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Employment and Post-Secondary Educational Activities for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders during the Transition to Adulthood
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Taylor, Julie Lounds; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
This report describes the post-high school educational and occupational activities for 66 young adults with autism spectrum disorders who had recently exited the secondary school system. Analyses indicated low rates of employment in the community, with the majority of young adults (56%) spending time in sheltered workshops or day activity centers.…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Young Adults, Sheltered Workshops
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
Satisfaction and Sense of Well Being among Medicaid ICF/MR and HCBS Recipients in Six States
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Lakin, K. Charlie; Taub, Sarah; Chiri, Giuseppina; Byun, Soo-yong – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Self-reported satisfaction and sense of well-being were assessed in a sample of 1,885 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities receiving Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) and Intermediate Care Facility (ICF/MR) services in 6 states. Questions dealt with such topics as loneliness, feeling afraid at home and in one's…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Well Being, Day Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Retirement or Just a Change of Pace: An Australian National Survey of Disability Day Services Used by Older People with Disabilities
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Bigby, Christine; Balandin, Susan; Fyffe, Chris; McCubbery, Jeffrey; Gordon, Meg – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2004
The increasing number of people with disabilities surviving to old age raises questions regarding the type of day support programs necessary to meet their needs. In this paper the results of a national survey of specialist disability day programs used by older 2 Definitions of old age selected by researchers should reflect differences in culture…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Older Adults, Day Programs
Adult Day Programs versus Supported Employment (1988-2002): Spending and Service Practices of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities State Agencies
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Rusch, Frank R.; Braddock, David – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2004
While supported employment has made significant gains since its formal introduction in 1984 (P. L. 98-527), segregated services continue to outpace the growth of supported employment. We discuss these and other important trends in this article, and conclude with recommendations that include (1) ensuring that all young adults leave high school…
Descriptors: Young Adults, State Agencies, Sheltered Workshops, Postsecondary Education
Site Visit to Calvert County, Maryland ARC Family Support Services.
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Bersani, Hank A., Jr. – 1987
The site visit report describes the Family Support Services program run by the Calvert County (Maryland) Association for Retarded Citizens. The program's goal is to prevent any person 21 years of age or younger from being institutionalized. It provides respite care services, specialized family support, and integrated day care for approximately 50…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Day Programs, Delivery Systems, Family Problems
Program Quality Review: Connecticut's New Values-Based Way of Evaluating Day Programs.
Rammler, Linda H. – 1987
Principles and characteristics of program quality review are described as one means of evaluating values-based outcomes of day programs for persons with mental retardation. Program quality review may be distinguished from other evaluation systems in its focus on program outcomes--what actually happens to the people in the program--rather than on…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Role, Day Programs, Delivery Systems