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Peer reviewedPedlar, Alison; Hutchison, Peggy; Arai, Susan; Dunn, Peter – Mental Retardation, 2000
A survey of 801 support services for adults with developmental disabilities living in community settings in Canada found a diminution of government's role in funding and guiding service provision and the emergence of private-for-profit services. Differences between nonprofit and private sectors include a greater propensity in nonprofit agencies to…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Agencies, Community Education
Peer reviewedKnowles, Margaret; Landesman, Sharon – Mental Retardation, 1986
Data from 43 states on policies and procedures for training direct-care staff in public and private residential programs for the mentally retarded or developmentally disabled were analyzed to evaluate state training standards, examine curriculum content and training priorities, identify program implementation problems, and identify outstanding…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, National Surveys
Peer reviewedKastner, Ted; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1990
The efforts of one unit of the Association for Retarded Citizens to develop guidelines for service provision to individuals with developmental disabilities and human immunodeficiency virus (AIDS) are documented. A professional advisory committee was formed to make ethical recommendations that allow for provision of services in a "least…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adults, Advisory Committees, Bioethics
