services
Download full textHemp, Richard – Policy Research Brief, 1992
This serial issue summarizes findings from a survey of 20 state mental retardation and developmental disabilities agencies and 93 community based providers on developing and financing community services. The survey queried respondents concerning: (1) which models or strategies for financing community services have been most effective; (2) what…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Community Services, Developmental Disabilities
PDF pending restorationRacino, Julie Ann – 1985
The site visit report describes the private, non-profit Community Work Services program located in Madison, Wisconsin, which provides community-based vocational services to adults (currently 33) with a wide range of developmental disabilities. The program philosophy is that all persons should have the option of working in individually arranged and…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Community Services, Demonstration Programs
City Univ. of New York, NY. Center for Advanced Study in Education. – 1987
The manual addresses the design and implementation of personnel practices for improving the preparation and performance of paraprofessionals who work with developmentally disabled persons in community-based settings. The first part of the manual describes components of a comprehensive system of career development (entry level positions, career…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Community Programs, Community Services
O'Brien, John; O'Brien, Connie Lyle – 1991
This report examines organizational aspects of agencies working to support people with developmental disabilities in supported living arrangements that provide individualized help to enable individuals to live in homes of their choice. The report is based on meetings and interviews with agency directors and staff throughout the country. Part I…
Descriptors: Adults, Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs
Braddock, David; Fujiura, Glenn – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1991
An empirical model of community services spending in the states for mental retardation and developmental disabilities was tested using cumulative community services fiscal effort across 1977-88. Strength of consumer advocacy organizations coupled with states' historical orientations toward policies promoting racial equality were highly significant…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Programs, Community Services, Consumer Protection
PDF pending restorationThurlow, Martha L.; And Others – 1978
The monograph reviews literature on issues related to deinstitutionalization and residential services for the developmentally disabled. Six main topics are addressed in the review (sample subtopics in parentheses): planning for deinstitutionalization (use of institutional facilities no longer in operation, training and job placement of displaced…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities
New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, Albany. – 1993
This report describes eight programs funded by the New York State Developmental Disabilities Council to provide training and assistance to parents who are developmentally disabled. The report is based on review of program and client records and interviews with directors, staff, and enrolled families. The first chapter provides an introduction to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Rearing, Community Programs, Community Services
Blake, Ellen M.; And Others – 1994
The fourth edition of the sourcebook, "Reinventing Quality," contains descriptions of innovative activities designed to assure and enhance the quality of services to persons with developmental disabilities. The programs profiled are those seen as: systematic efforts to improve the quality of services to persons with developmental disabilities,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Community Services
New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, Albany. – 1993
This report provides basic information about parents with significant intellectual impairments and/or developmental disabilities and the programs and services in their communities designed to assist them. The report is based on reviews of 8 demonstration programs in New York State, record reviews, interviews with 41 enrolled families, and home…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Rearing, Community Programs, Community Services
Bringle, Robert G., Ed.; Duffy, Donna K., Ed. – 1998
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines. The essays in this volume focus on the use of service learning as an approach to teaching and learning in psychology. Following the introduction, "Collaborating with the Community: Psychology and Service-Learning," by Donna K. Duffy and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Altruism, Bias, College Students
