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Wilkinson, Joanne; Lauer, Emily; Greenwood, Nechama W.; Freund, Karen M.; Rosen, Amy K. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
Though it is widely recognized that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) face significant health disparities, the comprehensive data sets needed for population-level health surveillance of people with IDD are lacking. This paucity of data makes it difficult to track and accurately describe health differences, improvements,…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Access to Health Care, Databases
Loughran, Elizabeth Lee; White, Priscilla – 1987
This paper describes the response of one locality, a rural county in Western Massachusetts, to the reality of rural homelessness. Jessie's House, in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, is a short-term emergency shelter providing meals, housing, and advocacy to homeless families and individuals. The shelter has a staff of three full-time residents and…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Helping Relationship, Homeless People, Housing Needs
Bastien, James S.; Burns, William J.; Kelly, Francis D.; Schumm, Patricia A.; Allen, Theresa P. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2005
In large residential treatment centers for adolescent youth, program administrators and clinical staff rely on the information imparted to them by direct care staff to make appropriate decisions regarding administrative and clinical support functions so that the residents in care can receive the best treatment possible. This study was designed to…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Efficiency, Reports, Adolescents
Levin, Amy; Decker, James T. – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2006
This exploratory study looked at the rate of staff satisfaction as compared to client satisfaction in a residential treatment facility. Research has shown that staff who have negative attitudes, and are not satisfied with their positions, transport those negative feelings onto the clients they are serving (Balfour & Neff, 1993). While some…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Negative Attitudes, Caregivers, Residential Care
McKinnon, Cole – 2002
The Commonwealth's Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) regulates assisted living facilities in Massachusetts. Prior to active employment, all staff and contracted providers who have direct contact with residents must receive a six-hour orientation. Also, employees must receive on-going training and in-service education to reinforce the…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counselor Training, Course Content, Health Services
McMackin, Robert A.; Tansi, Robert; Lafratta, Joseph – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2004
This paper examines the recidivism data for juvenile offenders discharged from a Massachusetts residential treatment center between 1976 and 1995. The criminal histories, juvenile and adult, of 162 delinquent youth referred through the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services who left the program were reviewed. Recidivism was defined as any…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Delinquency, Cost Effectiveness, Residential Care
Upshur, Carole C. – 1979
The findings of a 1978 project of the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council on the need for respite care services and the various models for delivery of respite care are reported. Methodology included review of respite care regulations in 12 states, site visits and a survey of Massachusetts programs, and a survey of 339 families with…
Descriptors: Community Services, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
McMackin, Robert A.; Tansi, Robert; Hartwell, Stephanie – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
This study examined the relationship of basic educational skills in Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension and Math to program outcome and escape risk among male juvenile offenders in residential care. The records of 144 youth who were treated in a residential treatment center between 1978 and 1996 were reviewed along with subsequent adult and juvenile…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Reading Comprehension, Recidivism, Mathematics Skills
Fraenkel, William A. – 1969
Meeting at Massachusetts state residential schools and centers for the mentally handicapped, the 15-man committee reviewed recommendations originally appearing in Massachusetts Plans for Its Retarded, A 10-Year Plan (1966). Forty-seven final recommendations for improving residential facilities for the retarded resulted; suggestions made for their…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Advisory Committees, Exceptional Child Services, Financial Needs
McKinnon, Cole Marie – 2001
In an effort to conform to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) staff development requirement regarding elder abuse, a learning module was developed. It was designed to be administered to an individual caregiver for the purpose of self-study or to small groups of caregivers using the lecture-discussion format. Following the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Allied Health Occupations Education, Attendants