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Peer reviewedStancliffe, Roger J.; Keane, Sian – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2000
Consumer outcomes and recurrent service costs were compared for 31 individuals with disabilities in group homes and 56 individuals living semi-independently in Australia. Participants living semi-independently had significantly less social dissatisfaction, used community facilities more frequently and independently, participated more in domestic…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities
Emerson, Eric; Robertson, Janet; Gregory, Nicky; Hatton, Chris; Kessissoglou, Sophia; Hallam, Angela; Knapp, Martin; Jarbrink, Krister; Walsh, Patricia Noonan; Netten, Ann – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2000
A study of 86 adults with mental retardation living in village communities, 133 in residential campuses, and 281 in dispersed housing schemes found dispersed housing had higher costs and had greater quality of care than did residential campuses. Quality of life benefits were associated with dispersed housing and village communities. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Foreign Countries, Group Homes
Cardona, Carlos Castillo; And Others – 1993
This paper describes the Programme for Home-Based Community Day Care, a training program undertaken by the Colombian Family Welfare Institute. The program offers training and support to mothers so that they can each care in their homes for up to 15 children from the local community. Now in its sixth year, the project reaches nearly 1 million…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Community Programs, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
Download full textAnglin, R.G. – 1967
Provincial institutions for the retarded and other residential facilities are listed for the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Descriptions are provided of these residences which include varing degrees of information concerning administrative…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Programs, Directories, Educational Programs
Peer reviewedEmerson, E.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1995
This study evaluated the quality and costs of services for 16 young adults with dual sensory impairments and mental retardation before and during their placement at a specialized, community-based, residential, further-education facility in England. Results indicated that overall quality and costs were higher than in previous placements, though…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deaf Blind, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Kugel, Robert B., Ed.; Wolfensberger, Wolf, Ed. – 1969
Facts about public residential facilities for the mentally retarded in the United States introduce the following subjects: personal reactions by an American and by a Scandinavian visitor to typical state institutions for the retarded; the history of U.S. institutions and the theoretical constructs of role and role perception; service concepts…
Descriptors: Administration, Community Programs, Educational Philosophy, Educational Programs
European Social Fund, Dublin (Ireland). – 1993
In Ireland, four government programs have traditionally been available to help individuals wishing to establish an enterprise: (1) Enterprise Training; (2) local training initiatives (LTI); (3) the Enterprise Scheme; and (4) the Community Enterprise Programme (CEP). In 1988, the four enterprise measures were combined to form the Training and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Business Education, Community Programs
