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Effect of Online Palliative Care Training on Knowledge and Self-Efficacy of Direct Care Workers
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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
Creating a Garden for the Senses
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Potter, Cindy – Exceptional Parent, 2010
Almost everyone enjoys a walk through a garden, bending to sniff a flower, enjoying a fresh air breeze, listening to water bubbling from a fountain, and watching sunlight dapple through trees and plants. At Allegheny Valley School (AVS), the emphasis on multisensory environments (MSE) for individuals with intellectual and developmental…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Residential Institutions
Teaching Applied Behavior Analysis Knowledge Competencies to Direct-Care Service Providers: Outcome Assessment and Social Validation of a Training Program
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Luiselli, James K.; Bass, Jennifer D.; Whitcomb, Sara A. – Behavior Modification, 2010
Staff training is a critical performance improvement objective within behavioral health care organizations. This study evaluated a systematic training program for teaching applied behavior analysis knowledge competencies to newly hired direct-care employees at a day and residential habilitation services agency for adults with intellectual and…
Descriptors: Employees, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
Network Analysis of a Demonstration Program for the Developmentally Disabled
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Fredericks, Kimberly A. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2005
This chapter presents the findings from a network analysis of a demonstration program for the developmentally disabled to show the application of graphical network analysis in program evaluation. The developmentally disabled demonstration (DDD) program was a five-year pilot project to provide person-centered service environments to people with …
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Network Analysis, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Living Our Mission, Building on Our Accomplishments: A Plan for Continued Change. 1994 Update. Five Year Strategic Plan, FY 1992-1996.
Colorado State Dept. of Institutions, Denver. Div. of Developmental Disabilities. – 1994
This report presents the 1994 update for a 5-year plan developed in 1992 which emphasizes changes resulting from restructuring Colorado state government and its departments. The first section presents the mission statement of the Division for Developmental Disabilities, a statement of the Division's operating principles, and a statement of desired…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Day Programs, Decentralization, Developmental Disabilities
Identifying Residential and Day Programs for Adults with Developmental Disabilities: An Application of Discriminant Analysis.
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Haugen, Julie D. Bass – 1990
Making decisions about residential or day program placement for adults with developmental disabilities requires examination of multidimensional measures of behavior and thus the use of multivariate statistical techniques along with expert opinion. This study used adaptive and maladaptive cluster scores on the Inventory for Client and Agency…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales