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Seray Olcay; Cimen Ogur; Dincer Saral – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
This study investigated the effects of behavioral skills training (BST) in teaching earthquake preparedness skills to students with developmental disabilities within a small group arrangement. A multiple probe design across behaviors and replicated across participants evaluated the effectiveness of BST when teaching three high school students to…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Natural Disasters, Students with Disabilities, Emergency Programs
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Kim, Jinsook; Gray, Jennifer A. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
We evaluated the effectiveness of an online training on palliative care knowledge and self-efficacy among staff working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) using a one-group pretest-posttest design. Staff from four nonprofit residential and day services organizations in a U.S. Midwestern state participated. Among 132…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Training, Knowledge Level, Self Efficacy
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Voss, Hille; Vogel, Anique G. F. M.; Wagemans, Annemieke M. A.; Francke, Anneke L.; Metsemakers, Job F. M.; Courtens, Annemie M.; de Veer, Anke J. E. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
In this article we describe how an advance care planning (ACP) program was developed, implemented, and evaluated. Our aim was to improve ACP in palliative care for people with intellectual disability (ID). The program was based on 10 competencies needed for ACP and was developed in a co-design process with people with ID, relatives, and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Planning, Medical Services, Quality of Life
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Luckasson, Ruth; Schalock, Robert L. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
This article describes a model that systems can use to build contexts that enhance human functioning and promote valued outcomes for individuals with intellectual disability (ID). Our premise is that that systems have a responsibility to build contexts that enhance human functioning and promote valued outcomes for people with ID, and that this…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Context Effect, Models, Goal Orientation
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Fickert, Nancy A.; Ross, Diana – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Caregivers who work in community living arrangements or intermediate care facilities are responsible for the oral hygiene of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Oral hygiene training programs do not exist in many organizations, despite concerns about the oral care of this population. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Hygiene, Caregivers, Mental Retardation
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Lemons, Christopher J.; King, Seth A.; Davidson, Kimberly A.; Puranik, Cynthia S.; Fulmer, Deborah; Mrachko, Alicia A.; Partanen, Jane; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Fidler, Deborah J. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
Many children with Down syndrome demonstrate deficits in phonological awareness, a prerequisite to learning to read in an alphabetic language. The purpose of this study was to determine whether adapting a commercially available phonological awareness program to better align with characteristics associated with the behavioral phenotype of Down…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Phonological Awareness, Intervention, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Devlin, Patricia – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The impact of the Self-Determined Career Development Model (hereafter called the Self-Determined Career Model) on the job performance of four adults with moderate intellectual disability employed in competitive work settings was examined. Employees learned to set work-related goals, develop an action plan, implement the plan, and adjust their…
Descriptors: Employees, Mental Retardation, Job Performance, Employment
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Claes, Claudia; Van Hove, Geert; Vandevelde, Stijn; van Loon, Jos; Schalock, Robert L. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
Person-centered planning is a well known and widely used approach to individual program planning in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Its purpose is to develop collaborative supports focused on community presence, community participation, positive relationships, respect, and competence. Because there is little research on…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Community Involvement, Developmental Disabilities, Program Development
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Shannon, Patrick; Anderson, Patti Rawding – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2008
The Baby Steps Program (Easter Seals of New Hampshire, 2003) is a child-find program that introduces developmental specialists into health care settings to conduct developmental screenings with children during well-child visits. This article presents the Baby Steps Program model, summaries of screening and referral data, and the results of 3 focus…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Focus Groups, Public Health, Child Health