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The Potential for Person-Centred Planning to Support the Community Participation of Adults with an Intellectual Disability
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McCausland, Darren; Murphy, Esther; McCarron, Mary; McCallion, Philip – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Person-centred planning (PCP) puts individuals with an intellectual disability at the centre of service and support planning, identifying how individuals wish to live their lives and what is needed to make that possible. PCP has been identified as having the potential to facilitate improved social inclusion and community participation. A…
Descriptors: Adults, Planning, Severe Intellectual Disability, Program Effectiveness
Identifying the Correlates and Barriers of Future Planning among Parents of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Burke, Meghan; Arnold, Catherine; Owen, Aleksa – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Although individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are living longer lives, fewer than half of parents of individuals with IDD conduct future planning. The correlates and barriers to future planning must be identified to develop targeted interventions to facilitate future planning. In this study, 388 parents of individuals…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Planning, Parent Participation
District Implementation of Research-Based Practices for Transition Planning with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Youth with Disabilities and Their Families
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Gothberg, June E.; Greene, Gary; Kohler, Paula D. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2019
Post-school outcomes are poor for youth with disabilities, in general, but even more discouraging for certain subpopulations of individuals with disabilities, particularly those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds. The authors discuss structural inequalities in public schools which potentially contribute to the poorer…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Best Practices, Transitional Programs, Planning
Expanding Transition to Address the Needs of Students with Invisible Chronic Illness
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Repetto, Jeanne B.; Horky, Susan Chauncey; Miney, Angela; Reiss, John; Saidi, Arwa; Wolcott, Lisa; Saldana, Pablo; Jaress, Jennifer M. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2012
Many children with invisible chronic illnesses (ICIs) are living to adulthood, necessitating that they prepare for their future. Health care and education systems have different meanings and processes for transition, although both systems are designed to help young adults prepare for independence. As health care and educational services support…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Chronic Illness, Young Adults, Student Needs