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Friend, Anna C.; Summers, Jean Ann; Turnbull, Ann P. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to review intervention research to determine the types of family support that are reported and evaluated in early childhood. This review includes 26 articles evaluating (a) parent training programs; (b) general family-centered practice models which offer comprehensive supports; (c) peer support; (d) two-generation…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Programs, Quality of Life, Disabilities
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Schwartzman, Lisa; Martin, Garry L.; Yu, C. T.; Whiteley, John – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Two persons with severe intellectual disabilities and two persons with profound intellectual disabilities were repeatedly presented with five different pairs of food items. The five pairs of items represented different degrees of preference, from highest to lowest. Happiness indices were monitored from the time that a pair of items was presented…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Disabilities, Quality of Life, Severe Mental Retardation
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Frankland, H. Corine; Turnbull, Ann P.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Blackmountain, Lavine – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Recent literature in the field of transition studies emphasizes importance of creating self-determination supports to promote independence, autonomy, and quality of life in students with disabilities. Much of that literature, however, has not taken cultural and familial factors into consideration. A review of the Navajo family and disability…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Navajo (Nation), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities