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Direct linkDodevska, G. A.; Vassos, M. V. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: To date, the descriptions of a 'good' direct care worker used to recruit workers for disability services have largely been drawn up by managerial professionals in charge of hiring supports for people with disabilities. However, previous research highlights that these professionals conceptualise a "good" direct care worker…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Mental Retardation, Individual Characteristics, Attitude Measures
PDF pending restorationBersani, Hank A., Jr. – 1984
This two-volume set containing guidelines and a handbook is intended for persons monitoring the quality of community residences for retarded individuals. The guidelines document begins with a monitoring review worksheet which elicits information in the following categories: human, civil, and legal rights; environment; use of community resources;…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Evaluation Methods, Group Homes, Mental Retardation
White, Nancy E. – 1987
The effectiveness of independent living programs for developmentally disabled persons in Los Angeles County was examined using a sample of 33 clients (ages 18-50) who exited such programs between June 1984 and June 1986. All but one were mentally retarded; seven also had either cerebral palsy or epilepsy. Survey forms for each client were…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Group Homes
Download full textBradley, Valerie J.; And Others – 1989
This study examined the impact of deinstitutionalization of the mentally retarded on their communities, the extent of availability of support services, and the extent to which the Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation assures adequate quality of support services and day programs for people with mental retardation living in community…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Case Studies, Community Programs
Lakin, K. Charlie; And Others – 1989
This report examines policy-related trends and projections in the use of various Medicaid-funded care services for persons with mental retardation and related conditions, and identifies factors influencing these trends nationally and in the various states. The examination is based on three sets of research activities: analyses of databases on…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities
Reis, Sally M.; Schader, Robin; Milne, Harry J.; Bloomer, Richard; Shute, Laurie; Williams, Greg; Tieso, Carol; Stephens, Robert; Don, Audrey – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2002
This monograph describes the Music & Minds program, which was designed through the collaboration of educational psychology professors specializing in gifted and talented education with faculty members in music, drama, and creative movement. The purpose of the research was to investigate the implications and impact of a strengths- and…
Descriptors: Music, Residential Programs, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement
