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Increasing Day Service Staff Capacity to Facilitate Positive Relationships with People with Severe Intellectual Disability: Evaluation of a New Intervention Using Multiple Baseline Design
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Johnson, Hilary; Bigby, Christine; Iacono, Teresa; Douglas, Jacinta; Katthagen, Sarah; Bould, Emma – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2017
Background: The social relationships model was developed to describe positive relationships between support staff and people with intellectual disability. We evaluated an educational intervention based on this model. Method: Eighteen staff supporting 5 adult service users with severe or profound intellectual disability from 3 day services received…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Caregivers, Adults, Severe Intellectual Disability
Psychiatric Care of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder -- What Do Their Siblings Think about It? A Qualitative Study
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Sibeoni, Jordan; Chambon, Louise; Pommepuy, Noel; Rappaport, Clementine; Revah-Levy, Anne – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
The expectations and role of families in the care of children with autism spectrum disorder are increasingly important. Nonetheless, no study has thus far explored the perspectives of siblings about the care received by a brother or sister with this disorder. The objective of this study was to fill this gap in the literature. This multicentre…
Descriptors: Expectation, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Siblings
Training Direct-Care Staff to Implement an iPad®-Based Communication Intervention with Adults with Developmental Disability
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van der Meer, Larah; Waddington, Hannah; Sigafoos, Jeff; Balandin, Susan; Bravo, Alicia; Ogilvie, Emily; Matthews, Tamyra; Sawchak, Anastasia – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Objectives: To evaluate the effects of a program for training direct-care staff to implement an iPad®-based communication intervention with adults with developmental disability and severe communication impairment. Methods: Participants were 11 adults with developmental disability and 19 direct-care staff drawn from two day program settings.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Caregiver Training, Caregivers, Job Skills
Enhancing Quality of Life of Families Who Use Adult Day Services: Short- and Long-Term Effects of the Adult Day Services Plus Program
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Gitlin, Laura N.; Reever, Karen; Dennis, Marie P.; Mathieu, Esther; Hauck, Walter W. – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: This study examined the short- and long-term effects of Adult Day Services Plus (ADS Plus), a low-cost care management intervention designed to enhance family caregiver well-being, increase service utilization, and decrease nursing home placement of impaired older adults enrolled in adult day care. Design and Methods: We used a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Caregivers, Social Work, Referral
Manhood Seekers Camp: A Proposal for a Culturally-Centered Camp Intervention
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Washington, Gregory; Watts, Roderick J.; Watson, Jerry – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2005
This article addresses the need for therapeutic camps to support the disproportionate number of African-American children in out of home foster care and group home placements. A brief review of literature on camp interventions and their failure to adequately address the influence of ethnicity and culture is provided. A pilot of a small culturally…
Descriptors: African Americans, Intervention, Group Homes, Foster Care