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Luckasson, Ruth; Tassé, Marc J.; Schalock, Robert L. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
This article addresses the need to clearly understand professional responsibility and the critical role it plays in the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), in shaping professions for the better, and in enhancing the functioning of society for the benefit of all. Understanding professional responsibility is…
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, Responsibility, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Reinders, Hans S.; Schalock, Robert L. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
This article presents the framework of a dynamic approach to quality of life (QOL) enhancement based on the conceptualization and measurement of individual-referenced quality of life. Sections of the article summarize the premises of QOL enhancement, provide the rationale for a dynamic approach to QOL enhancement, discuss six components of QOL…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Disabilities, Individual Needs, Individual Characteristics
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van Loon, Jos; Claes, Claudia; Vandevelde, Stijn; Van Hove, Geert; Schalock, Robert L. – Exceptionality, 2010
Education and human service organizations providing services to people with intellectual and closely related developmental disabilities are increasingly being impacted by the supports paradigm, the quality of life concept, and the evaluation of personal outcomes. In this article the authors discuss the relationship among these three areas,…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Needs Assessment, Quality of Life
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Thompson, James R.; Hughes, Carolyn; Schalock, Robert L.; Silverman, Wayne; Tasse, Marc J.; Bryant, Brian; Craig, Ellis M.; Campbell, Edward M. – Mental Retardation, 2002
This paper presents a systematic approach for addressing the support needs of persons with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities and describes a new scale to measure individual differences in support needs. It explains the process used in developing the scale and discusses critical issues and practical challenges associated…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Individual Differences