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Implementation Drivers for Organization-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Supporting People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Rachel Freeman; Jennifer Jeffrey-Pearsall; Dani Dunphy; Jessica Simacek; Stacy Danov; Ashley MacSuga-Gage; Margaret Moore – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Organization-wide positive behavior support (OW-PBS) is a framework for improving quality of life and preventing challenging behaviors for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This tiered PBS framework has been adapted from schools for use in disability services. Supporting people with IDD involves a variety…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Quality of Life, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
Effect of Online Palliative Care Training on Knowledge and Self-Efficacy of Direct Care Workers
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Kim, Jinsook; Gray, Jennifer A. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
We evaluated the effectiveness of an online training on palliative care knowledge and self-efficacy among staff working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) using a one-group pretest-posttest design. Staff from four nonprofit residential and day services organizations in a U.S. Midwestern state participated. Among 132…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Training, Knowledge Level, Self Efficacy
Exploring Retirement for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Analysis of National Core Indicators Data
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Kramme, Julie E. D.; Nye-Lengerman, Kelly – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
To begin to understand retirement, we examined age-related differences in (a) employment rates, employment hours, and rates of individual-plan employment goals; and (b) participation rates in unpaid formal day programs. We report weighted analyses of 2014-15 National Core Indicators data from 32 states. Unlike younger age groups, a similar…
Descriptors: Retirement, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Older Workers
Satisfaction and Sense of Well Being among Medicaid ICF/MR and HCBS Recipients in Six States
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Lakin, K. Charlie; Taub, Sarah; Chiri, Giuseppina; Byun, Soo-yong – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Self-reported satisfaction and sense of well-being were assessed in a sample of 1,885 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities receiving Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) and Intermediate Care Facility (ICF/MR) services in 6 states. Questions dealt with such topics as loneliness, feeling afraid at home and in one's…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Well Being, Day Programs, Developmental Disabilities