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Fleming, Padraic; McGilloway, Sinead; Barry, Sarah – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Day services for people with intellectual disabilities are experiencing a global paradigm shift towards innovative person-centred models of care. This study maps changing trends in day service utilization to highlight how policy, emergent patterns and demographic trends influence service delivery. Methods: National intellectual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Intellectual Disability, Trend Analysis
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McGlinchey, Eimear; McCallion, Philip; Burke, Eilish; Carroll, Rachel; McCarron, Mary – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: The benefits of being in employment are well documented; however, underemployment is a critical issue for people with intellectual disability (ID). Some individuals perceive themselves as being in employment when in fact they are attending a non-work site such as a day service. The impact that this perception of employment has on other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Underemployment, Day Programs
Inglis, Tom; And Others – 1993
A study examined daytime education groups, a major phenomenon in Irish adult education. Results showed that 96 groups were operating, mostly in suburban areas, particularly Dublin. These groups had 8,723 adults participating in their courses and programs. What made them unique was their voluntary, locally based nature. The groups received little…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Day Programs, Educational Research
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McCormack, Bob; Kavanagh, Denise; Caffrey, Shay; Power, Anne – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
Background: There is a lack of longitudinal large-scale studies of sexual abuse in intellectual disability services. Such studies offer opportunities to examine patterns in disclosure, investigation and outcomes, and to report on incidence and trends. Methods: All allegations of sexual abuse (n = 250) involving service users as victims or…
Descriptors: Investigations, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Incidence